Sweet sweet seventeen–be still my heart! (can you say chemistry???) Date #1

Ahh, the date of my dating career thus far–and it only took me 17 dates to get here!  I knew SEVENTEEN was different from the start–I winked at him and he answered right away with a great e-mail (sorry–I judge–a well-written e-mail goes far with me!) and I just felt….something.  The e-mail suggested I call him so I did that afternoon (much to my friend K’s surprise–‘You’re calling him already?  What’s going on??’)  He was getting ready to go away for the weekend but we spoke for 55 minutes until he boarded his plane and then texted for a few minutes afterward.  It was so completely comfortable that I couldn’t wait to meet this man.  I didn’t know what was going on but this felt different–what I know now is that we had that elusive CHEMISTRY–the thing we are all looking for and find so rarely (at least for me)

After some brief contact over the weekend (playful texting), we made plans to meet Monday night at a local sports bar.  Now I have had a few dates where I had an incredible lead-up to the date, only to be disappointed when we met in person but this was different immediately–I was into him and he was into me.  We talked and laughed for almost 3 hours and it was totally comfortable the whole time.  We talked about serious things (he was a widower and I heard the whole story of his wife’s passing 11 years earlier) and fun things but the conversation never lagged and we had a blast.  When he walked me back to my car in the lot and gave me a kiss, it was just amazing–and the next thing you know, I am kissing him in a parking lot like a teenager! (I am surprised and thankful the people eating outside on the restaurant porch didn’t tell us to get a room!) Now up to that point, I had gone 16 dates without kissing anyone and here I was practically making out with a stranger–somehow it felt totally normal though!

I ended up driving him back to his car (he was parked a couple of blocks away) and another brief make-out session ensued in my car–I really can’t describe how amazing it felt to me to kiss him–it was an overwhelming feeling of pure happiness as I finally felt I found what I had been looking for for so long…it was one of those nights that you wish would never end…  He even sent me a text when he got home where I asked him if it was just a dream and he replied no, even thought it felt like one..we made plans to see each other again the next day…It really felt surreal and I remember one of my friends calling to ask me about the date and I really couldn’t speak–and do you know how often that happens?? (can you say never?)  I couldn’t wait until the next day.

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After making out with Seventeen, I think I am officially a Match-ho…..

Lessons Learned:

1.  Knock -you -off- your- feet chemistry still exists–even when you are 50+ years old.  This may be the best thing I have learned so far!

2.  It is actually possible to render me speechless (who knew?)

3.  If it feels too good to be true, it just may be….