I went on my first real date since my ex. We texted a lot before we actually met up, and I had known of him from my high school, although we never talked then. We matched on bumble, and the fact that I already knew he was real person really helped.

I would like to tell you about my amazing date!! It was nothing too special honestly. He invited me to the park to walk a trail. We met up downtown and my car actually broke down right in front of the parking garage💀💀. He was so kind tho. He seemed to have no real idea about how to fix a car, not a problem for me at all, my dad and sister are both mechanics and I’ve learned quite a bit from them.

He had no idea what to do and when I started hitting the fuel pump he was so startled. But alas, the car started. This man went out of his way to make sure I was ok, and even attempted to fix something he didn’t know about. And he didn’t do it in a judging manner of, “oh you’re a girl so you don’t know what you’re doing with cars”. (Had one man walk up to me and insist it was the battery even though the car had power and you could hear the key start to turn over)

This already shows he seems to be respectful. We had both touched under the hood of the car and had dirt on our hands from it. We decided to make a stop to wash our hands downtown before we went to the park. It was a nice walk and nothing felt forced, even the silence was comfortable. We did have a good conversation tho!

He then drove me to the park and omg I never thought a man would do this in real life: He ran to my side of the car and opened the door for me. Literally ran! Both before I got in the car to go to the park, and he opened the door for me getting out. I know I can do this on my own, but the fact that he went so out of his way to do it was adorable. The park we went to is what he called his “chill spot” (a term we use a lot here) basically his happy place. I felt honored to be shown his favorite place on the first date. I don’t need something expensive, I want someone who cares. This date only cost him the gas to meet up and go to the park. I didn’t even want to be picked up.

We talked until it got dark and had to walk back unable to see. But he knew the way. We ended up sitting and talking by a creek and throwing rocks in the water. We got back to the car and I thought “well he must be taking me back to my car now.” Not the case. We sat in his car for about another hour talking. It’s never this easy to talk to someone you just met alone.

I started rubbing/massaging my neck because I have whiplash from a recent wreck. He took it upon himself to do it for me. Didn’t even say anything, just put his hands on mine and I knew. And nothing I had to say seemed to turn him off.

Finally he takes me back to my car and asks, “what do you want to talk about?” He still wanted to spend time with me. It was now 10:30 pm and he had work at 3 am the next morning. He was sacrificing his sleep for me.

Got lots of hugs when I went home and he didn’t try anything gross like gropping me. He gave me the tightest hugs! No kisses lol, but he did say he wants to see me again. And it’s confirmed because he didn’t ghost me when I got home. He made sure I got home safe and told me goodnight.

First date was a success😎🫶