Dates are Great. (Especially When You Plan them Yourself)

Sometimes guys just don't understand how to plan a good first date. If they would just follow a few guidelines, it wouldn't be too hard. Don't make it too long. Simple is good. Be on time. Don't be so overeager in your flirting that you act like a creep. Do something fun where you still have a chance to get to know each other. And basically, just follow our Dating Rules. Again, not too hard right? Well, all too often dates don't end up going this way, and you're left counting the minutes until your date takes you home. Solution? Plan it yourself! A couple weeks ago, that's just what The One Timer and I did. We decided to take the initiative and ask guys out that we had at least a little bit of interest in. Seeing that The One Timer's attempt at taking the initiative was not conveyed so smoothly the first time (see this post), Colonel Mustard was an obvious choice for her. As for myself, I asked one of our other friends who I had a crush on. We'll call him Louis Armstrong.

I must say, The One Timer and I planned an awesome date. This past summer, while on the trip that inspired this blog, The One Timer, The Heartbreaker, The Friendly Kisser and I discovered that we love tandem biking. Naturally, for our date we decided to rent tandem bikes, have a picnic, and wander around in a really awesome toy shop near our house. It was SO much fun. The leaves were beautiful as we biked alongside the river in the perfect fall weather. Louis Armstrong and I had a hula hoop competition, a pretend gun fight, and helped complete the world's largest crossword puzzle. Then we had a tandem bike race home against The One Timer and Colonel Mustard, which we obviously won. It was simple, but we all had a great time. You may be wondering what happened with Colonel Mustard and Louis Armstrong. Well, despite the awesomeness of this date, The One Timer and I don't really have any interest in them anymore (anticlimactic, I know). But the moral of the story is...

If you are in need of a good date, just plan it yourself. (Or The One Timer and I would be happy to plan it for you.)

-The Cautious Charmer