Finding my way into the light

[Holding]

Update on the girl I really hit it off with and who subsequently went silent. Let's call her "LG".

Wednesday night of last week, LG sent me a text out of the blue, saying her phone was acting up and this was a test to see if I was getting her texts. She sent me a screenshot of her messaging app to show me the "failed to send" messages she was getting. I was a little skeptical (trust issues, anyone?), but I went with it, and we continued texting over the next few days. She was responsive to all my texts, but she didn't do much initiating. We re-confirmed our Sunday date, which happened yesterday.

Just like the last date, the chemistry on this date was great! Lots of eye contact, with her touching my leg repeatedly while talking to me, and overall easy conversation. About halfway through, she told me since she was an Aggie, it was a Texas A&M tradition to get a kiss when your home team scored a goal. There was a game on and they had just scored. I told her I definitely wouldn't want her to be a rulebreaker, so I gave her a kiss. This happened about 3 more times throughout the date! The date lasted 3 hours, and at the end we agreed we'd get together for lunch over the next week.

So I'm pretty optimistic about where this is going. It is hard for me to continue playing the OLD game while this is happening with LG. But I don't want to have all my eggs in one basket.

At some point I'm going to have to tell my kids I'm dating. I know S16 saw Match open on my computer a few months ago, so he might suspect something. But it's telling S12 that I'm concerned about. I know I need to wait until I become serious with someone before I bring it up with my kids. Anyone have advice on this?