Our D7's fall festival was yesterday. I wanted to take her but this was my wifes weekend with the girls. So, I was sitting at work and I got a call from w. She asked if I was coming to the festival.
Me- I was going to go but it is your weekend
wife- well, D7 said you were going to go.
wife- I mean, if you have other plans that ok.
Me- well, what time are you going?
wife- 5pm
Me- ok, I guess I just need to know where to meet.
wife- we can meet at the school or the house.
Me- the school might be low on parking space, I will meet you at the house at 4:30.
wife- ok.
So I get to the house smelling great, shaven, and looking great. I ask wife, "how long are we going to stay there?" She says, "do you have other plans?" I said, "yes, I am meeting someone for dinner at 8pm." I offered to drive seperate for that reason and she did not take the offer when she could have. So we all drove to the festival in one car. It has been 7 months since that has happened.
We got to the festival and I immediately started showing off my newfound social skills. Funny thing is, I was not doing it for her. This is the new me. When we entered the building I held the door open for her and our daughters and for many othere people throught the corse of the night. When people asked, "how are you" I said, "great! how are you?" When there was an opportunity to talk, help, or listen to othere people I took it. Wife stayed near me the whole time wich I thought was interesting to say the least. I had already imagined that she would take any opportunity to talk to other guys. I know I know, I should not make predictions:) Now comes the more interseting part. We were going to all go on the hayride but we ran out of tickets. Wife said it was ok and not but more tickets. Normally I would have said ok but I made a 180 and said I would be right back because I was going to get more tickets. We went outside for the hayride and wife strted to mention being cold. We got on the wagon and she was actually starting to chatter her teeth so I took off my coat and put it over her shoulders while she had D2 in her lap. She said thank you and I said no problem. I then introduced myself to one of the other dads accross from us and started a nice convo. When the hayride was over a woman dropped all of her candy and prizes on the wagon as she was leaving so I stopped to help pick them up for her. As wife,D7,D2 and I walked off the wagon wife was holding my coat accross her arm and still looked very cold. I told her, "put that coat back on if you are cold." So she put it on and kept it on for the next hour. We had many nice points of conversation and parental moments for that hour and then we had to go home. Wife thanked me for the hayride and I said your all welcome.
We all got back in the car and drove to the house. When we got in the house wife said, "that was a lot of fun, i had a good time." "Did you?" she asked. "Yes, they put a ton of work into that festival!" I said. Then she asked if I was going "somewhere good" for dinner and I said, "yes" We said bye and I left the house. She said "have fun" when I left.
Turns out it was the night of my first ever double date and that was where I was headed. This woman is really not my type though wich may be a good thing?
Me 35 Wife 34 Two daughters 8 years and 3 years Bomb 3/30/09 W filed 4/16/09 We met in'92 married in 2000 Divorce final
