Better late than never...

I was a little late for Christie's first date but to me it was perfect timing. Pretty much as soon as I walked in, Pete and I were whisked away by the hostess to a table with the perfect view of "THE 1st DATE!!". The room was filled with loud people & live music which made me a little less obvious as the observer. From my view, Christie seemed fine, happy really, in her element and Mr. Man (her date) was completely turned in her direction, grinning.

Wine glass #1, Wine glass #2 and uuuuhhhhmm (clearing my throat, as if Christie could hear me), bathroom break!!! I saw two lights go on at Christie's table...perfect, Christie was a mind reader, she requested a cell phone break and read my text message asking for a bathroom break so we could 'flip' and report. We were on a mission: she responded "wait 5 minutes after I go to the restroom". I thought "FIVE minutes", that's an eternity and Mr. Man might think something happened to his date. Well anyway, I waited a minute and met Christie in the bathroom and recorded something over the toilet bowl. She said "He's niiiiiice!" and the rest is on the video. Overall, this was a great intro to online dating. Christie was brave and bubbly. Was it a match? Sure. A love match? I don't think so, but it seemed nice!

Date # 2

I sadly missed. Work came up but Lisa was security for what I thought would have been a creepy date...I was worried about Christie on this one but all in all, I guess that one turned out fine too.

As these dates move along, I'm starting to see that it's not just about getting along with someone (that's the easy part, if you're social). Its about that thing...that thing that you can't buy, that spark that happens only by itself. I am patiently waiting like everyone else to see how

it all pans out!!!

P.S. The hostess was so intrigued by our "experiment", for all you know, she might just have our expert, Kim, set her up!

The Observer