Hi-Five

So I went out to see a movie with a chick last night. Clerks 2 to be specific. I guess you could say this was a date of sorts, I did ask her formally to come with me and I paid for the movie. The movie was funny, the company was delightful, so why then did I end our evening together with a hi-five in the parking lot?

Why?

Because I'm retarded and have zero understanding of the social dynamics of dating. I can only pray that this particular girl doesn't hold my awkward closing move against me and perhaps chalks it up to "nervousness" on my part.

To decompress from this tragic event, I rushed to the Firehouse bar to discuss the goings on with Joolie and Sydney who both informed me that the hi-five is perhaps the worst thing a guy could do at the end of a date. Although Syd seems to think that this particular girl, who she knows, will not hold it against me. I can only hope she is right.

As scary as dating again is, I'm in desperate need to find some companionship since over the last year I've been dealing with long distance, alcoholism and jesus freakdom when it comes to possible relationships. The girl I went out with is relatively normal and appreciates a lot of the same things I do. Not a drunk. No mention of Jesus. Not living in another state. Well, actually she does live in South Carolina, but that's right across the river 10 minutes away. The reality is that maybe this is the start of something more and maybe it isn't. And if it isn't....I will forever blame the "hi-five."