Interesting turnaround
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| Tue, 12-13-2005 - 10:43am |
Well, for the first time in a long time, I am having some interest and from guys for whom I have some interest back. A guy on eHarmony who looks attractive and has a good sense of humor, a job in an area similar to mine and lives not TOO far away asked for my phone number. Cool. I'm glad he asked me because I feel awkward offering it up. We'll see how the first phone convo goes. Hopefully we can meet this weekend cuz otherwise it will have to wait until after the holidays. I go out of town Tuesday and don't come back until after Christmas. Another guy seems pretty good too. He unfortunately lives pretty far out right now but is moving into the immediate Dallas area very soon - he's waiting to close on his new house.
Also, I went to an 8 at 8 dinner last night and met a guy who was attractive, funny, a lawyer and very smart and well educated. Only a few minor drawbacks - 1) he is leaving on a two week trip to Asia next week 2) he is only my height (which I can overlook because of the other advantages) and 3) I get all freaky and shy and clam up when there is a guy I like that I think likes me. I could see him out of the corner of my eye looking at me a lot last night but felt shy about looking back. I did try to have conversation with him and it always went well but at the end of the night, I felt I should have made more of an effort to let him know I was interested. We all exchanged cards so he does have my email address but would it be bad to just drop an email and say hello and that I enjoyed meeting him and to have a good time on his trip? It would be a shame to miss out on a chance with a seemingly good guy b/c I am a big shy dork.
Any thoughts?

Good for you Vex!! I see no harm in emailing the guy and wishing him well on his travels. By doing so, he knows you are interested and you put the ball is in his court, which is good, because he may have been wondering if he should contact you since you were a little shy last night. ;-)
Good Luck and Happy Holidays to you!
Libra
I say yes to sending him an email.
8 at 8 is a "dinner club" basically in a lot of the major cities where they will set up 4 men and 4 women for dinner. You pay a fee and then they have several dinners per month at nice restaurants around the city that you can sign up for. They also do happy hours and other events. Generally, they buy a round of drinks and you pay for your own meal.
I wasn't really impressed with the first dinner I went to and the happy hours I've been to were fun but no spark with any of the guys. This is the first one that I've actually had an interest in one of the guys so I'd kind of like to take an initiative.
Thanks for the advice libra and Jennie - I think I'll send him an email later today.