Dating
DayDream Date
———— “Dahling, it’s our private reserve,” the waiter said. You’ll love it.” She was looking over the wine selection and had chosen a merlot for it’s full bodied taste, like herself she chuckled. Alejandro had messaged her. He was running late. Her eyes disappeared into the pool of the dark spicy liquid. The taste made her think of plums, dark chocolate, and prunes maybe, as her nose wrinkled. She imagined herself swimming around in it barely clothed with her new beau.
By Danya White5 years ago in Confessions
A Song For Melanie
In the fall of 1988 , Nineteen year old James Belfold had been a extremely shy child as well as a teen. The last few years of Senior High he developed enough courage to join some friends in a music group as their lead vocalist and guitarist. James and his buddies had a blast performing at local Schools, Music Festivals, Beach Gatherings and even some Weddings. Around this time ,through all this attention and local fame he began to gain enough confidence to approach and speak to girls. At one show at Kalamalka Beach in Vernon B.C. he passed by a lady who struck up a conversation with him. She asked him if he would like to sit and they had a very entertaining and polite visit. He continued to perform that night and after the show they proceeded to talk. She introduce herself as Melanie, and explained she was from Enderby B.C. Just north of Vernon and she really enjoyed the Band's music and sound, Particulary his voice. He then explained that they would be performing at the Falkland Hotel the following weekend which is a neighboring town west of Enderby. They met that weekend and they had hit off once again. Melanie then gave James her home number and James indeed gave her his, Despite warnings from his buddies in the Band that it was not a wise choice, But he felt Melanie was just a bubbly outgoing woman that was indeed harmless, through their conversations she was nine years older which was fine. As a few months pressed on, she was always at the shows and always so supportive, But James's friends were getting alarmed at every break she was backstage, Not really a nuisance, but constantly "there". The following weekend James and his band were performing at the Packinghouse Pub in Kelowna when he recieved a phone call from Melanie if he would join her for a coffee just before the show, he kindly obliged her and they met for an hour. That night the performance went on and James and his Band recieved glowing reviews in Kelowna's two local newspapers. This impressed Melanie so much she began to bring family members as well as some friends to the shows. She also began secretly telling some of them that James and her were an item. He did like her but unfortuntely he was not attracted to her in any other way. Two weekend's later the Band performed at club called Night Moves in Penticton B.C . On this occasion Melanie was not there, A young lady by the name of Shelly had been in the audience and enjoyed the show, she was a fan of all music any format, But particulary enjoyed what James and his band were performing which ranged from Blues, Country, Country Rock. James was so taken by her charm, looks and knowledge of music he asked her to have dinner with him at the Plazza Motel in Penticton the following night because they were perfoming another show, she willingly accepted. The dining room there was not fancy but it was far from cheap. James not really knowing what to do asked his drummer Mark what indeed to dine with, Mark suggested Merlot a popular red wine, A wonderful taste and not too expensive, When Shelly arrived they chatted, dined, laughed and shared ideas and thoughts of music and life in general. They decided to keep in contact and continue seeing each other. This went on for two months , James and the guys in the band wanted to take some time off, he would keep in contact with Melanie, But never brought up Shelly, thinking that he and Melanie were friends, but not according to her. After the two months the band was scheduled to perform at the Parrot's Perch, a small club in Summerland B.C. just nine miles north of Penticton. On arrival while the band was setting up to perform ,both Melanie and Shelly arrived, Some of the same audience members were at the club and noticed James and Shelly being very friendly with one another and had seen them together at the Restaurant a few months ago, James then discovered how some people have amazing memories when they want to. In a matter of minuets, Melanie overheard the conversations and told Shelly that James was " Her Man", before the show or even James imagined, a new "show" was in progress, With Melanie screaming " That all she got was a coffee,, why did Shelly get a glass of Merlot", It would take the owner as well as the bartender and waitress to contain her and have her removed from the club. So much for the romance that James invisioned with Shelly, That expierence had frighten her so bad she moved on. Six months later James met his true love Carol and their love blossomed, but he still thought of both Melanie and Shelly from time to time, Some years later, he would write that whole expierence down with a tune called " A Song For Melanie" But poor James was sworn off Merlot for good!!
By Glen Sobchyshyn5 years ago in Confessions
Bread and Wine
Best Date Ever It finally happened! My secret crush and I were going on a date. It had only been 143 days since I first set eyes on him when I knew this was the “one”. Unbeknownst to this dreamy human, I had been working so many different angles to capture his attention and low and behold, one of them worked!
By Jeanine White5 years ago in Confessions
Can I Touch your hair?
We started talking on a dating app, that rhymes with the word Minder. After a few weeks of back and forth messaging she gave me her number. It started out casual, and our communications would consist of memes or funny situations shared from our daily lives but, There was one night where the conversation jumped to a deeper topic. She shared a meme with a Pokémon on it and that started a 7-hour text conversation about the intricate nature of the Pokémon world. I admitted to her that one of the reasons I majored in Animal science was because of this game, and that most people I talked to thought that it was weird.
By Ian5 years ago in Confessions
No Regrets
Living in New York City can really put a dent in your in finances and I'm not talking about a little dent like the ones you see on car doors that obviously parked to close to another car in the target parking lot, I'm talking about huge dents like a bulldozer hitting a wall of steel, mater of fact lets just say my funds were non existent!
