Baby Steps...

Spent the better part of yesterday with a blast from my past. I normally avoid anything that looks like a date, preferring group hangouts or going out with my gal pals, much to the chagrin of my friends who of late have turned matchmakers, the guiding principle for them being, WE ARE MARRIED, WHY SHOULD SEN GET TO ENJOY SINGLEDOM. Every time I meet them the theme is, 'Sen, your interactions are limited to us, you need to widen your circle, meet more people (read guys), allow the special someone you are destined to annoy for the rest of your life approach you, lower the barriers you have around you and open up to new possibilities, blah blah and more blah blah...' 

After years of being subjected to this pep talk, I've finally decided to check out the dating scene and test the waters as I usually find myself tongue-tied in one-on-one situations.  In the past I've had 'Mujhe dekho, conversationalist hoon aur ek tum ho, buth bani baithi ho' thrown at me. So when the opportunity presented itself I grabbed it with both hands. Though I did make a feeble attempt to turn it into a group event by inviting another friend who is as vela as yours truly, but she was working and could not make it.

It all began with a message on my BBM going 'You free today for a movie at XXX?'. I was still in zzzland and by the time I woke up at ten (I usually sleep in on weekends) there was another message 'Thinking, Yes, No, Office, Kuch toh bol '. As a rule I bat aside such invite with a 'Sorry ya, today is kinda bad, maybe some other time' but today I decided that I could just go out and see, also no harm in going out with X,  this was not a DATE, just a catch up with my college friend and gauging from the fact that we had a great lunch, discussed every topic under the sun and took in a movie (both of us agreed Players is a rubbish film) I guess it was not a total loss. 

Quite liked the change of scene and to ensure that I don't lose momentum I'm off on a trek to Tung Fort later this week and come February off on a white water rafting trip to Rishikesh...  at this rate my bucket list will have nothing on it... this year is looking good already...