The First Date

Some authors have an incredible way of making lines from a song or a movie fit perfectly into their story. I have always thought that Stephen King was a master at being able to pull that off. Most songs come from the life experiences of the author and as I was thinking about my first date with my beautiful lady friend the other night I kept thinking back to the song by the group Blink-182 entitled "First Date." Some of the lines to that song fit perfectly to what I was feeling and experiencing at that moment. Dating at 47 years old is not easy and I believe it is even harder at my age than it was at 16. After I met her and we were sitting in the restaurant, I couldn't help but think of the line in the song that says "I'm too scared of what you think". We talked our entire date which was just so easy with her. I suggested a movie and she pointed out we could not talk at a movie which made our date that much better. When the evening was coming to an end and we were standing by her car, the lines from the song go "I dread the thought of our very first kiss, a target I'm probably going to miss." On the first date it is especially awkward because you don't know if you are crossing any boundaries by kissing her or not so I posed the question to her "To kiss or not to kiss?" I am sure Shakespeare was probably in writer's heaven thinking "Dumbass! Paraphrasing my lines and then ruining them." She said, "I will leave that up to you," and that was liking Fat Albert if he wanted another cheeseburger. We kissed and it was very sweet and gentle and the perfect first kiss.