Jackie's (JP) Reaction to: "Memorable First Dates"

Eeeek the dreaded first date! It has been a long time since I have been on a first date, close to about 4 years. Newly single it is the thing I am worried about the most. It has always been that time where you question everything you do. From a girls perspective you worry about what you are going to wear, what do I say, how should I do my hair, I hope we aren’t going out to eat because I don’t want to eat in front of him and what are we going to talk about. I know they sound all really silly but come on, we most likely want to impress this guy! Now you’re on the date and its going good or bad however you perceive it. The date is over and if you had a good time you wonder, am I going to hear from him again or if you didn’t have a good time you wonder, please let him lose my number.

I am trying so hard to think of a first date that I have been on that was either memorable or completely horrible that it actually makes my stomach turn. It is silly but one of my best first dates was with one of my ex-boyfriends, who lives down the shore. We dated briefly during high school, broke up and lost touch for about four years. We reconnected through MySpace, ehh yea, I know pretty corny reconnecting through that but come on it was when MySpace was actually popular back in 2006. Okay well back to the first date, we decided one day we would “hang out” because seriously who calls it a date anymore, it’s hanging out. So I took a ride down the shore on a beautiful day at the beginning of May. I was SUPER nervous because it had been four years, all I kept worrying about was “What is he going to think of me?” I prepped myself for about a good hour before I left, and ventured down parkway south. The whole ride down my stomach was in knots, I was completely freaking out. I got to his house and we decided to take a ride into Seaside (it was pre- Jersey Shore so it wasn’t as gross yet!). We went and sat on a pier and just talked, went for a walk on the rocks, and then walked the boardwalk.

It was cheesy but it was kind of like a date you see on the movies. Every time I think about it, it makes me smile. We ended up dating for a little while, but it didn’t work out. We lost touch again after that, and last year connected again through Facebook. Oh how wonderful social networking sites are. Now at the age of 26, I always wonder what you do on a first date. It’s been so long I feel lost. I feel like a teenager again not really sure what to do or how to proceed. I have to admit the dating world is hard and I actually hate being back in it.