I’m a simple farmer boy. Nothing gives me more joy than overlooking my perfectly plowed fields, feeling the fertile soil between fingers and harvesting my non-genetically modified crops. I live the simple life. Just give me the sun in the morning and 69mm of rainfall per year. I don’t need white sneakers with red accented heels and velcro straps. Nor a tailored, double-breasted, checkered, dark blue suit that fits me like perfection. Or, imagine this, multiple travels abroad. That’s so not in my reality.
Live. Laugh. Love. Life is simple.
So is dating. Dating is fairly simple. More than often, I’m surprised how we complicate things for no good reason. Here’s the magic formula for dating: Boy and Girl meet. Boy likes Girl. Girl likes Boy. Add logistics. Boom! A date is born! That was not that difficult, right? Dating is simple.
We arranged this date exactly like described above. No hassle, no drama, no time-wasting. I asked her to pick a date from the overview. She chose the homemade dinner. No questions asked, homemade dinner it is. (Okay, I asked her what food she doesn’t like) Dating is simple. Our date was pretty nice in my opinion. She was a bit younger than the usual crowd of cougars I’m meeting but it turned out that age is just a number.
Here are some common examples of complicating things:
- “I want to get to know the other person better first” Wait, what is the purpose of going on a date again? Why the need for verbal ping pong before arranging a date? You need more information? Okay, here’s my CV, the report of the personality questionnaire I filled in and a three-pager summary of my personal history and major milestones.
- “I’m busy, I have no time” I also have no time when I spend hours every day on my smartphone scrolling through trivial images and videos and texting back and forth in group chats.
- “I’m not sure if I like that person” That’s fine. How will you ultimately find out then?
- “I’m a bit afraid” I know, meeting someone in a public space with people around you is indeed more scary than travelling multiple times to a foreign place where you don’t know anyone or speak the local language. How will you succeed in life and overcome your biggest challenges if just going on a date is already holding you back?
You might have noticed. I’m a big fan of meeting up face-to-face. Because yeah, it’s just simple.
I know you’re all dying to know what we had for dinner. Well, I cooked Coca-Cola chicken, stir-fried veggies and some Polish grain thing (kasza jęczmienna). Emtpy plates, just sayin’…
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