Cyber Turns Real

I was riding home in the carpool, when the phone rang. "Hi Rick, this is 'D'. Oh yea how's it goin? I had just met 'D' last night online in the Phone Chat Room. We talked for quite a while but never had what I imagined was phone sex. I was hoping he didn't want to have phone sex right then while I was in the carpool. They know how weird I am, but that might have been too much even for them.

Guess what? asks 'D'. After we talked last night, I went online and bought tickets to Seattle. I'll be there next Wednesday night. I get to stay with you until the next Monday!
Wow! Really? I'm kind of stunned. He seemed like a regular guy when we talked but remember my stalker? What if that wasn't him in the picture he had on his profile? What am I going to do with this guy for 5 days? There are many things I should have said, but what I actually said was "Cool, what time do you arrive? I will pick you up at the airport."

Wednesday night I drive to the airport and pick him up. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the picture online was of him and it was recent. We stopped and had something to eat. He still seemed very nice. I had to work the next day, so I left him sleeping. All day I was suspicious. What if he steals my stuff? What if he's a meth head? what if he has guys over while I'm gone. When I get home, everything is fine, he even has dinner waiting for me. This is a nice touch. The way to my heart is to make the bed and cook me dinner. That night we stayed in and watched a movie. He had to use my laptop to check his email. I caught him looking at my private pictures. I really don't have anything to hide, but it seemed weird that he was poking around my files.

I had taken the next day off so we took the ferry to Tillicum Village. The next couple days we did the touristy things that you never do unless someone from out of town is in to visit. Have you ever done the duck? After a couple days of site seeing, I was exhausted and tired of being the "perfect" host.

On Sunday 'D' wanted to go to Nordstrom (they don't have them in Omaha). We walked through the shoe department and a pair of New Balance's start calling my name, "rick, rick buy me". I ran over to them and I just knew that it was a relationship made in heaven.
'D' asked me if I liked them. I LOVE THEM. He calls over a sales clerk and asks if they have that shoe in size 10. Size 10? I don't wear size 10! 'D' tells me that he wears size 10, and he's going to buy them too. No you are not. Either you buy them or I buy them, we are not buying the same shoe! That's just weird. He shrugged, bought his shoes and we left the store in silence.

Looking back, I'm not so sure why I got so upset. Maybe everything just piled up for me. His looking at my PC, the constant hosting, and then him buying my shoes.

The next morning I drop him off at the airport. We hugged our goodbyes and he was gone! I felt a huge relief as I drove away. Maybe I wasn't really ready for a full time boy friend or companion yet. The lesson I learned is that if I don't know someone, I'm not letting them stay over at my place for over one night.

After work I went to Nordstrom and bought a really cool pair of New Balance shoes, that had been calling my name.

Until Next Time - Wise OUT