Mr. Gee

So in my search of love, I have at last found myself in the world of online dating.

"Are you crazy? Do you want do die?," asked one of my friends. While I can't say I'm ready for the afterlife, I am getting tired of living this life alone. Although I do not think that online dating immediately confers on one making a choice between death or everlasting love, if it did, I think I'd risk dying to find it. The more-present-than-ever bitter side of me thinks this is pathetic. But the romantic part of me tells it to shut the hell up and points to my last date as evidence that perhaps online dating isn't so bad, or not nearly as scary and crazy, as some of my girlfriends might think...

As always, I won't call him by name. Except for his last name, because I cannot resist: Gee.

His last name is Gee. Geeeee!!!!

Pimping.

But really, last name aside, this guy was surprisingly nice. There wasn't any weird silences and we both had a pretty laid back attitude when it came to making decisions- "do you want to share the prosciutto arugula salad? The pizza with or without artichoke hearts? " There were no compromises, no rejections- "sure, it sounds good." I like a guy who won't say no to artichokes. And who lets me pick the wine.

After one bottle of wine, we decided... why not have another? Typical.

So we found ourselves a nice, plush booth in a lovely wine bar and downed back another bottle of Malbec. [Rhyming here not intentional]. We laughed, talked about inappropriate things that people on first dates usually don't talk about, and made out like teenagers in his car before saying goodnight.

I know people have rules about certain things- don't talk about politics or religion at the table, don't hook up on the first date, etc, etc... but really, the theme of the night was do what feels right for you at the time.

I don't know whether or not I'll see Mr. Gee again. But it felt right to kiss him on the first date, and it felt right to tell him things about myself I usually don't tell some of my closest friends. He might not be the love of my life, but he was a damn good first date.

So to all current, hopeful and future online daters- courage! There are some crazy people online, but aren't there crazy people everywhere? If you're lucky, you might just meet someone to share some nice conversation with and a delicious bottle of Malbec.

So cheers to that!