Goofy Dates :-)

Baby, you don't have to try to read my mind

Cause you know I wanna get it in...

"Body 2 Body" - Ace Hood ft Chris Brown

Have you ever been goofy on a date? Goofy? You ask. Why yes my good man. Have you ever been to a date where you just kept doing small dumb acts? It's not like you were not aware of them it's more like you couldn't help yourself. Stop blushing, just smile quietly and admit the answer in your own heart. The truth is I have. It was a blind date and if you've been on a few of those then you know there's not a lot to look forward to. Still, you are in a new city and have got lots of time to kill so not why try the blind date thing.

You arrive at the spot the two of you are supposed to meet right on time and start to play games on you phone in anticipation of her impending lateness. You are snapped sharply back to reality by a soft jab barely minutes into your game. You look up and find yourself gaping. You quickly catch yourself and regain your composure. "Hi there," you say smoothly. "Hi," she says back. This drop dead gorgeous lady is smiling up at you with her milk-white teeth expectantly. You gather your thoughts and quickly convince yourself that she, like yourself - is a tourist who is lost and needs to find out where she is. Bracing yourself for the questions on directions that you must answer, you start to say, "Can I help you?" 

"Yeah actually, can we go in now?" she asks nodding to a classy club nearby. Hardly believing your ears but chuckling at your own luck, you go in to the club with her. The club isn't as full as you expected it, but the music is great. You soon find a suitable spot for the two of you to settle and you start to mingle.

The waitress comes by and you both order for drinks. The conversations starts slow but it picks up steadily, with the rising tempo of the music. Soon, you both start to laugh - she gets your sarcasm and you get her subtle jokes. As the music carries into the night, you start to dance. She is shy at first but soon she joins you on the dance floor. You are nothing short of delighted when she starts to grind on your nether regions. However, she goes further and blows you mind by showing you moves that even you - the party animal - do not know about. 

Finally you both get tired and you sit down. It's past midnight and you are both a little tipsy. You are running out of things to say but you don't want things to get awkward. This leads to your talking about your work. Most girls switch off at this juncture, especially when what you do is not the kind of thing people learn at school. To your amazement, she knows what you are talking about and she appreciates it. Well not all of it, but she knows quite a bit about your type of work. Beyond that, she can relate your work to hers. How cool is that? You can talk shop with a girl who is as hot as can be. This chic gets you one hundred percent. 

Now however, she falls silent and watches you intently as if studying you. The night is half gone and you are both tired. If this were a normal hook up, all you would have to do is catch a taxi and let nature do the rest. However, everything is different now. This is actually a person you like and whom you sense is looking for more than just a booty call. Ordinarily you wouldn't care either way, even if communicating your carnal intentions lost you her affections but tonight you care.

My friend, that is the very beginning of the goofy date. You start to say things that are a little private that may be should have been reserved for a second or third date. You get vulnerable with her. Of course she reciprocates a little. Whether it is the wine or your own naivete, you start to believe that you are making progress. In reality, you are eroding the very gains that you made when you spoke with her first and took her to the dance floor.

Fast forward to the end of the date. The club is closing and you all have to leave, you want to get her a taxi and say goodbye but something in your system says no. You know you only have one more day in the city and you probably won't see her in a while after you leave but you also know that if you invite her back to your place she might perceive it as inappropriate. The conflict builds up within you and almost without meaning to, you blurt out that you want her to come back to your place with you!

Now that the words are out, you have to stick to them for if not, you will come across as something worse - the indecisive man. The die is cast, let the cards fall where they may. Instead of over-reacting or simply agreeing, she does something quite different. She smiles and says that may be you can meet up the next day at the same time.

You now know that she is not repulsed by the potentially mischievous thought in your mind. You decide to give it another shot, after all the gentle flame melts the wax. Besides, you know tomorrow will never come and you wish to consummate your lovely date with a blissful event. She looks deeply into your eyes and you proceed. Long story short, you end up at another place where you have more fun and say more stupid things but still end up with no cookie :-( 

We all have goofy dates. I used the role of a man in this story but the truth is I have seen both scenarios take place. I once took a friend out for dinner at a popular restaurant. We took a special section of the restaurant that was normally reserved for special events. We thought that we were alone at first but then a shrill laugh filled the air. There in the corner of the restaurant was a couple. We didn't bother with them since it's normal to see couples out on dates but with time we found it hard to ignore this couple.

The lady kept laughing at everything the man said even before he completed his sentences. In addition, she kept staring dreamily into his eyes as if expecting a miracle ring to pop out from them. She lay partly on him inching ever closer to his face. The man did not seem to be all that entertained. He occasionally smiled but that was about it.

The point is, from time to time, we all find that we are overly attracted to someone and we sometimes do nonsensical things, rookie mistakes that we otherwise would have avoided. All am trying to say is, when it happens to you don't beat yourself up too much.