the best [non] date ever

I just came back from meeting Ms. U.  I emailed her last week on OKC after seeing that she had visited my profile. She seemed kind of cute with a lot of personality and wit.

We emailed back and forth for a few days and then decided to meet today with the proviso that we were both interested in taking it slowly and see what, if anything, happened.

We went for a walk at a nature reserve I normally go with Mr. NY and rambled and ambled.  It was really comfortable and nice. We talked and talked and slowly got more comfortable with each other.  Then we went for a drink and talked some more.

We both had a great time and want to hang out more.  I don’t know if there is potential for more than friendship, but there could be. She’s cute and smart and fun but I am not worried about it.  I’m just glad I met a cool person and I am looking forward to spending more time around her.

Making a new friend that is independent and doesn’t work for the same institution is refreshing.  Much much better than my last date-date with the cultural anthropologist with a tick. We talked for hours and had a pleasant time but that was it.  A couple of days later he emailed me to say it was nice to meet me, I’m gorgeous and great to talk to but that there was no spark.  I could not agree more, specially with the gorgeous part .  No chemistry and frankly, even when it was nice to talk to him (despite of his blinking tick) we don’t really need to be friends.  I’m glad he took the initiative and that’s over with.

I would love to fall in love with someone wonderful but I am also really glad to make new friends. As with romance, sometimes there’s friends chemistry, like with Ms. U, sometimes there is not, like with the cultural anthropologist.