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Old Feb 04, 2006, 08:11 PM
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Ok, I'm seriously like 14 when it comes to guy/girl stuff. I've been sober just over 9 months, and single for just over a year. I haven't had an "innocent" "normal" relationship since high school. I've never met a guy and developed a crush and gone out on a date. I've always met guys in bars, gotten drunk, and had sex. So...here's where I need help. I don't know the first thing about when a guy is interested, and what I should do! There's this guy I started noticing at meetings on Tuesday nights. One week we kept making eye contact. I thought it was interesting and didn't think about it again until the next Tuesday. I didn't say anything to anyone about it because I forgot about it I guess. Then, the next week at the meeting, my best friend comes in and say's (we'll call this guy Bill) "What do you think about Bill?" Out of nowhere!!!!! After I'd noticed him the week before. Anyway....I told her about the week before. Turns out her boyfriend is good friends with one of Bill's good friends. So I tell my co-workers about it the next day and they're like, "Her boyfriend probably knows something and suggested it to her." I don't think so, I think she would have told me but I don't know! Is this freakin high school or what?? The thing is, this is the first "possible" I've really had in sobriety and it's wierd. This has been going on for about a month now. We've started chitchatting after the meetings, not really about anything. There's a possibility he'll be at a super bowl party that my best friend's boyfriend is having tomorrow, but I'm not sure. I saw Bill at a meeting today, and we just kept kind of catching each other's glances. Then he's getting ready to leave and he made eye contact and said, "Bye Rayna!" All day long since I saw him, I've had this gut feeling that it's gonna be my job to do the footwork, take action, and make a move. I've seriously wanted to find out where he works and "drop in", just to run into him. I'm learning to trust my gut, but this feeling is soooo strong, that I'm gonna be the one to break the ice and make a move. It's scary! Because there's the doubt in my head telling me I'm nuts, I'm imagining the whole thing, he's not interested, it's all in my head. So....I thought the best advice I can get is in this forum from people completely on the outside of the situation. To sum up, we make eye contact all the time, he's started making small talk with me, calls me by name (not on the phone though), and last week when he was leaving he reached out and whacked my arm in goodbye. So...what do you think??? HELP! Seriously, I don't know how to do this stuff the right way, and I'm 27. Need advice from the girls and the guys on this one. Opinions????

Thanks for letting me ramble on. =)

~Rayna
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