Don Osmond: In my opinion…

So, ‘ere’s the update from Devin.

Phone rings—

“Devin, what’s up?”

“I just dropped her off, and had to tell you what happened.”

“I’m all ears.”

“K, so, I picked her up at her place. Man, she was looking hot, and real cordial…”

“Hot and cordial… two words I’ve never thought about putting together. Anyway…”

“Yeah well, I’m kinda on cloud nine right now. But, anyway… we went to dinner and it was amazing. We laughed, joked and talked the whole night. She is really easy to talk to. I totally relaxed and opened up. It was just awesome!!!”

“That’s a good thing. You didn’t over share, did you?”

“No. Got close, but no.”

“Good. What do you mean by ‘got close’?”

“Well, I almost said something that could have been construed as…”

(This part of the story has been omitted by request of Devin. Sorry.)

And the conversation continued as thus…

“So, when are you going to ask her out again?”

“I’d like to ask her out for tomorrow, but I figure you might suggest otherwise.”

“Umm, yeah. You need to wait for a little while for her to find her interest in you.”

“Uh?”

“Never mind. Just wait a while.”

“How long?”

“You’ll know. At least wait until next week to call her. Besides, I wouldn’t worry about it. From what you told me about dinner, sounds like she really likes you.”

“You think?”

“Yep!”

I hope this is as much fun for you to read, as it is for me to listen to these stories. I love it!

(For the “posters”: if you’ve got any advice you’d like to give Devin, drop a comment.)

So, this is just too good not to post; I hope my friend doesn’t mind me sharing this…

Devin called me up the other day as follow up to a date that he was very much looking forward to. He has been wanting to ask this girl out for… I don’t know how long! He finally mustered the courage and asked her out to dinner.

(For those who don’t know Devin, He is a great guy, and has a lot going for him. However, in the past it has been difficult for him to ask girls out. The Shy Guy, if you will. But, a heart of gold.)

Anyway, he asked this girl out for dinner last week — via voicemail. Apparently, she works a lot and he figured it would be worth just leaving a message. He knew she would call him back.

She did! (Mind you, she did wait till near the eleventh hour.)

The way Devin explained, it was pure elation!

–The Return Call–

“Hello, is this Devin?”

“It is.”

“Hi, this is Emily. You left me a message last week; just wanted to call you back…” (…and thus begins the chitchat.)

A little while later, Devin goes in for the ‘kill’ and asks her to dinner. “So, I was wondering if you would like to go to dinner with me this Thursday; do you like sushi?”

“I do. I mean… Yes!”

(Editorial note: As Devin is explaining this to me he says, “She said [I do] just as I imagined she has in my dreams.” ME: “Hold on there buddy! Yes, I know you like her a lot. But, keep your cool. Take your time and really get to know her.”)

Followed it up with a little more advice. He’s supposed to let me know how it goes later. He’ll be fine. But, I can’t wait to hear what happens on the date.