Craigslist guy (Ben) and I went out and it was a good first date! We got along well and had a good time. He did end up driving here for work so he was in town, but otherwise he would have had to drive 2.5 hours! That's quite a ways away for a date.
About a week went by and even though we chatted on the phone frequently I was not sure I wanted to continue as he was so far away. He and I were texting one night and I decided to tell him that I wasn't feeling it. We went back and forth and because I don't like lying about this stuff, I told him that it was pretty much the distance and that I don't like driving long distances for dating. Well he didn't like that answer and in a nice way, refused that answer. He said "I didn't put an ad on Craigslist to give up right away because of distance." He drives for his work and said he didn't mind driving. He made a good point so I agreed to do a second date. This time he wanted to drive to Madison for our date. We went to dinner and stayed for about 4 hours talking. We said our goodbyes and he drove all the way home at 10:30. Yes, he drove 5 hours round trip for a 4 hour date! He was really sweet.
We ended up doing a third date as well. I decided that because he drove all the way for the second date, that I would meet him halfway this next time. A coworker of mine said he better be worth that much driving! I've never driven this far for a date. We met in Rockford, Illinois and had dinner and watched the Bears game. It was a good time but I did not enjoy driving an hour and a half back and forth!
After the third date I decided to end it for real this time. Just couldn't do it not only for the distance but also because we had some different beliefs. He is way more religious than I am (almost pushy), and his family doesn't drink because of something that happened in the past. He doesn't even have a sip of a drink in front of his family. So you're saying holidays are a snooze?!
I don't think he was very happy about it, and I did feel bad about it because he really was a nice guy and quite attractive, he just wasn't what I am looking for right now.
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