Dinner with 2 Different Babes: Learn how from the rizzler herself

The other day I met up with my old friend from middle school. We went out to eat in a mall. I got there a bit early beforehand because I liked using the extra time to shop around, and she would be coming right after work. When we met at the restaurant, the hostess asked if we were celebrating anything tonight (as they always do), and my response is always “Yes, it’s ___ birthday.” Regardless if it’s really my friend’s birthday or not, I always lie and say we’re celebrating something in order to get free desserts from restaurants. To my surprise, it really was her birthday! In fact, she was probably more surprised than me that I remembered! Technically, it was her birthday that weekend. After we got seated, I played it off like, “Of course I knew it was your birthday. That’s why I wanted to hang out with you this week.” COMPLETE lies. I remembered I had gone shopping at a stationery store earlier and quickly pulled it out as an impromptu birthday gift. Talk about a close call. She took the bait and it was smooth sailing for the rest of the meal. It was fun talking with her. We went to a famous fine dining restaurant. It was McDonalds. Hahaha no I’m just kidding. We went to eat dim sum and I’ve been to that place before, but this was her first time. I really like eating there and I got all the good stuff. In the end, she rated it a 9/10!! Hehehe success!!

After eating, we walked around the mall but there really wasn’t anything to do so we ended up parting ways. She tried to get me to go to rock climbing practice with her, but I aggressively declined. On the ride back to my house, I got hit with heavy traffic. My usual hour ride back, turned into 2 and a half hours! Yea that wasn’t just not the vibes. After taking 10 minutes to move 1 mile on the freeway, I couldn’t stand it and hit up Boss Man. She lived around that area and as much as I disliked the idea and was very much aware of what demons it can open up, I really did not want to ride out that traffic.

I still had extra stuff I bought from the stationary store, and her birthday had also recently passed. I called her up and lied (again) that I was in the area and had a late birthday present for her to drop off. This was my first time calling her in 6 months and she picked up really quickly. When it was actually her birthday, I had sent her a digital gift card, but right now, I’m willing to do more just to get out of this terrible traffic. She says she’s free and agrees to meet me at her house. It’s only 8 miles away, but with traffic, that shit was a 50 minute fucking drive.

We met up and she was really happy with the “gift” or so I believe. Who knows. Smartie has also said before that I’m a terrible gift giver (and that’s when I try) so I’m unsure to believe if her reaction is genuine. That’s also why I now just resort to giftcards for their birthdays. I used to put in so much effort for their gifts for every event, but it seems like they don’t even like it anyways, so it just ends up being a waste of my effort.

ANYWAYS, Boss Man asks me if I’ve eaten yet, and I lie saying no. We plan to go out for drinks and dinner. A fancy way of saying boba and Chick-fil-a. Since I remember she likes being “passenger princess” I very adamantly offer to drive us. She agrees and off we go. I keep the topics light and hanging out was fine. Would I like to do it more often? No. This was just out of desperation because I wanted to avoid traffic. The more I avoid those girls (Smartie, Baby, Boss Man), the more I can avoid my feelings getting hurt.

TLDR: I had dinner twice. Once with a friend I genuinely liked, and another as last minute desperate attempt.