learned from a blind date

I thought you had to be thirty and lonely to go on a blind date. Apparently you just have to be a typical curious nosey woman, like me. This date had been waiting to happen for almost a year, but this guy was either out of town or I was seeing someone else. Finally this summer I was single and he was in town...
this is what I learned.

- Blind dates are not for every one.
- Everyone gets involved: you, the date, his friends, your friends, the people who set you up who are no longer your friends.
- If the guy can pay, he should.
- Keep a tennis ball conversation. Back and forth. Does she look like Barbara Walters to you? This is not a four hour interview.
- If you find something in common, keep going back to that if you need something else to talk about.
- Do not agree to come meet a person with expectations of anything more than just friendship. Eases tension.
 - Sometimes, you even walk away knowing that you've probably made a new friend :)

Needless to say, its I do not think its going to work out for us. But I think I did make a new friend!

Did I mention the guy was actually blind? Color blind. But still. I couldn't help but wonder if I looked purple to him.