Thanks CW & KML. As i suspected, the guy who was emailing me has stopped. I’m totally okay with it. TBH…he was just a bit too serious and formal for me. I need someone who would fit in with my pool friends as well as my work friends. He also seemed a bit too traditional in his views. I am chalking it up to “bullet dodged”.
Mini Update: First competition of the tournament, Scotch Doubles, is done. My partner and I won it last year but this year it wasn’t meant to be. We won two and lost two with a score of 4-3 in both of them.However, everyone who finishes out of the money gets automatically entered into a Second Chance single elimination, winner-takes-all tournament and he and I won that one. So not a complete wash.
Yesterday we went to my teammate’s place for a team practice because the women’s competition doesn’t start until today (Friday). I have a really tough draw. Playing a friend first who is pretty good. I’ve played her in this tournament in the past and am 3 for 3. Hopefully I can make it 4 today but very possible she will beat me. I haven’t really played in a year and she and her husband play all the time so she’s probably more tournament ready than me. Whichever one of us wins has to play another friend of mine who is a four-time Canadian Snooker champion. Needless to say, she is really, really tough to play. I’ve only ever had to play her in a tournament once before and it definitely didn’t go my way. She never takes any chances and her focus is ridiculous. If she doesn’t have a shot, she will hook you every time so you often find yourself kicking at balls. Her pace of play is also really, really slow so that can get to you if you are a faster player. If I win my first match and somehow get past her, it is very likely I will run into my teammate who used to play professionally. Another super, super tough player. I have never played her in a tournament before but I know I would have to be playing my absolute best to have a chance. The only good part about my draw is that I am on opposite sides of the board from my sister so with any luck, we won’t have to play each other. First match is at 10:30 today. Wish me luck. I’ll definitely need it. Lol
Tiny update on the man front…. I exchanged a few texts with D at around the time he got off work. He was asking about my tournament so I told him he should come hang out with me and check it out. He didn’t reply so I assumed he had other things to do. About 30 minutes later, I get a text… “Where are you?” I started to reply when I heard my sister say, “You must be D.” I look over and he’s standing beside her. He had walked up to her and said that he knew the second she looked at him (as if she had no idea who he was), that it was her so he said “You must be the sister.” He hung out with me for a couple hours and watched one of my matches before he had to leave. After he left, he texted me on and off to find out how I was doing. Our last match (the final of the Second Chance) started pretty late so I didn’t bother texting him that we won because I figured he was probably asleep. The next morning I woke up to a text from him asking how I had done. So he has checked off two boxes on my list. “Must be okay with watching me play pool on occasion” and “my sister likes him”. She told me afterward that she got a really good vibe from him and she definitely approves. The last two guys I dated did not have that. She liked them as people but did not think they were a match for me. She thinks D could be a match.
Anyway, it was great to hang out with him again. My attraction level is increasing as I get to know him. Hopefully, it is the same for him and we continue to build on this friendship we have started. I keep thinking how excited out mutual friends would be if they knew this was happening. I will be seeing a lot of them at the end of the month. It would be fun to be able to tell them we are dating but don’t want to do that until I am actually sure about it. So we’ll see how the next couple weeks unfold.
