Round 2

And so it continues. Since my last post, I have been out with Dennis twice. Once to another nice dinner and then he invited me over to watch the Oscars. We had made out picks ahead of time and entered into a pool so it was sort of fun to watch and see what we got right. (I got the random ones like best foreign short and missed the obvious like Best Director. What??) When I got there, he had set out little plates of olives and cheese and yummy snacks and had lots of delicious wine. We had a great time. He is such a gentleman and so sweet and exactly what I need right now. But still no spark. I thought for sure with all that wine… But I still think I’m hung up on the ex a bit and not really giving Dennis a chance. So we’ll see how it goes.

I had another “online” date. This time it was a lunch date near my office. Definitely the way to go. This guy was a lot more “normal” than Scientist Guy although he was obviously a little nervous. (He knocked his iced tea all over the table.)

Positives:
Good conversation, we watch the same TV show like Lost!
He paid.
He didn’t say any offensive or inappropriate things.
Negatives:
He kept talking really loudly about online dating (I don’t want ot broadcast it buddy!)
We ran into someone he knew on the way out and was like “This is Laura. This is our first date.” Which made it super awkward.
He was not hot.

Overall, it was vey vanilla. Not sure if I’ll see him again. He has since texted me and asked me out again. I told him I was busy this week (which is true) and I would touch base the week after. We’ll see if I do.

So far, the “organic” dating process is a lot more promising.