#114 What Would You Do?

I exercised so much today even my hands are tired. It hurts to type. Ouuuch.

But, what I really want to talk about is this strange issue I find myself trying to sort out:

Not too long ago I discovered craigslist and spent endless hours surfing through all the ridiculous postings from people looking for whatever it is they're looking for. While perusing the "Stricly Platonic" category I found a listing that was a little old but made me laugh, so I decided to take a chance and email the guy. We've been emailing back and forth now for a little over a week, about an email a day, and we're really hitting it off (well, as much as you can over the internet). Today I get an email asking if I want to meet up and see a movie.

So what do I do now? On the one hand I'd really like to take another chance and meet this guy since we seem to have so much in common. But then my mind spins into all the "What ifs..." and I end up hesitant and conflicted.

A) What if he thinks I'm ugly? If I was to meet him I would feel the need to send him a disclaimer before hand ("WARNING: The girl you are about to meet is not a size 2. We suggest you take this into consideration before you ask her out.") just so he knows what he's getting in to.

B) What if he thinks I'm boring? I'm incredibly shy in person, I get shakey, and nervous and usually sweat a little and it's all around not attractive or cool.

C)What if he's a serial killer? Perhaps this should be my biggest concern, considering I've only "known" the guy for a week, and even then it's over the internet.

I'm not sure why I keep thinking of it as a date, when I found the listing in the Platonic section, but that's what it feels like (not that I'd know - I've never dated anyone). What if I accept and meet him up thinking it's a date and then he starts talking about his beautiful girlfriend that he forgot to mention? Woe.

I outlined the situation to my best friend, a girl who is an accomplished serial dater, and she suggested I completely ignore the invitation and just keep on chattering away like nothing ever happened. This seems awfully rude to me, and if I had asked him to a movie and he ignored it I'd feel incredibly rejected.

Have any of you met someone online? Do you have any advice? What would you do?

#109 Fame! Fortune!

Just a quick post to say thanks to Kimberly at CalorieLab.com for the little write up about my blog! I feel all at once flattered and foolish because this means someone came here and read this and thought it didn't suck too hard. So thanks, Kimberly, I appreciate it!

I think this make me an official Fat Blogger and am expecting my badge any day now. I'm going to sew it on my vest right above my Water Drinking badge.

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