The Perfect "Date"

Taking some time out from my typical advice blogging to just talk about what's kind of going on in my life, which, I might add, was what this blog was initially intended to do.

So for the past two days, I had been catching up with an old friend I hadn't seen in a little over a year. He had told me that he was leaving the country within the next few weeks and asked me to kick it before he left. So on Friday, he picked me up from school and we had ourselves a little backyard BBQ with his three dogs. Today, we went out to eat dinner and ended up talking at the park until almost 1 o'clock. And let me just mention that me and him are JUST FRIENDS, we've known each other for years now so it's not even like that.

While we were hanging out, we seriously talked about EVERYTHING you could possibly imagine, from relationships and childhoods to abortion and gay marriage. We hadn't seen each other for years now, and we were on that comfort level as if we've been hanging out forever. He took me to his "secret spot" behind the freeway, and we just sat on the swings at the park until about one. And as we were talking, I just casually threw out the fact that the past two days with him had been just about everything I would consider as a perfect first date (if it really were a first date, we're just friends hanging out). He was really surprised due to the fact that everything we were doing was so simple and casual.

In my opinion we're still kids, so all that mumbo jumbo about taking a girl out on a date, bringing her flowers, and taking her out to a dinner and a movie, isn't necessarily the makings of a perfect date. I seriously feel like all you really need to get a girl is to find that connection with her, which means good conversation and good vibes with good people. I don't know about other girls, but I know that for me, just kickin' it and having relaxing, good, clean fun is the best kind of date there is, because sometimes, the best things are the simplest things! Oh, and for me, I don't want a guy that's too cool and that doesn't make mistakes, and speaking of that I just HAVE to mention that as I was leaving, and we hugged goodbye, somehow, he accidentally ripped my earring off! It hurt like shit! But to be honest, it was like the cherry on top of a perfect evening. It was so cute because he felt so bad, and he seemed really embarrassed! He apologized like a million times and said that he felt like an idiot, and I STILL thought it was adorable. But anyway, real shit, I swear it was the cutest night I've ever had with anyone, and it wasn't even purposely!

Idk, it's hard to explain via blog because I can't really go into detail. But pretty much, I told him that I wished we could have called our hang out a "date" because then I could really say that I've been on a prefect date, and to me, it really was a "prefect date." Good conversation, with good company and good vibes. what more could I ask for? :]