2/27/20

WOW. That was the epitome of awkward.

I ended up needing Rosie to pick me up from the airport and she did which I am grateful for. But then I also asked if she could pick up Vince on the way & she was like, “Sure but why?” A reasonable question. I told her that we were gonna go out on a date (a date which would be our first official going out to dinner and a movie type date mind you) and then it got weird. I could literally feel the judgement carving its way into my bones.
Rosie laughed, “Oh. That’s weird. Haha wow. I’m sorry I just... that’s really funny. And so weird. I find that so weird. Who asked who on the date?”
Naturally I panicked because I don’t know how to respond or talk to people and I was already freaking out so I was just like, “Oh I dunno. I guess we just kind of planned it.”
She was not satisfied with that answer.
So I continued and said, “Well I guess if I think about it, it was probably Vince who asked first...”
She asked me how I felt about it since he was my convert and all. I told her that I did feel a little weird since I know it’s all a little taboo but that I felt good about it.
Then the subject kind of dropped and somehow, through a series of misunderstanding and unfortunate events, Rosie came to the mall WITH us for our date. Yup. I repeat, WITH US. Hardcore third wheel. And she KNEW it was a date. Yet still, here we were. So she got food some place in the food court and Vince and I got food from elsewhere and split a meal. Then we all sat down to eat but it was awkward because I had accidentally definitely given off the impression that it was our first date or something. So we all ate and it was weird and then Vince went to use the restroom and I went to get Rosie a to-go box for her food.
When I came and sat back down Vince was still gone. Not even two seconds into my butt touching the chair Rosie said, “Do you actually like him?”
I’m sorry. What?? Okay that’s definitely rude. “Yes actually I do. We’ve already been dating for like two months so... I definitely like him.”
Cue another tidal wave of judgement. So much judgement. I was being stabbed with it.
“Oh. That’s weird. That is like super duper weird. Oh my goodness.”
I told her, “Yeah he actually came to visit me in January.” And let me tell you folks, I should not have said that. She blew up and was like, “Seriously? That’s what he was doing? He missed his own surprise birthday party!”
I confirmed that yes, he missed it. Although to be fair, he didn’t know it was happening and also I could corroborate how awful he felt about missing it.
At one point, after I tell her we are officially dating, Rosie literally said, “Well that’s good to know. I don’t feel as bad third wheeling you guys now.” (Yeah. If third wheeling was forcibly semi stalking and intruding on our date.) When Vince came back she was like, “Okay, we HAVE to go to See’s Candies. So we did and man could you feel the negative vibes in the air. Afterwards we told her that we were gonna check movies and times at the theater to see if we wanted to switch what movie we’d originally decided since the start time was so late.
I guess it would turn out Rosie was under the impression that I wanted her to give me a ride home from the mall too so I cleared that up with her and then we parted ways. As we walked away she literally called out, “Don’t do anything stupid.” in a tone that was far more patronizing than teasing. Oh yeah, she also definitely took a stalker photo of us at some point & probably sent it to people so that’s great. Our business, our relationship, and what should have been ours to tell people, is probably already out. While I am grateful for all of her help with the rides, I have literally not had a more awkward and painful and judgemental dinner date.
The rest of the date was good though. We decided to attend the later showing of Knives Out that we had planned on watching before. We sat outside for an hour and talked. Then we got our tickets and used the restrooms and checked out movie posters until the film was ready to go. And let me tell ya, it was definitely one of my favorite movie theatre experiences ever 😏