Went out with younger guy last night, who I guess I should call him #1 since older guy is no longer in the picture. Ladies, we had a six. hour. date. We went to eat in Chinatown this we took a foot tour around the Mall. We watched people ice skate, saw a few monuments that were lovely all lit up, went to eat again (lol), and walked through a sculpture garden.
At one point I teased him because he likes to disappear from one side and then pop up on the other. He looked at me for a second and said, "you know the best way to keep track of me?", and stuck his hand out for me to hold it. Ya'll he looked so hopeful that I would take it, that I could help but be like :blush3:. He was very happy that I did. If we broke away for a second because of high sidewalk traffic or something, he'd grab it back as soon as he could. At one point he offered me his arm, which a man hasn't done in years. He seemed almost proud to have me hanging on to him.
We talked for a long time about our life experiences and he admitted to me that he's never had a real solid adult relationship despite being 31. I don't think it's because he's a psycho or anything (that'd me me), but he comes across as someone who is very socially awkward. I know this sounds weird, but I seriously think he's
mildly autistic. Something about him is "off" enough for me to notice it, but not so much that I'm uncomfortable. He's never does anything embarrassing, but sometimes he seems really unsure if things are appropriate or not. I can almost see him considering whether it's ok to initiate a hug despite the fact that I hug him every time I see him and kiss him on the cheek. Also he hesitates to say things that, once he finally gets out, are totally OK. Dunno. I'll have to observe him more.
He extremely fair skinned and we had a talk about his ethnic heritage. I told him he has a German profile but looks Irish head-on. He thought that was hilarious because he is indeed German and Irish. Then we got on the topic of skin color and he told me that he's always found tan and brown skin to be more attractive. He said we "look healthier". He did make me laugh because he admitted that he thought black women were exotic because he lived in a place where there were NO black people. He moved to Virginia and then we became common.