“Just one?” The hostess asked.
“Oh no, I am meeting someone here. I’ll find her, thanks.”
I started walking through the mostly empty restaurant on the lookout for my date. I could feel those old familiar nervous butterflies come fluttering back up in my stomach. I just realized how long it had been since I felt that intoxicating mixture of anxiety and excitement.
I had never actually been on a blind date before. In fact, I hadn’t been on too many regular dates. I have only had one real girlfriend in my life. She was my first love and was even there for me when I first came out, but after a couple of unhappy years, we both knew it was time to move on. It has been almost seven months since then and I owed it to myself to get out there and see what life had to offer. Unfortunately, I was a bit shy and had a hard time meeting new people. Luckily, my friend Katie set me up with one of her friends who she thought would help me come out of my shell.