Then he was following me home!!! WHAT?? Could he be a creeper, what was going on? Then he turned a block from my house - PHEW! He texted me that very night - none of this waiting 3-4 days to play it cool! I asked him where he lived and we discovered that we only lived ONE BLOCK apart on parallel streets! How convenient as we began hanging out...as friends.
Due to many reasons - a recent break-up, his divorce not being final, an impending move to Pittsburgh on his part - I threw my love in the infamaous FRIEND ZONE!! I know, I know! Every guy hates to hear that word! It worked out, trust me - the guy GOT THE GIRL in the end! In fact, at a graduation party one of his friends said "dude, you're in the 1%!!!" so I asked what the 1% referred to, and his friend enlightened me that he was a rare case that less than 1% of men actually come out of the Friend Zone! Well, long story short, everyone has been happy for us both, to find someone, and it doesn't matter to us that we did grow out of friendship first and only. We got to truly know each other without so much as a kiss getting in the way first.....
ANNNNND because he is such a gentleman, I did have to make that first kiss happen...he was surely respecting the Friend Zone - though I am sure he sensed long before that I wondered and he decided to torture me. But, I respect him for respecting me and we've been together ever since that first kiss, and have bought a house and moved in together with all our kiddos - the HyattBerry Bunch! :)
Delightful, DATING, Digital Diva :)