Date Like Qualities

Ok so many many many months ago I was hanging out at my fav watering hole with Homeless and getting drunk texts from my girl T (heeeeeeyyyyyy!!), and she said something about making him take me out on a REAL date.
Unbeknownst to me he was reading over my shoulder... this is how part of that conversation went....

Homeless: HEY!
Me: What?
Homeless: I just took you out on a REAL date!!
Me: Um....... you did? And don't read over my shoulder.
Homeless: Yeah we went to that one place and had steaks.... remember
Me: Holy Shit! That was a DATE?!?!? I thought we were just hanging out
Homeless: Well it had date like qualities.....
ME: Oh....... I'm sorry
Homeless: Whatever

Not to toot my own horn or anything here (toot toot baby!) but I have to say that I'm usually pretty good at reading people. However for some reason when it comes to being asked out on a date, I'm totally clueless.

There was this one time (in band camp) when a co-worker asked me if I wanted to go see some movie with him. We had a pretty friendly relationship, kinda flirty, I called him my husband.... So about half way thru the movie I realized we were actually on a date. And sadly at the end of the night he moved in for a kiss good-night and I "gave him the cheek". I thought we were just friends.... apparently not.

(For those of you not aware "giving the cheek" is a similar move to the "pat pat". It lets them know without coming right out and saying it that you're not really interested, unfortunately sometimes they don't get it and you have to pull out the "double pat pat" not to be confused with the "double tap" which is only to be used in zombie invasions.)

Anywho.... the reason I bring all this up is because about a week ago I got asked out via FB.... I had to text T and ask her to read it and verify that yes in fact I was asked out. She agreed that I was. DUH! It was totally out of the blue, unexpected and all that. So you can see where I would be unsure.

And yes I went, and yes it was an ACTUAL date, not one with "date like qualities"

I was talking to my Hetero Life Partner the other day about it and she was congratulating me on the fact that he paid and was a gentleman, holding doors and pulling out my chair and all that. Its sad to me that this is no longer the norm.

Aren't boys SUPPOSED to try to impress you with good behavior and pay for stuff?


XOXO
Darla

PS.... Still going on dates with the FB Guy..... YAY!