Date Update So, I had my date yesterday. →[More:]It was good. Gentle, but good. Everything I had planned was thrown out of the window. I asked B- what time she wanted to meet up and she chose the afternoon so there was little chance for restaurants.

The whole date consisted of the following...
- Cafe.
- Piece Hall (Sandwich and a cup of tea)
- Wander around Halifax
- Sitting in the park.
- Cloudbusting (yeah)
- Drink in a pub.
- Another drink in a different pub.
- Goodbyes.

We hung out for just over six hours. She was more nervous than me. "I'm never asking a man out on a date again", she said "I never realised how terrifying it was. How do men do it?"

There'd been some worries from my part at the beginning of the week. She'd managed to accidently insult my best friend (she's a friend of a friend) and I didn't know if that would be preying on my mind. It didn't.

She has me pegged as this ultra-intellectual. Initially it was extremely worrying, but after hearing some of the crazy things she believes, it's maybe not a bad thing.

"How big is the sun?" She asked.
"Real big." I said. "I don't know exactly though"
"Bigger than Halifax?" she asked.
"Pardon!"
"Bigger than Halifax?"
Yes. It's like thousands of times bigger than the earth. It's really big."
"That can't be right." she says "How can the sun be bigger than the earth if it's in the earth."

Now, I'm not a snob or anything, but that is just wrong.

She's a masseur, just about to start training as a nurse. She has two kids, aged 5 and 9. She may be 34, but I only got that information out of her using the power of mathematics, so I may be wrong.

She's sweet and human. She hates for plans to change. Doesn't like to be late to turn up to things late. She always checks her door is locked three times before leaving the house and she covers left-over food so people can't see what she's been eating. She laughs a lot (or maybe I make her laugh a lot), but dislikes public displays of affection.

We planned to meet up again next saturday. When parting, she said "I don't know what to do mext. Do I shake your hand or what." I gave her a hug and affectionately touched her on the arm. I turned round after crossing the road to see if she was looking over at me before we finally parted. She wasn't.

As I said, we meet again next saturday. We're going to a restaurant next time. I'm going to take a picture of the solar system with me.