By Krissy Romero5 years ago in Confessions
DVD
We were young and didn't have any children yet, so we always let his sister and brother come over to stay the night. We would play video games, watch movies, and ate popcorn and we made the most out of the night. Just fun nights. One night I rented a DVD from blockbuster for us as we usually did, It was to be returned within the next two days. I went out for work that morning and I had forgotten to grab the DVD, no big deal, I thought. Oh, how wrong I was about that! I came home from work that night, his sister seen me come home and ran across the street to my house wanting to hang out. I was the cool sister-in-law, and I liked the company, Plus he was already drinking and he was already drunk. His sister and I were sitting on the couch, she was telling me about her day and we were laughing and giggling, he heard us. He couldn't stand seeing me happy it was like he would hit me on purpose so my laughing would immediately turn it into crying. He was walking toward the living room and he had seen the DVD and started yelling, I said "I'll take it back tomorrow" he immediately started swinging at me and grabbed me by the neck, choking me. DVD in one hand and my neck in the other, the DVD case went across my face while he was still choking me, I begged and pleaded for him to stop, and by this time I was crying the DVD going across my face over and over again. It felt like the last time he did it as hard as he possibly could, by this time my face felt numb. So numb I started to not be able to feel what was happening at the time. I had thought that it was almost over but then I realized that this is just the beginning of my suffering. Keep it in mind that his sister was still there watching us, she was crying as suspected, because she didn't know what to do or what was happening at the moment. I do remember her asking for him to stop, it was just a DVD, as this happened he just began to get angrier. He still had his hand gripping my throat, he slammed my head into the wall so hard and my head busted through the wall and I was begging him to stop, I couldn't breathe. I was so cautious of what might happen next "I said take back the DVD!" he said, at this moment his sister was so scared she took off running home. I thought to myself that she might have run to go get help, Thank my lucky stars! My head in the wall, his hand around my neck choking me, I was thinking that she finally ran to go get help. He finally took the DVD case and slammed it to the wall 2 inches away from my head, he released my neck and said "Take back the DVD now." It was finally over and come to find out his sister had run across the street into the room because she was so scared to tell anyone including her parents of what happened and what he was doing. I was heartbroken but understood at the same time. She was just a child and for a child that would be a lot to handle and comprehend what happened. I thought someone finally seeing his true personality and seeing his true colors was going to help me. The next day his sister walked up to me and looked me in the eyes and said "I am sorry, I was so scared and I didn't know what to do, I'm so sorry".
By Lizzy Allen5 years ago in Confessions
Little ventured
It is a sad cruelty of life that anyone should have to go on a first date at the ripe old age of 63. But the twists and turns of life often deliver us to a station that is far from where we thought we would arrive. These are the thoughts that meandered through her mind as she was getting ready for the unlikely outing.
By Dorothy Prophet5 years ago in Confessions
Mr. Perfect
Such a modern day catch. You begin liking one another’s photos on social media sites. Each heart on Instagram and each thumb up on Facebook from a picture brings greater emotion until one builds up enough courage for that, “Hey, I would like to take you out on a date.” Heart flutters, excitement increases bursting with mixed emotions of wanted things to work better than the last.
By Arianna Redmond5 years ago in Confessions
Reverie Time
It is All Just a Dream, right? Jeremiah was sitting in class spacing out. He sat at the edge of his classroom closest to the window. The clouds in his view reminded him of when he used to play for the school's baseball team. Jeremiah chuckled to the thought of ever playing sports again.
By The Infinite Writer 5 years ago in Confessions
Dream Date
Dream Date The best I never had… Today I’m going to a superbowl party and I don’t know anyone but the host.. Looking for a hook up, wasn’t on my mind I had several contenders in the race that was to be over sooner than later. The house filled with testosterone and team spirit there was plenty of trash talking to go around. A house divided like the eggs I was making the guest started to fill the living room. As the guest start to arrive I’m making devil eggs and this is the first time I have ever made them. Scooping them delicately and placing them on the party tray, one guy kept looking and asked who was I. I started to make the fruit and nut tray and kept my head low I wasn’t drawing any attention to my self. With a variety of beverages from La Tache, to Cosmos, to sex on the beach, to daiquiris.. Our appetizers are ranging from wings, to guacamole, dips to a cheeseboard with; Stilton, fig, grapes, honey, nuts, pears, and shortbread cookies. With all those wonderful smells filling the air, I was done with my task and could enjoy the festivities. The guy who inquired about me introduced himself by the way l’m Shun, hi I’m Renee.. I giggled like a school girl on the yard. He said “ I saw you working hard, those eggs were delicious” I said thanks. He offered to make me a glass of wine he said this was his first time having red wine.
By Brenda Nathan 5 years ago in Confessions
In Vino Verisimilitude
“Savannah !” I called as I saw her enter the patio from the street. I made an effort to say her name in the perfect timbre; happy recognition, a little bit excited, but not overly so. I recognized her from the dress. She’d said she would be wearing a summer dress with big red flowers on a black background. She also wore a floppy brimmed summer hat with a ribbon that matched her dress. I couldn’t immediately make her out from pure facial recognition because of the hat, but i couldn’t miss her chosen semiotic; dark and exotic. For a moment I worried that the hat might conceal that she was much older than her profile pictures, a common sleight in modern romance known as 'catfishing'. But when she was closer I saw that she more than did her pix justice. And I liked that she had dressed up. The beauty of going around a second time in your forties is that you know what you like. I myself had spent hours considering the raw silk trousers, pale blue linen shirt, and brown suede driving loafers I wore. I had agonized about a sport jacket, but finally decided against it because of the heat. It might be too much and I might sweat too much.
By Humberto Da Silva5 years ago in Confessions
