Date Recap: CFH Man#3, Date#1

On Monday night, I went on a date with a sweet guy we'll call Z. Time was running out and my schedule was quite busy, so I penciled him in for a 45-minute drink before dinner with my roommate (which, by the way, I'm going to argue is my (Wo)Man#4).

For whatever reason, it seems like I'm always stuck picking meet-up spots. I guess it's easy to tell I'm opinionated?

Of course, the cute Japanese sushi/sake place I pick doesn't have any bar seats. And my back-up bar is also packed. So we end up at a diner nearby, drinking wine (I tried to go for a carafe instead of a glass each, and his expression clearly implied he thinks I'm a lush).

His follow-up question, "So what do you do on the weekends? Where do you like to go out?" confirmed this. It seemed he was surprised (and relieved) that my idea of a good time is NOT to go out clubbing on Friday and Saturday nights. Obviously, my favorite thing to do is eat and that's how I spend my time. I'm going to assume that his calling my jacket "mini" was not a way to suggest that maybe I should cut back on my dinners out...

Z was incredibly nerdy in a really endearing way -- he wears glasses, has just a tiny bit of pudge, studied math and philosophy at Standford, got a masters in philosophy in London, went to Yale Law School for a year before dropping out, worked at a start-up internet company...and now works for Google. He just moved to Brooklyn and is SO excited to have his own place. (I half ignored the comment about how he can't wait for his mother to visit so he can buy lots of cool kitchen supplies.) He's incredibly smart and opinionated. He also happens to work with my mother's ex-boyfriend, who I guess is dubbed "Angry [B]" at work. (Sad.)

At the end of our date, he walked me to the subway (saying, you're not going to take a cab, are you? which is exactly what I was planning to do...but then felt guilty about it). I apologized for the time crunch but he assured me that he didn't mind at all. Which I took to mean that he was obviously bored the whole time.

BUT last night he texted to ask me out again...so I guess it wasn't all that bad. Can you guess what he proposed as one date idea (along with dinner/drinks)? BOARD GAMES. That's right. I actually kind of love it, but I'm not sure I like him as more than a friend. Would it be wrong to try and set him up with one of my single girlfriends?!