Date #5: Bess Inda-West

I did not have an exceptional excuse for being late for my blind date. But I did have a joke prepared as I walked into the cafe (Le Gamin):

Me: I’m so sorry I’m late, I’ll buy you a crepe. (Note: I had agreed to buy food instead of drinks because Bess doesn’t drink.)

The joke went over decently, but it wasn’t a home run, much like the date overall. It was mostly my fault because I was super tired and had been hanging out with my college roommates late on Friday night/all day Saturday, so I wasn’t really all there. It’s hard to go from a certain mindset and environment with your best friends that you’ve known for a long time to meeting a completely new person.

That said, I still enjoyed myself and was happy that Bess agreed to meet me after whatever she might have heard from her friends Alma and Vera. Turns out that Bess is a non-fiction writer (and wrote what sounds like a great family story about kung fu), so I hope that she can put something up here on the blog because I’d love to hear some more feedback. It would help me get a better sense of how the dates are going and give me more material for the blog.

I’m hitting the homestretch and almost getting used to the idea of having a date every night. Scary.

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