Beginnings of a Friendship

It was Friday night and all of my plans fell through. I had nothing to do. I began to make my way to my favorite coffee shop to hang out until my best friend got off work. I was there earlier studying after school and my favorite barista was there. Since I now have his number, I sent him a text to see if he had already closed before I drove all the way across town. He replied and told me he closed and I told him the reason for me asking. So he decided to hang out with me after we finished. We ended up going to another coffee shop (of course) and hanging out. He gave me a case of CDs he wanted me to check out and went through his ipod telling me what I needed to buy. We also talked about God and life. It was a lot of fun. I'm really glad I finally met someone I have a lot in common with and can talk about my faith and God with without feeling awkward and shy. I really hope to continue to get to know him throughout the summer and, hopefully, a friendship will result.

Blind Dates= Bad Idea

I was minding my own business a couple of days ago when a friend texts me and informs me that one of her friends is very interested in me. I was slightly confused because, as far as I knew, I had never met this guy in my life. Despite my hesitance, a allowed myself to be persuaded to go on a blind date, but before going on the date, I wanted to meet him to make sure I wasn't getting myself into a mess. So my friend decided to bring him into the coffee shop where I always study to meet me.

As I am studying for an Advanced Chemistry test, in walks in two un-groomed hick guys looking like they just walked out of Arkansas and into a coffee shop in Colorado, and behind them is my friend. One of the hick guys with chew in their pockets was the guy I was supposed to meet. I don't like to judge on appearances, so I thought I would give him the benefit of the doubt and at least let him talk to me.

He starts to walk towards me and gives me a hug. Strike one. I hate hugs and since when is it ever appropriate to hug someone in substitute for a hand shake? So he sits down at the table and comments on how he hates coffee shops. Strike two. To which I replied "Hold up. If you hate coffee shops this isn't gonna work out between us because this is my second home." He laughed and looked at the barista (he happens to be my favorite. Not only did he give me a free drink and a CD that day, but I respect him a heck of a lot.) and made a comment about him being gay. Strike three (this guy sucked at first impressions). I defensively shot back "He is not gay! I really like him and I resent you calling him that.". The hick glanced at me confused and continued to criticize everyone else in the room. At this point I was ready for him to leave. There was no way I was going to go through with a date. My mind starting to race to think of excuses to get out of it. It was at that moment that I decided he was the last person I would ever go on a date with. He turned to his friend and looked at the barista jokingly saying "How do you say 'virgin' in German?". Strike four. I had to suppress my anger and take a deep breath so I didn't explode. The barista was one of the nicest guys I had ever met and in no way deserved to be criticized by this loser. So apologized and gracefully told the hicks I had a lot of studying to do and I needed to get back to it.

After they left I walked to the counter and the barista commented "Looks like everyone found your secret hiding place." I laughed "Yeah, remind me to never ever agree to a bind date again." We had a good laugh about the situation as I told him all of the details. It was a slow night at the coffee shop so we talked for quite sometime before he had to get back to work. Before I went back to studying he gave me a high five and asked if I would like to hang out sometime, which I said yes to of course, and asked me to put my number in his phone. So even though the blind date didn't work out, a new friend came out of it.