First, I'm not revealing his name because he is on my Facebook as a friend. A couple of you know his name because I have referred to him in person to you. A couple others of you might figure it out. Regardless, please don't ruin anything by mentioning him by name on FB. Let's call him... Hmmmm...... Mister Myster(y) for now. I'm also not going to give away too many of his personal details so there's less to connect to anyone in particular. However, everything I do mention will be fact, aside from his name. He has no idea I have a blog nor am I ready to divulge that information. Ok, so with that said...let's begin.
Mister Myster(y) and I grew up in the same neighborhood. I use to babysit near his house and all us "kids" would hang out together and play flashlight tag, football and whatever else when times were different and we could do that kind of stuff. He is 2 and a half years younger than I am and therefore, the gap back then seemed huge. I was in high school and he was still in middle school when we first met. I thought he was cute back then, but the age difference was a no-go in actuality. We never really hung out or talked as we got older because when I was a senior, he was a freshman. Once I graduated from high school, I never saw him or talked to him again. I often wondered what happened to him. Did he move out of state? Is he married with kids? Is he locked up?
I looked for him on Facebook many times but never came across his profile so I figured either he is in fact locked up, or he just isn't into social media. I couldn't for the life of me remember his brother's name so I couldn't go through that route either. I had no idea who he would be friends with in order to find degrees of separation connections to him. So I figured it was a lost cause. Well, the night before we were anticipating Blizzard Jonas (Saturday night I believe) I was bored and my mind was going all over the place. He popped into mind so I figured I would make another attempt. Low and behold, he was the first one in the list of people. So strange that after all the times that I had attempted to look for him he just appears at the top this time. So I sent him a friend request and figured it would take some time for him to accept and what not. Perhaps he wouldn't even remember me or wouldn't be interested in catching up. Well, within five minutes, he accepted and we were exchanging messages; catching up with one another's lives. He now lives in Baltimore (about 25 minutes from me). He has a daughter (either 9 or 10). He's not married and never has been.
We were suppose to meet up last weekend but the day before, his truck broke down and he had to spend the weekend getting it repaired. We rescheduled for this past Friday but his daughter had split her head open and needed stitches so he had to head to the hospital for her. I then invited him to go to Twain's Tavern with me and my friends for Saturday night. He originally said yes but then got nervous or something as the day went on. We decided that it would be best to meet up just one-on-one on Sunday (today) so that's what we did, finally!
We met at The Greene Turtle (I love me some fried pickles from there). He was waiting in his truck when I pulled into the lot. He looks pretty much the same now as he did back then plus a few extra pounds, but not as much extra pounds as I have so I can't fault him for that! He has a bit less hair too, but it's understandable. Father Time is not kind and aging is a B! He also has one "bad" tooth... but I seem to recall that was the case back in the day as well. It's bothersome, but not a deal breaker. (yes, I just said that!) I initiated a welcome-good-to-see-you-after-20-years hug and we went in. He held the door open not only for me but for the woman behind me as well. Conversation was easy and breezy. We've been catching up with one another's lives over text messages for the past few weeks since we reconnected and continued to learn more about one another as adults today. After being at TGT for awhile, he had to get going to help his mom with stuff ("You only get one mom in life so you need to help her out when you can."-Mister Myster(y)) and I had to get back to procrastinating doing school work ("It'll get done!"-Me).
When we left, he initiated the goodbye hug. I said that we should get together again soon. He said sooner rather than later and he will be sending me a message in a few minutes. I wasn't sure what message was going to be sent to me considering he could have said what he wanted to say while I was there...but I went with it. After about a half hour or so, I guess when he got home, he texted me to say that he had a good time with me and he looks forward to spending more time with me. So nice!
Is this a match made in heaven? Not yet. Will it ever be? Who knows? But, it's nice to catch up with someone from your past and see what happens. There is a red flag or two... ok, perhaps they're not red yet. Let's go with ballet slipper flags.... pale pink, not even hot pink. So not red, but could be on it's way headed there. I'm just not sure yet how big of a problem the flag items might be. It's only been date one and yes, typically I'm dismissive over things like a wonky tooth even on date one, but I'm learning and growing. Plus I take advice from my friends to heart (sometimes) and have learned that I need to be a bit more understanding and not so judgmental right out of the gate.
I'm always game for something new and exciting... which might be the reason for my singledomness. Perhaps he will change that status. We shall see!
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