Ryan, Oh Ryan!

OMG. Best guy I've met thus far.

Normal, nice, polite, easy conversationalist... wow! Keep reading for the deets!

Ok. so this guy, I met on match.com. This is the first guy I've ever met on that site and my subscription to the site was started on a whim. I also ended it a month or so back but I have a 6 month subscription so it officially ends on the 15th of this month.

So Ryan is his name (I know his last name being the detective that I am but he doesn't know that I know....) and he lives in Edgewater. He technically is married but has been separated for about 2 years  or so and admits that there never should have been a relationship to begin with but circumstances and others influenced them when they were younger that made things happen..... sounded like he was pressured into marrying and was too young to speak up and say anything to the contrary.... any who, he has a 7 year old son that lives with mom in the Broadneck area most of the time. He can see him whenever he wants and he tends to get him 2 nights a week (on his days off).  He's 42 and a manager at a restaurant in Annapolis. He's been in the restaurant business for 20+ years and he actually has a frickin' bachelors degree! This might be the first guy I have been on a date with that has a degree! :)

Ok, so we met at Chevy's in Annapolis at 6 for some dinner. Conversation was good. We discussed past horror date stories and what not. He paid, didn't even flinch when the check came. I, being the good date that I am, went for my wallet, but he said that he had it. :) He then suggested we go DTA (downtown Annapolis) to walk around and so we did. He offered to drive us both, and normally I wouldn't get into a car with a guy I don't know but I wasn't getting creepy vibes and I'm a fantastic judge of character so I took a chance. He drives a jeep and had all the windows and roof off. What a great evening to enjoy the openness. Oh, and he opens doors!!! Nice touch!

We went downtown and had good parking luck(thanks to me because that's my magic power) and parked right by the docks. We walked around, enjoyed a Starbucks beverage (I enjoyed my first Pumpkin Latte of the season) and we sat inside chatting some more.  He asked me what time I needed to be back, and I told him that I was meeting a friend at Coconut Joe's at 9. I also told him he was more than welcome to join me if he wanted to. AND I genuinely meant that! :) Sometimes I say that because I feel like I should but this time I actually meant it. He said he would like to join me to CJ's (I just named it that, I like it!).

So I have to digress for a minute to my friend that was meeting me at CJ's. She has met another one of my online dates before when we went downtown Baltimore and it was an awful experience. I contemplated not telling her that Ryan was going to come along for fear that she would bail. I texted her to tell her he was coming but also added "he's not creepy" to the message. Thank goodness, she still agreed to go. :)

So Ryan brought me back to my car and I followed him to CJ's.  Turns out he lives across the road from there.  The three of us sat on the back patio area and enjoyed some frothy beverages. We each bought a round and chit chatted for about 3 hours. My friend said that she thought he was a nice guy and seemed to approve. I agreed with her that I felt the same.

He and I had some hand holding moments while at CJ's and we shared a kiss when he walked me back to my car. The following transcript is what took place via text messages after I had arrived home (*the smiley's are part of the actual response not my additions):

Me: I had fun. Thank you for a wonderful evening.
Ryan: I had a great time too. I definitely want to see you again. :)
Me: Same here. And the sooner the better. Although I'm not trying to rush things but I do enjoy your company.
Ryan: Me too. :) Let me look at my schedule for work tomorrow and we can figure out when we can get together again.  I want to see you soon too.
Me: cool!

So... with all that said, I am looking forward to date 2, but my rule is if the date lasts longer than 3-4 hours it counts as a second date within one...so today would have been dates 1 and 2 and therefore, I'm looking forward to date number 3!

This guy has serious potential.  Hopefully, I will be able to post a new blog full of more positiveness in the very near future.

P.S.--- sidenote*** the past two to three nights, I have had dreams of me being in a relationship or getting into one within the dream. Foreshadowing on real life? We shall see..... stay tuned loyal blog readers, stay tuned...