Falling For You...

I have never turned down a blind date, ever.  So, a friend of mine said he wanted to set me up with a great guy who is an attorney and thought we would be a perfect match.  He was convinced that we had similar values and would get along famously.  I said (of course), bring, it, on.

During our initial conversation, it appeared our personalities were very different as he seemed to be an introvert.  However, being the optimist that I am, I thought, opposites attract so I need to give it a shot.  So, after a painstaking process of trying to decide where to go for a drink, we decided on a local bar that has a great roof top beer garden.

As neither of us knew what the other looked like – we found it best to meet on the corner out in front of the bar.  My concern heightened as he described what he was wearing down to the color of his tie but I was excited for this adventure.

We greet each other on the street and decide the place to be was the upstairs beer garden so we headed up the stairs.

Once we arrived at the beer garden, my date anxiously scanned the area for some seating.  He found a 2-top table with only one chair.  I sat at the chair at the table and he went over to the surrounding tables on the hunt for an additional chair.  Victorious, he came back with an additional chair and then proceeded to the bar to round up some drinks.

He comes back with our drinks and sits down in the chair next to me.  Much to everyone’s surprise, as he sits in the chair, one of the corner legs that were on the back of the chair gave way. 

As 3 legs of a chair will not hold anyone up (regardless of their size), he falls back hitting the cement beneath him while his arms and legs are flailing about.  He reminded me of a turtle on his back trying to right himself.

My first instinct was to be sure he wasn’t hurt.  He didn’t fall far, so apart from a bruised ego, he appeared to be just fine.  As he was on his back, I asked if I could help.  His reply?  Yes, help me out of this embarrassing situation.  Meanwhile, the entire beer garden was now looking at our awkward first date finding it very amusing after a couple of drinks (heck, I found it amusing without any).

Thinking to myself, it could have been me, what would I have done?  I could have said, I am falling for you already?  Or something to that effect, maybe even given the crowd a curtsy.  However, being the lawyer that he is, he was more concerned about who was responsible for the bum chair.

He proceeds to place the mangled chair behind the table and gets a different chair.  Now, I can barely control myself from the laughter although he is not amused at all.  This chair is now in my line of sight for the entire date.  (Which lasted all of one drink, I was home before dark and we met at 6pm).  I kept holding my glass of beer close to my mouth so he couldn’t see my church giggles.

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Lesson learned?  Crazy, unexpected things will happen throughout life.  It is all how you deal with it.  I can’t be with someone who couldn’t find the humor in that situation.  Especially on a first date!