Elizabeth
So I guess I should go ahead and mention the last girl I dated and our history. She is a big part of why I spiraled into depression in 2018 and also made it tough at the end of this year.
I suppose I really should just go from how we met. It was was 2017 and my live in girlfriend had just broken up with me. It was a very painful limbo stage we went through where she said she had "doubts about our relationship" but still wasn't ready to call it quits. Finally New Year's Eve I had a talk with her again and pretty much confirmed even though she kept saying she didn't know what she wanted, in her heart it was already over. This should probably be another entry in itself. It was late January in 2017 and I was focused on what I could do to better myself to help me cope with my breakup. By happenstance, my co-workers had recently kept talking about this gym they enjoyed called Orange Theory. I decide to give it a try and decide to call to get information. This is how I met Elizabeth. She was the one who picked up the phone. We ended up having a conversation over 30 minutes. She was just so easy to talk to. I found out later on that her manager was with her and since the conversation lasted so long said "this guy better sign up for a membership". I found out she was a graduate of a private university in our area and I guess when I heard that I automatically assumed she was probably in her mid 20s or something. I was actually pleasantly surprised when I met her that she seemed like she could easily be in her 30s. She gave me the tour of the gym and luckily for her I signed up. I found out we actually worked at the same place, too. (she was working two jobs). I found her in my work messaging system called Jabber and tried to keep in touch. I noticed that whenever I did Jabber her she didn't seem that interested in chatting so I kind of left it alone. I would message her just every couple of months when something would randomly remind me of her. We had maybe, 2 or 3 Jabber conversation throughout the year. Then around late November I liked a picture she was tagged in on Facebook with a mutual friend of ours. She sent me a Facebook friend request and I of course accepted. Two days later (I accepted the friend request on like a Saturday, so I had to wait until the following Monday to message her) I Jabbered and thanked her for the friend request. This particular conversation went very well. She was very engaging and responsive. She was polite before, but I didn't really get the vibe she wanted to the conversations long. During the conversation I was able to get her number so I could text some pictures from Halloween (a trick I learned from an outing where this girl got me to take pictures with my phone and send it to her).
The first month was touch and go. We kept in touch, but she was very guarded and also very emotionally distant. We did go on a formal date and saw Book of Mormon at the Dr. Phillips Center of Performing Arts. That was nice, especially since we both dressed up. I never had an opportunity to kiss her because she did a good job of not putting herself in a position where I could kiss her. Towards the end of the first month I actually had enough doubts about the progress of our dating that I actually intended on suggesting that we just stay friends. A couple of days before I was going to give her the talk she surprisingly invited me to watch The Greatest Showman in theaters. It was there that we had our first kiss (a.k.a. make out session) It was honestly a magical moment. We made out for practically the entire ending credits of the movie. Afterwards I was on cloud 9. After I walked her to her car and got in mine I remember mouthing the words "ohhh my gosh!" I found out later on when she got home her dad saw her and said she had the glow of a teenager when she was walked through the door.
I suppose I really should just go from how we met. It was was 2017 and my live in girlfriend had just broken up with me. It was a very painful limbo stage we went through where she said she had "doubts about our relationship" but still wasn't ready to call it quits. Finally New Year's Eve I had a talk with her again and pretty much confirmed even though she kept saying she didn't know what she wanted, in her heart it was already over. This should probably be another entry in itself. It was late January in 2017 and I was focused on what I could do to better myself to help me cope with my breakup. By happenstance, my co-workers had recently kept talking about this gym they enjoyed called Orange Theory. I decide to give it a try and decide to call to get information. This is how I met Elizabeth. She was the one who picked up the phone. We ended up having a conversation over 30 minutes. She was just so easy to talk to. I found out later on that her manager was with her and since the conversation lasted so long said "this guy better sign up for a membership". I found out she was a graduate of a private university in our area and I guess when I heard that I automatically assumed she was probably in her mid 20s or something. I was actually pleasantly surprised when I met her that she seemed like she could easily be in her 30s. She gave me the tour of the gym and luckily for her I signed up. I found out we actually worked at the same place, too. (she was working two jobs). I found her in my work messaging system called Jabber and tried to keep in touch. I noticed that whenever I did Jabber her she didn't seem that interested in chatting so I kind of left it alone. I would message her just every couple of months when something would randomly remind me of her. We had maybe, 2 or 3 Jabber conversation throughout the year. Then around late November I liked a picture she was tagged in on Facebook with a mutual friend of ours. She sent me a Facebook friend request and I of course accepted. Two days later (I accepted the friend request on like a Saturday, so I had to wait until the following Monday to message her) I Jabbered and thanked her for the friend request. This particular conversation went very well. She was very engaging and responsive. She was polite before, but I didn't really get the vibe she wanted to the conversations long. During the conversation I was able to get her number so I could text some pictures from Halloween (a trick I learned from an outing where this girl got me to take pictures with my phone and send it to her).
The first month was touch and go. We kept in touch, but she was very guarded and also very emotionally distant. We did go on a formal date and saw Book of Mormon at the Dr. Phillips Center of Performing Arts. That was nice, especially since we both dressed up. I never had an opportunity to kiss her because she did a good job of not putting herself in a position where I could kiss her. Towards the end of the first month I actually had enough doubts about the progress of our dating that I actually intended on suggesting that we just stay friends. A couple of days before I was going to give her the talk she surprisingly invited me to watch The Greatest Showman in theaters. It was there that we had our first kiss (a.k.a. make out session) It was honestly a magical moment. We made out for practically the entire ending credits of the movie. Afterwards I was on cloud 9. After I walked her to her car and got in mine I remember mouthing the words "ohhh my gosh!" I found out later on when she got home her dad saw her and said she had the glow of a teenager when she was walked through the door.
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