Project Koi: Beverly

Another project update, this time, with regards to my attempts at online dating. Believe it or not, I managed to talk to a woman who was interested in going on a few dates with me. She was fairly cute, slightly quirky, and very shy. Her name was Beverly and online she seemed ok and so I agreed to meet with her in person.

I know some of you are tensing up in anticipation. Did Damian accidentally date a crazy cat woman? Is Damian typing his last blog post from a dumpster? Is Damian now homosexual after one too many bad dates?

No, unfortunately Beverly wasn't nearly as exciting as that. She was a bit disappointing really.

I can hear your collective sighs from your computers already.

See, Beverly was a nice guy girl (nice catch Fang). But excessively shy and indecisive. She was so strong willed and much more vivid online in her messages and conversations. But in person? She withdrew. Quiet, difficult to engage in a conversation, and was ok with everything.

At least, I think she was. I really couldn't tell you. I made so many of the decisions of what to do, and where to go, and she just kind of went with it. And it was a bit difficult to again, have a conversation with her in person because so many of her responses were "I don't know" or "I guess".

I won't lie, I have a thing for shy, demure girls. But this, this is a bit too extreme for me.

I also have a thing for pale girls with red (not ginger) hair. Shhh....

So, I don't know what to do with her. On another date we ended up sitting in a field, with grass, trees, blah blah blah, I'm trying to talk with her. She's being her usual, quiet, mumbly self. It was here I decided to push it a bit. I gently grab her head, and kiss her on the cheek.

Younger Damian wouldn't have been as ballsy, I can tell you that for certain.

She get very flustered, blushes red, this is getting very cliched, very quickly. I'm not sure what to do beyond this, I think I asked her what was on her mind, to which she responded "I don't know". Eventually I managed to get out of her that she liked it. Well, at least, she wasn't going to call the police.

And I didn't get slapped either, so double points for me.

For anyone curious, I managed to properly kiss her later that day as well. It was, awkward. She claims she had a boyfriend before but I wouldn't have been able to tell based on her kissing skills. It was like she was a goldfish.

Also, her head kept tilting up. Did she want me to bite her neck or something? Sorry, I'm not into that sort of thing.

I think she was interested in pursuing a relationship with me. That was made clear during a drunken Skype conversation. Unfortunately, after a few dates, I don't think I'm not interested in her. She's a nice girl, I will not deny that. But her personality is just, very offputting. I like people who can tell me what's on their mind and tell me what they want.

Maybe I should lower my standards a bit though, least I be single forever.

In the meantime, it's back to the dating websites. Another woman just messaged something along the lines of "Lol, u r cute". Anyone wondering why I'm cautious about this should read my previous online mishap with Cheryl.

I wasn't aware that it was a common thing for Caucasian women to have yellow fever.