Can you believe they let me date? Not that it happened on a February 14, but perhaps my oddest dating mishap is worth sharing for #valentinescomedy - find the original prompt post here.
As a young man, around the age of 22, I went to the grocery store – and, having purchased something, possibly chicken, from the deli, I had a bit of a chat with the middle aged worker behind the counter who I knew socially. Long story short, I did not notice the other girl behind the deli meat counter, but it turns out she noticed me.
We ended up on a date not long after; it was going to be fairly low key – how about at movie at my place? Earlier that day, I had been up early – doing a six hour round trip to visit the national library, needing to access some records for my thesis project. I was exhausted on my return trip, but you know the saying, the show must go on.
Now, I don’t remember the details that led me to the couch, but as the movie started to play, I am pretty sure I fell straight to sleep. I woke up as the credits to the film were playing, and I think I said something along the lines of, ‘That was a good movie’.
The reply came, ‘You were asleep’
‘No I wasn’t’, I protested. I’ll admit, it was probably an awkward utterance.
‘You were snoring all the way through it’. (And this is how I learned I snore).
I remember laughing about this with my friends later that week, and ever date that followed, I’d get the sage advice, ‘Don’t fall asleep on her’. Every time I did something with my friends, ‘Don’t fall asleep on us’.
Years later, this story was well buried in my memory, for pulling it out. But now, it really is my bedtime, it's nearly 9pm here in Australia!