Tags: dating, singles

So, I recently attended an anime convention in order to meet a guy I'd met through a dating site. I know, group cringe, an anime convention. It was the place I was about to boldly go where no sane girl had gone before. I have nothing against anime. I'm not obsessed about it, but I'm sure there are things I'm interested in that other people would find weird (like Harry Potter, Bjork, art.) Even the guy was sweating me meeting him at the convention, hence I end up thinking he's nothing but an drunk geek with no life. I assured him I would reserve any opinions for the second date at a less weird location.

He rolls into town, calls me, and I go visit him at the convention center on one of my day's off. Not the best date. He was an interesting combination of talking a good game online, and being socially awkward in person. Mind you, it's easy to talk a good game online, but I let him know ahead of time that I was not about to slide into home on the first date. Online he was witty, slightly self deprecating, and intelligent. In person, just shy, quiet, and didn't do much conversation starting.

But that is not my point. Despite the fact that the date didn't go well, I did score something quiet unexpected. His hotel roommate and I ended up having SO much in common. One look at his ipod and I realised we had a lot of the same music, and an interest in each other's music. We had SO much in common, that my date started to look like the third wheel. A session of music swapping later and we started chatting online, texing during the work day, and using up several of my roll-over minutes (thank you Cingular.)

So, even if a date doesn't look overly promising, don't cancel or not bother trying. You never know who you'll meet along the way.