So me encountering an awesome date and Auckland having earthquakes are very rare. But last night, both collided at once.

Now I don’t know much about the earthquake, but I can tell you about my date.

He was awesome. At no time did I feel like I needed to slap him with a dead fish to burst some enthusiasm into him. He’s an electrician (his new tag name for this blog), 30, with a cheeky sense of humour, great smile and sparkling blue eyes. We met up at 6.30pm and I didn’t get home until after midnight. And no, we didn’t do anything.

He kept referring to the night as a “date” which is always a great sign, he was even cheeky to one of the bartenders and asked him to light the candles near us to “help with the romance”. After a few drinks and some tapas we headed out for a coffee – no drink driving!

He was so easy to talk to and obviously I was because he was very open and honest. He told me he had been married before, for two years. I’ll admit that when I heard that I felt a slight niggle and even he admitted that it was always a hard thing to tell someone new. They’ve been separated a year and a half now. The reason for the split? She changed her mind 18 months into the marriage and said she didn’t want children, ever. He decided he couldn’t live with that forever and I can understand that.

Afterwards he walked me to my car, gave me a hug and said he’d like to catch up again soon. Of course I reciprocated. And by the time I got home, I’d received a text from him saying he’d had a great evening and again, that he looks forward to seeing me again soon. So I’m feeling pretty confident that there will be a date number two. You can never be 100% sure with men, and whether they’re just being polite, but the fact that he told me he wants to catch up again twice within about half an hour seems like a good sign to me!

To be honest, after he bought us a bottle of Central Otago Pinot Noir to share, I knew I liked him.

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