You've got a friend in me....

Date(?) with the Journalist on Saturday.

It's weird that I'm still not exactly sure if it was a date. On the one hand, it had many signs of a date--spending time together outside of work, on a Saturday, going to a museum and playfully chatting about all the contents therein, etc. It's actually a fantastic idea for a date--you get to see cool stuff, you never really run out of things to talk about because you can just keep talking about the stuff you see, and you can really get to know someone by what they share with you and what they think about the stuff.

On the other hand, he ended our day together with a hug.

Hmm.

All in all, I had a good time. He is very easy to talk to, and very intelligent. One of the exhibits we toured was of Spanish-American home art, and I giggled when he translated the Spanish for me (my Spanish may be a little rusty now, but I did minor in it--shh don't tell him just yet), but I still let him do it. I think it gave him a little boost. The chemistry is somewhat a question mark right now. I admit I was a little curious about what it would be like to kiss him, and I wondered if we ended up in a quiet corner of the museum if he might go for the opportunity (he didn't). But I wasn't thinking about kissing him the entire date (don't judge, but sometimes that is the case on dates). In my experience, that curiosity is enough, and can definitely grow to much more once a relationship develops. But it was a little tricky to see things in a romantic light when the entire date was so G-rated. I would like to go out with him again and see if there is any romance there. It just isn't coming naturally--maybe because we've had so many work lunches?

I can be a bit of a slow mover sometimes, but I think I have met my match on that note with this guy. A part of me likes to take this slow, because I'm not sure I'm actually ready to dive into a relationship after one date (and is anyone ever? maybe this is more natural pace--a relationship is, after all, more than lust). But another part of me wants to at least know in the smallest way if there's any romantic potential here before I invest too much time.

Trying to stay positive,
Skeptic