Met Awesome Guy on Plane: Any Chance??!!

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Registered: 06-13-2003
Met Awesome Guy on Plane: Any Chance??!!
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Fri, 12-23-2005 - 4:39pm

Happy Holidays everyone. I was traveling this week for work and I missed a flight... ended up being re-routed and low and behold, this amazing guy ended up sitting next to me. We had a great flight of chatting and smiling at each other and at the end he asked for my number. He called a half hour later and invited me to dinner that evening with him and his friend that he was visiting. I went and had an awesome time. We seemed to have so much in common and really hit it off, but it was very innocent - a friendly dinner. He was very sweet though, opened doors for me, and emailed me the very next morning to thank me for joining them and ask what i was doing that 2nd night. I replied saying I had a manager's dinner but would be free around 9.30 and maybe we could grab a drink then - and he replied saying he wasn't sure if he was leaving the city with his brother that afternoon to go to their family (3 hours away) for the holidays but if they stayed we should definitely get together.

He ended up leaving that evening, I was soooo disappointed! But he said if I plan to go to his city to definitely let him know so we can get together. And, whenever I've emailed him he's mailed me back within a few minutes...

Here's my question - what does a situation like this need to go anywhere? If I wait until I have a business trip to his city it may never happen... but I am totally prepared to go for a weekend with a friend of mine - it's a short flight away BUT I don't want to look too eager... but I would very much like to see this guy again. OR is it something I have to wait for him to initiate? Becuase we never really spent much time together alone or anything, it would be awkward to expect either of us to invite the other to visit directly for a weekend. I know you can't really force fate... but I can't get him off my mind! Any ideas?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 12-24-2005 - 4:54pm

From the way he phrased it (basically, "call me if you're here again sometime"), it doesn't sound like he's interested in anything more than a casual friendship. I wouldn't pursue it with anything other than that in mind.

Sheri

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Registered: 06-13-2003
Thu, 12-29-2005 - 8:12pm

UPDATE: He emailed me on the 27th to ask how my holidays were and say he hoped I made it home safely... I didn't get the email until the next day as I was flying home. Rather than just reply to the email I decided to give him a call - but his phone went straight to voice mail (no ring or anything). I left a message saying I hoped his holiday was going well and if he wanted to call me back I'd be in and out the rest of the day but would have my cell phone with me. I haven't heard back from him yet : ( I thought it was a really nice sign that he wrote me again... but now I'm stressing out that my voice mail freaked him out - is that possible??? It could be that his phone is turned off while he's out of state or something I guess, or poor coverage, I am just surprised because every time I emailed him he replied in minutes... I know it's only been a little over a day since my voice mail but I can't help but stress! I thought a phone call would be so much nicer than an email... But now I'm worried that he hasn't gotten my voice mail yet and is there thinking I am not replying to his email!!! What do you think - just wait or should I reply to his email and mention that I tried calling?

any help would be great, I am so useless with dating. I know there are tonnes of guys in the world but so very few make me so excited to see them again and this one really does...

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Registered: 05-02-2005
Thu, 12-29-2005 - 11:13pm
If your voice mail really freaked him out, do you really want to get to know him?! lol
Give it a few days and if he doesn't call back then well... next! :)

 

 

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