“So, whaddya like to do?” Dumb! Why did you ask that?
“Um, well, I like reading.” Crap! Now he’s going to think I sit at home and knit.
“Oh. Reading.” And probably knitting.
Say something; say something. “So, what do you like to do?”
“Me?” Think of something impressive. “Uh; not much. Mostly I …” Impressive! “I …like movies.”
“Oh.”
She’s not impressed.
“I …I like movies, too.” Like everybody does… “What’s a favorite?”
Say it. You’ve bombed the date anyway. “Actually; Big Trouble in Little China.”
What?? “No way. Me, too!”
“No way!”
“Way.”
“So… wanna go get Chinese?”
Enacted for Carrot Ranch‘s prompt this week: Romance
November 21, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a romance. Focus on the relationship between two people. Build tension and end on a happy(ish) note. Go where the prompt leads!
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Photo Credit: Lily Banse
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Chel Owens 
I can relate to the awkwardness…maybe a little too much. 😀
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Me, too! She’s less awkward than I am.
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That’s good.
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Perfectly awkward. Well done.
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Makes me glad I’m not dating. 🙂
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Reading, writing and cooking. I’ll be damned if I go whitewater rafting just to impress a woman…
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😀 That’s fine. You ought to go for a woman who is literate and hungry anyway.
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Well, hungry is easy to find…
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Entered into with perfect trepidation. Well done!
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🙂 Thanks!
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Funny stuff, Chelsea. There’s a special kind of awkwardness with a first date. First, there’s the “I’m blowing if feeling,” Then there’s that “how the hell am I ever going to get out of here feeling?”😎
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I know! So much awkwardness. I hope I don’t ever have to go through it again!
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I was so wooden. Completely useless. That’s why I used to talk to the plant pot in the corner.
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Those plants are good listeners.
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I can relate to that although it is many ago I think that the first date is always stressful trying to find common ground…Is that image China Town in London…I love China Town ours is in Bangkok and I love it always so vibrant 🙂 xx
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I couldn’t find out, but London looks about right.
I’m definitely glad I’m not on the dating scene!
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So am I Chelsea it was hard way back when …Goodness knows what it is like now…I hope you and baby are keeping well 🙂 x
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Just looked at the image source. It says Singapore. 🙂
Thanks; baby’s coming out on Monday around 5!!
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How exciting…Good Luck…Look forward to seeing the baby pics xxx
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So well-paced to show the tension and struggle of a first date. Brilliant romance! HEA, too.
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Phew! I passed!
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So clever and cute but never never watched that movie..
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Don’t tell, but I haven’t either.
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hahaha
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Oh noooo, that movie? Haha, guess they’ll hit it off well, though!
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My husband told me it was an epic one. Are you telling me he exaggerated? 😉
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I just found it a bit cringey. I think if you saw it long ago and have nostalgia, it works, but otherwise I have my doubts.
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That about fits most popular cult favorites. 🙂
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