STEPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT AWAY WITH YOUR MAN:
1. Romantic dinner at expensive restaurant
2. Stroll by the waterfront looking at beautiful scenery
3. Quality time curled up on couch with nice wine
THE REALITY:
Elbows on the table, loud embarrassing comments, and spilling a vast amount of candle wax on the table...all do not appear conducive to a romantic dinner at a lovely restaurant. None of the above applying to my own behaviour! Anyhow, as he was playing with the wax on the tablecloth in order to get it off (after the loud and obnoxious comment how "crap" the music was) I was wondering how best to cope with the situation at hand. Whether to a) get a bottle of wine STAT and proceed to drink it fast in its entirety in order to transcend my embarrassment, b) run as fast as possible out the door leaving the uncivilized male at the table, or c) suck it up and try make the best of a bad bad circumstance.
Looking back, a) looks most desirable, but me not being one to shy away from a challenge went with option c). The meal was lovely, and I was not in the mood for dessert so before I went to the bathroom I politely requested to be ordered a coffee. Upon return I discover it was a coffee to-go and we were leaving. An enjoyable dinner? No. Apparently it was in order to achieve said stroll by the waterfront. So number 2 gets a tick. And number 3? Well, curled up on the couch with wine check. Watching Jurassic Park? Not romantic.
Basic wining and dining skills are a necessity for dating me. I sense trouble in the water....
S
