It never fails. Anytime I decide to take a break from online dating I have an encounter. During these breaks I'm usually in a zone where I don't want to do much outside my circle and only want to spend time with my son or close friends.
It was Saturday around 1pm and I had gone to the gym, rested by the pool, ran a couple errands and decided to grab some lunch. Typically I would go through the drive-thru at In N Out but it was warm and went inside. When in line I saw an attractive Asian woman walk in all alone. I figured she came in because the line of cars was long outside and she would be grabbing lunch for her teenage kids--she didn't seem like the burger type to me, especially eating here alone. She looked 35 to 39 and sexy in a very subtle way but knowing that Asian women typically looked younger figured she was ten years older.
She was in the line next to mine and we exchanged smiles when the kids in front of each us were being teenagers with their gossip and laughing. My line was much slower and she sat down in the corner. I couldn't help but follow her walking away with her nice shape. I got lucky when the only seat available was the table two away from hers. I sat down and she said hello and started talking about how hot it was. I made small talk back. They called our numbers at the same time and we walked up to get our food. When we came back she changed to the table next to mine and smiled. I was very surprised when she kept talking about that she actually eats here a couple times a week. She was quite the chatterbox.
"Hi. I think the burgers are getting smaller and smaller," she said. It was obvious she wanted to talk. "I know the manager and some of the others here," as she waved at him.
"Interesting. I didn't place you as a In N Out groupie," I said with a big grin and she laughed.
"My name is Nina by the way."
"I'm Greg. Nice to meet you."
We talked and talked. Turns out she was 44 and had a nice smile. I told her I was 61 but that didn't seem to have any affect on her. She was divorced once and no kids. After 45 minutes it seemed like she wanted to ask me something but we kept talking. Somehow the conversation went into sports injuries and it turned out we went to the same Korean acupuncturist.
"How do you like her? She really helped my back pain."
"She was okay. I went in for shoulder pain and all she wanted to do was try to fix everything else. Told me to stop drinking cold drinks and cold salads because it's not good for your circulation. After five visits I stopped due to her bossiness. I had a past Korean girlfriend and they can be a bit bossy," I said with a grin because I suspected Nina to be Korean.
"Haha. Yes
we
can be," she said looking at me to see if I would retreat from my statement but I didn't.
"I've actually had two Korean girlfriends so I can speak from experience a little," I said as we both laughed.
"So you like Asian women or just Korean ones?"
"Well I guess it appears that way, doesn't it?"
"That's okay I prefer white men." She was not playing hard to get. As a matter of fact she was being obvious and even turned her body towards me when sitting.
The eye contact was growing between us. I was a little surprised with the substantial age difference but I am told I look ten years younger and I keep in great shape.
I began to wrap up my lunch and Nina kept talking. So I decided to see if she was interested.
"Would you like to talk again sometime?"
"Yes. I would like that," she said but made no move to give me a number.
"Well I need to run," I said getting up and she quickly tossed her napkin on her half eaten fries.
"Me too. Sorry if I talked too much and took up your time," she said.
"Not at all, it was fun."
"I do need to run. My friend is out of town and I need to bring her mail in and water her roses so it looks like I'm doing my job," she said laughing.
We walked outside and as it turns out she was parked next to me. We talked more and I decided not to push it further to see if she was really interested or was just being polite earlier.
"So give me your number and I'll call you now so you have my number?" she said.
Sure enough she instantly called me.
"Got it."
"So maybe we can meet for a drink or a walk? I'm free tomorrow," Nina said without an ounce of shyness.