This is more difficult than one might think, because I'm not the kind of girl who has just ONE fantasy about the perfect date. Sometimes I have several and sometimes none at all. And when it really comes down to it, those fantasy dates change depending on the datee, the mood, what's available to do and the time of year. I've never been one to depend on a fantasy when it comes to real life. Because starting off with that ultimate perfection can only lead to disappointment in the long run. I'm the master of low expectations, remember??? I'll always have fun or at least find something fun about the date that way.
That said, I'll give you all an example of an ideal date I had with my most recent ex-boyfriend.
Rob and I met on the internet. I believe it was through Yahoo personals. I was fairly new to Vegas and didn't know many people, but I'd always had good luck with internet match-ups, so it wasn't a huge deal that I found someone worth meeting after a few emails and phone calls. We both had awkward schedules which made it hard to do the whole dinner and movie thing, and that was fine with me. I prefer the unusual to the norm.
It was late May, and warm, and the neon was already at full throttle when we met at a pool hall between our homes. We thought we'd have a couple drinks and play some pool. When we had arrived and gotten over the "thank god we both looked like our pictures or better phase" we found the pool hall closed. Time to go with the flow....
Not knowing what else was around, Rob suggested miniature golf. The course we went to is closed now, but coincidentally situated next door to Palace Station where I ended up working a year or so later. But that's another story. Back to mini golf. Mini golf is damn fun and even moreso on a date, where you can gauge how your partner handles stress, competition, and the general public. You can have a little fun too, seeing if you can distract your date enough to miss the shot ;-) Anyway, Rob and I both shared a huge soda and played two rounds of golf, enjoying every minute of it. It's easy to talk since the game isn't that involved, too. It was fairly late by the end of the games and Rob drove me back to my car in the parking lot of the pool hall.
Now I didn't want the date to end and apparently neither did he because after we both noticed the pool hall was open, Rob suggested we play a couple games. (We came to the realization that it was open before but the door to the place was on the side and it was dark inside, thus we assumed the place was closed, when in fact, we just were trying the wrong door. At least both of us were idiots.) We played some pool, had a few drinks and still didn't want the date to end, even though it was pushing 2am. Rob talked about a spot near the airport where we could lay in the back of his truck and watch the planes fly in, and I was all for that. I'd always watched those scenes in movies, but never had the chance to do it, so we drove out there. 3am in the beginning of of a Vegas summer watching the cargo planes above was amazing, and to my surprise, Rob didn't even make a move. Ha!
When the date finally came to an end back in the parking lot of the pool hall, we had spent nearly six hours together and after a quick make-out session, we made plans to see each other again. And here it is four years later, and we've barely been apart more than a week's time. Sad that it's come to a close, but I'll always remember our first date. It was the perfect date for us and when the times comes to date another....I hope we both have many more.
Quote of the Day: I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. ~Harold Ross
P.S. I'm still working on my summaries and for my next exercise I will finish Shae and Maura's story tag. Wish me luck! And Godspeed!
I couldn't find the picture like Paul Rudd's below...but I'm working on it.
