became. Allie asked for Josh’s number
before they wrapped up at the
restaurant. “Right as I was thinking
about asking for her phone number,”
Josh explained. Such synergy!
Then Josh walked her home. “It
was more intimate than sitting across
the table talking to each other,” he
said of their post-meal traipse.
However, they bid goodbye with a
mere hug. “We didn’t kiss, but the hug
was a nice hug,” he said. Once apart,
they got to texting. For someone who’s
not a big texter, Allie’s thumbs sure
were busy.
“I was like, ‘I don’t know. I
definitely want to get to know you
more as friends. I want to hang out
with you more, but I don’t know if I
want to pursue something romantic
immediately,’ ” she told me. “He said
he felt the same way and that we’re on
the same page.” She added, “He said
the line, ‘You don’t buy the first dress
you try on.’ I was like, ‘That is
perfect.’ ”
“We’re not positive about each
other because there’s a lot we don’t
know,” agreed Josh a few days after
their date. By then, Allie was liking
what she’s seeing textually. “He’s a
great communicator over text,” she
said. “It makes me want to see him
more, but I don’t know if anything
has changed on the romantic side of
it.”
Don’t mistake their readiness to
settle down for desperation. But also,
don’t mistake their lack of desperation
for aloofness either. They met on a
Wednesday and already had plans to
hang out again on Sunday, getting
food and watching some football.
Allie set their future’s try-and-see
tone with a home-nurtured
straightforwardness.
“My mom’s a divorce lawyer, so
maybe it comes down to learning how
to be communicative so that bad
things don’t happen in relationships.
It comes through a lot of learned
experience,” she said.
Rate the date
Allie: 4.25 [out of 5].
Josh: 4.5.
Update
They went out on a second date but
decided to be just friends.
Rich Juzwiak is a writer in New York.
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