I realise that the above heading is a tad dramatic, but it has been a trying week. I know I am a boring person. Nothing makes me happier than sitting in bed with a good book or watching Family Guy re-runs. So, when someone suggested to me last week that I should go on a date with her husband's friend I thought, 'why the Hell not'. All I'm doing is working anyway. I'm at that age where people are beginning to get anxious for me in terms of my singleness. I am 26.
Make an effort young lady. So I agreed to be set up, I gave this lady my number and she said, 'expect him to call'. No problem. She also slips in that he's 35/36 or something like that. I can hear you screaming at the screen! 'Why isn't he married now???? there must be something wrong with him'. I was raised to have an open mind . My famed Emma impersonator also mentions that he's a bit wary of Nigerian females bla bla. I'm more than wary of Nigerian guys my age so I thought, 'What's the worst that can happen?'.
Then I did my research on dating on the Nigerian scene, I read some articles on some websites and stumbled on an AMAZING blog by some chap that goes by the moniker Esco. He could be my twin brother. I digress, I got the call on Monday and he seemed nice not overly effusive or anything and he laughed at my jokes (to be fair I can be very funny). We set up Wednesday as a good day to meet and I'm getting excited. Wednesday comes and he calls to set up time and place and we agree 7 at my salsa club. He warns me that his bed time is 9ish so the earlier the better. I don't usually fall asleep till midnight but I shrug it off. The way I saw it, if he didn't show up then I could have my salsa class and a man's arms around me to get over it, ja! 6.30 comes and he's on Awolowo road at a petrol station which he has been at for a couple of hours and he apologises and says he'll be at the club before 8. No wahala, I use the opportunity to eat dinner. By the way, the diet is going very well and weight loss is being achieved!
I usually walk to the club from home, takes about 5 minutes and as I'm walking in, there's a perplexed man in a white shirt, average height looking very lost. I thought it was him but walked passed him into the club and looked at my phone to make sure that MTN was giving me enough signal to receive a phone call (to be fair that means nothing in this country). I get the call a couple of minutes later and hey presto! It's the perplexed black man in the white shirt. I know some people like details so here goes
1. He double air kisses (which always confuses me)
2. He is dark, like my dad black (like coal lol) and Yoruba (at least my mum will be happy)
3. He orders a soda water with lots of ice (dunno what to say about that...)
4. When he relaxes and smiles he has these really cute dimples (score!)
5. He really likes tuna (don't ask me why this is important it is what it is)
6. He swims for an hour every morning and weighs himself every morning and goes to the gym
7. In his words, he can be very anal about orderliness
People who know me would be under the impression that I would jump at the opportunity of someone so darn similar to myself...and it was really easy chatting with him. Maybe I even imagined some chemistry. But I am an old fashioned gal, part of me wants fire and passion and another part of me is like, calm down o jere he's a stranger.
He offered to drive me home which was nice, cos I accepted. I am one of those people who believes you can tell a lot about a person from what they drive (he drives a jeep jeep). I personally just want a car that moves and has air conditioning cos I am sick and tired of supporting the taxi industry in Victoria Island, I digress. We get to mine and after finding a parking spot he walks me to my door and we continue chatting about pools and the economy and bla, then who walks up the stairs.... MY MOTHER. Whom I have told absolutely nothing about me dating anyone Thankfully she behaves like a human being and a brief introduction of names is made and she leaves. More air kissing and he's off!
It is now Friday people, and he has NOT called. I will just take it as he's not interested and pat myself on the back that I tried.
and in other news: I should correct an earlier error, the chap from Malaysia will be in Lagos in December with my ring... not in a couple of weeks and we chat with each other every other day pretty much. I'm not sure what the etiquette is for these things, I have never been in a position to 'juggle' men lol in my life.
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