But I didn’t exactly envisage our first date being a little family outing, to be honest.Īnyway, a few of her pals joined us and we had a merry old time as a group the drinks flowed and the chemistry with Donald and I intensified.Īt one point we all ended up at another bar with a live band and Donald grabbed me on the dance floor, planting a pash on me. I mean, I adored his mother, she was so fun. So I headed to a bar and… his mother was there too. I was feeling a tad under the weather (NYE benders have a nasty habit of making me start the year terribly) but agreed given I didn’t have any other plans and also was keen to finally meet Donald in real life! Over Christmas, he rang a few times making my mother raise her eyebrows and offer up ‘he seems a bit keen’.Ī few days after New Year’s, he texted me late one afternoon that he would be in my area if I wanted to grab a drink. Given it was the busiest time of the year and we were both social little butterflies, the anticipated meet up didn’t happen before Christmas.
In retrospect, it was extremely weird, we would text most days, send each other pictures and profess our excitement for when we would finally meet up. This was in November and we struck up almost a semi-relationship via text.
