For Diwali/New Years, I sent out a text to all of my family/friends, wishing them a Happy Diwali/New Year. I was trying to be smart about the entire thing and didn't want people to realize that I was sending out a mass text.
As a result, I sent out a text that was generic, but signed "Love you!". Without thinking, I ended up sending it not only family and friends, but Carl and Steve (if you don't remember Steve, see 'The Bed'). Steve knows me well enough to know that I probably sent a mass text out. Carl, on the other hand, does not.
And so the reply came, Happy Diwali to you and your family, too! xoxoxoxo
So much for telling Carl I just want to be friends!! #planfail.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Bowling with Carl.... 'bowling with Carl!'
Carl ended up being my only mutual match from the night that I cared to follow up with. There was one other, who I ended up giving a ride home to as he lived five minutes away. But the 30-minute drive home was enough of a follow up to let us both know that things wouldn't have gotten very far.
I was nicely surprised by Carl's timely follow up of wanting to meet again. He offered several fun suggestions for a date. I appreciated his effort and originality...in my head, it was how guys were supposed to act, but very few actually did. He made the effort; he pursued. It was a nice change.
One of Carl's suggestions was bowling. He was charming, lovely, kind and quite the bowler! However, I didn't really have an attraction to him. Over a late dinner after bowling, we discussed our backgrounds and interests and Carl is a very laid back person. I felt that any spark that could've been was being lost during our discussion. And there was absolutely nothing wrong with him; our personalities were just different. While we could be good friends, I didn't see any future potential in a relationship with him.
We met up once more for a movie, but still no spark for me. Plus, it didn't help that I still had Talking Carl stuck in my head!! I'd have to figure out how to tell him that I just wanted to be friends...
I was nicely surprised by Carl's timely follow up of wanting to meet again. He offered several fun suggestions for a date. I appreciated his effort and originality...in my head, it was how guys were supposed to act, but very few actually did. He made the effort; he pursued. It was a nice change.
One of Carl's suggestions was bowling. He was charming, lovely, kind and quite the bowler! However, I didn't really have an attraction to him. Over a late dinner after bowling, we discussed our backgrounds and interests and Carl is a very laid back person. I felt that any spark that could've been was being lost during our discussion. And there was absolutely nothing wrong with him; our personalities were just different. While we could be good friends, I didn't see any future potential in a relationship with him.
We met up once more for a movie, but still no spark for me. Plus, it didn't help that I still had Talking Carl stuck in my head!! I'd have to figure out how to tell him that I just wanted to be friends...
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