Good Ol' Boy

There is clearly a theme growing with these latest posts. This evening's date is originally from a small town in Missouri. However he is a series of conflicting characteristics. On one hand, he works on cars and used to be a truck driver. On the other, he has season tickets to the opera. One of his pictures has him smoking a pipe while next to a tractor and then the next he's in suspenders and a bow tie. Naturally I needed to meet this character.

Now I usually engage in some sort of conversation with a potential beau for at least a week before agreeing to meet up with them. I made an exception for the Good Ol' Boy. After literally messaging each other for one evening I agreed to go out with him the next day. Might as well not waste any more time than I have to I guess. We met at his favorite sushi restaurant (yes, he likes sushi!) and I must say, it was some of the best sushi I've ever had! Our conversation was interesting & varied. I should probably mention here that he is 6 years younger than me. Although I don't really have a problem with this, he did seem to talk about high school & college a lot. This could be due to his age (high school & college weren't that long ago) or being from a small town or just not a lot of life experience. After dinner, he wanted to go to a movie. I had already seen the movie he wanted to see, so he suggested walking down by the river. Now I know that those of you who worry about me are thinking, "Don't do it! He's going to kill you & throw you in the river!" I'm not going to lie the thought crossed my mind. Then I pictured him in a bow tie & thought, "You NEVER hear of a murderer who wears a bow tie!" So against my better judgement, I got in his car & we walked the trail by the river. Our differences became glaring in our lakeside conversation. He talked about cars & motors, camping, float trips, not liking air conditioning, and guns (AGAIN!). He definitely got the idea that I am more of a princess than Katniss.

After the walk (which I clearly survived) he wanted to go get ice cream. I was too stuffed, plus I was contemplating on if I wanted another date with this dude, so I ended our date. He has already texted me several times and it hasn't even been an hour. Part of me is glad that none of those texts are dick pics. He's obviously a decent guy. Part of me wouldn't have been upset if he hadn't texted me again. I'm definitely up in the air with this one. We'll have to wait & see.  Maybe I should ask him if he has any wildlife in his house???