Ever met a person who looks serious all the time? Who does not talk to females unless necessary? Who speaks in such a direct manner that you can’t tell if they like you or not? That’s my husband. The only peep I ever heard from him was a chuckle stemming from something sarcastic that was said.
Our first date was nothing crazy or elaborate, but in my thoughts I want to process all that I can manage and have fun doing it, so here it is.
June 24th, 2016 came, and I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t even know if it was actually a date. All I knew was that our best friends – who happened to be dating – wanted this to happen and I had nothing to lose. I actually texted him first days before, and he didn’t reply until days later. To which he asked me for coffee.
Flash back to a few weeks before our first date, I was planning on driving to Atlanta with a friend and my now husband, but had to miss due to my sister’s graduation. On the car ride, Kyle – my now husband – made some marriage joke about us to his friend. Well, my friend then told his girlfriend and since we are besties she ran with it and tried planting this seed in both our minds.
A few days before our date, he texted me to begin getting to know me and offered to send me his FarmersOnly profile as a start, which I definitely asked for. I am still, in fact, waiting to see that profile.
We met at a The Coffee House on Cherry Street. I was coming from my niece’s first birthday party. He was driving back to Kansas after visiting Atlanta. I remember exactly what I was wearing. I even kept the outfit for memories. My mom always talks about how she wished she kept some of her important outfits, and so I intend to do that. I wore a buffalo check tank top and blue jeans. It was the perfect birthday party/low key date outfit in my mind. When I arrived at the coffee shop, Kyle had already been there for about an hour working. I ordered my latte and sat down across from him. He closed his laptop.
That’s when the interrogation began. Just kidding, but kind of not. I hadn’t been on many first dates, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Heck I didn’t even know if he considered this a date or not. This was my first time having an actual conversation with this man, although I had known who he was for three years prior. He asked me lots of questions. I don’t even know what they were anymore, but I remember feeling like he was peering through my soul. Sounds crazy I know, but there was just something about his eyes. Something that told me he was truly listening and analyzing my every word. In the moment I was not sure what to think because I was just so surprised and frozen in time. Something told me he wasn’t taking this as easy breezy as I thought he would. Through all his seriousness I knew there was a gentle side to him. I knew there was something special about him that I would soon discover. At least that’s what I had hoped.
At the end of the date, he told me straight up that he wanted to meet with me again. I was shocked. I did not expect him to be that upfront about it or to even want to go another date with me and be so sure about it. I agreed and we left. Two weeks later, we went on our second “date” and that’s when it all truly began.
Erica Paige 