first date

we finally set up a "date" to meet a couple we had been chatting to for some time. they seem nice, but are from hamilton. (strike one against them.) we exchanged some pics and they look alright, but sometimes its really hard to tell!

we pick one of our favourite restaurants to meet them for a no preassure lunch. we are the first couple they are meeting also so i have a feeling that there will be no nakedness on this date...just a lot of shaky nerves!

we show up to the restaurant a couple minutes early and look around. i start to panic because im not sure i would recognize them even if they were sitting right infront of me. i do a double take to a couple sitting in the back and give a little smile, but with no reaction back, i assume its not them.
we sit down and look over the menu. at this point i am starving, but it would be rude to order before they arrive wouldt it?

15 minutes go by. my stomach growls out loud and there is still no sign of them. maybe they are just running late? "lets give them 5 more minutes"

5 minutes later and we are ordering our food; excited to finally eat, but feeling let down that we were stood up on our very first date! the nervousness was starting to fade and i was a little happy that i was going to be able to enjoy my good food without having to think up and look interested in small talk with two strange people.

a half hour after our meeting time and the nervousness i was feeling completely drained from my body as my food had arrived, but our dates didnt. at least we picked our favourite restaurant so the date wasnt a complete loss!

Y and i chat as we eat, contemplating situations that could possibly make them stand us up. was the snowstorm worse in hamilton and they lost our number to call and let us know? were they lost themselves? did they take a second look at our pics we sent them and decide that we are hideous beasts that they didnt want to waste their time with?

they probably got lost..