“You look fantastic”

I saw this guy on Friday – Mr. Navy Lawyer. He e-mailed 10 days ago saying he was going to be in town for the (football) game. When I first got his e-mail it was a few days after Wiley and I broke up. My first thought was…DID ALL THE GUYS FROM MY PAST GET SOME SIGNAL FROM A BEACON SAYING I WAS SINGLE??? I hadn’t really talked to Mr. Navy Lawyer since last year. Which is normal. He comes for a game every year and that’s generally when we just flirt and hang out.

I was having all kinds of thoughts. Part of me didn’t want to see him because I feel sad and broken after the breakup, but part of me thought some flirting and male attention would be a good thing. 

I saw him Friday night. He was in town with an old roommate, so that meant I got to flirt with TWO guys at once…my favorite! Seriously though I had a blast hanging out with them, good conversations, laughter and they refused to let me buy any drinks. Mr. Navy Lawyer kept saying “you look fantastic.” We also ran into a mutual friend of ours that that I hadn’t seen in a while and the mutual friend also said how “fantastic” I looked (while his wife was standing next to him haha). 

I should mention when I first got to the bar Mr. Navy Lawyer practically sat on top of me instead of next to me, with his leg gratuitously placed against mine. But that’s the extent of the touching aside from a hello and goodbye hug. There were some flirtatious texts exchanged after we parted ways that he initiated: “Fantastic to see you tonight. Wish it were more often.” then after a few texts back and forth “I’d love to see you tomorrow. 🙂 I’d love even more for you to visit me in VA Beach.” I appreciate how bold he is at times, but despite our chemistry I’m pretty sure the ship has sailed on us in terms of timing which is fine.  I had told him I was unavailable on Saturday (which was a LIE…I gave myself a mani/pedi and caught up on TiVo, etc.), but I knew just being casual and flirty a second day in a row would have been a challenge because he’s hard to resist. Plus, I am still nursing a broken heart and I don’t think a rebound hookup with someone I used to have feelings for would have been a good idea. 

I guess to point of the story was that I got a nice ego boost that added fuel to my fire to continue to heal and eventually get back out into the dating scene.