I tried speed dating again tonight. It was sort of an impulse thing. I got an email from them giving a big discount for men; they didn’t have enough. I had no plans for tonight, so off I went. I figured it would be better to do it at the last minute, that way I don’t have time to dwell on it in my head and overthink things.
It was held at the zoo, so while waiting to start, and during the “interviews” the zookeepers came around with various animals and showed them off. I got to fondle a ball python, a bearded dragon, a skunk and an armadillo. A ferret did get a little friendly with me. Pant legs are apparently interesting.
The event itself went okay. I did find it mentally exhausting though. Wait, that’s not right… Socially exhausting! By the end I didn’t want to talk to anyone.
There was one girl there that I would have liked to talk to, but I missed her by one number. I tried talking a bit at the end with her, but I didn’t have the social energy to do it for long, and she fled the event fairly quickly.
Overall, good time. But I’m cranky and tired now.