A Normal Typical Couple

It's been a very long time since I've been on a "date." 

Like dinner and a movie type date.

 It's been even longer for Sterling, so we decided to try it.

I was barely even awkward! 

Sterling and I have known each other since April, 

and were writing letters and taking on the phone since the fall.

Now that he is in town we are official, and our date last night was our official "first date."

We wanted a date like a normal, regular human couple. 

We started off looking at trailers.

Sterling and I both share the dream of selling all of our stuff and living full time in a trailer.

This is a very important trait that I look for in a person... 

So, we went "shopping." 

We pretended we had 10,000 in our pockets that we were ready to spend.

We asked lots of questions and told the salesman we were sick of society.

We asked about solar panels, and adding wood to the outside.

He raised his eyebrows at us and asked what we would do for income and how we would live.

I think he was secretly jealous. 

 We took tours through a few trailers and actually found that they were quite spacious and comfortable.

It got me really excited. Too excited probably.

I was already thinking about the stuff I'm going to get rid of.

Then Sterling and I went out to eat Thai food.

Since we plan on visiting Thailand one day.

We talked about our dreams of living in a trailer and traveling the country.

How I would decorate the trailer, what kind of truck we would get.

It turns out we share a lot of the same dreams and ideas on this. 

Score.

 

We talked about the typical things couples talk about.

Like making a truck ready for a zombie apocalypse.

Terrorist attacks, and tidal waves.

Using candle light instead of light bulbs. 

72 hour kits and natural disasters.

Paint balling and combat training.

Typical, normal things. 

 

We then went and saw the movie Red Dawn.

Which got us talking even more about normal typical average things. 

Like war, and survival skills.

And we ended the night like a normal typical couple in love.

We looked at Christmas lights and kissed under the trees.

Then he walked me to the door where I slyly asked him in for hot cocoa.

I was going to show him my all natural herbal first aid kit, 

but I forgot.

Date Night Do's and Don'ts

According to me.

Do occasionally surprise with flowers. 

 Do tell your date they look nice. (even if they look like a little boy.)

Don't be afraid to try new restaurants...Yummy falafel and hummus pita! 

Don't feel silly if you want to color on the tables at Macaroni Grill...

that's what they are there for.

 Do go exploring in the woods.. you never know where an old cemetery sits.

Do act silly and take lots of silly pictures.

Don't be afraid to ask strangers to take your pictures.

(I'm afraid someone will run off with my camera!)

 Don't always think you have to eat out at a fancy place.

Don't spend all night on the phone. (He's not the only guilty one.)

Do make friends with the employees of cold stone.

Do be yourself and wear silly hats and scarves if you so choose.