My OkC self-summary
When I was 7 years old my family had just moved from Tokyo to Las Vegas (my father was in the Air Force). We lived on base in LV for 6 months. During that time I used to ride scooters every day after school with Christina, who lived just down the street. One afternoon I went over to her house, parked my scooter by her steps and ran up to the front door, which was already open for whatever reason, and there was Christina stark nude, changing out of her dance costume. I was so embarrassed I didn’t say anything and just turned around, grabbed my scooter and ran home. When we were packing our car to leave LV for Iowa, Christina ran out, told me she would miss me, and then gave me my first kiss on the lips. I was embarrassed again and didn’t know what to do. So I got in our 1989 Chevy and we headed East. In retrospect, I should have asked for her number.
I went on my first OkCupid date back in November. I sent her a thoughtful enough message that she actually replied. We chatted a bit. We talked on the phone for an hour. A few days later we met up for drinks and discovered we lived in the same neighborhood. She was beautiful and outgoing, and already had a couple drinks at happy hour before she met me. We shared a booth and talked music and traveling for about 3 hours, and then I walked her back home. When I asked if she kissed on the first date, I was just hoping to kiss her goodnight on her cheek. We made out outside of her apartment in the mist for about 2 hours, while a guy smoking a cigarette on the fourth floor of the apartment across the street watched us. I wondered, despite it being our first date, why I never got up to her apartment…We went out every night that week for drinks. And then her friend came to town for the weekend, so we couldn’t hang out for awhile. Turns out, it was a guy she’d met backpacking in Amsterdam that summer and he’d asked her to be his girlfriend. I played it cool hoping the long distance thing wouldn’t play out. It did. In less then a month she quit her job and moved to Seattle to be with him. So here I am, with one electric first date under my belt.
