We should meet...

It was getting late and MagicMan007 had to work early the next morning. We needed to wrap up our IM session on ldssingles.com. This is close to  how the conversation went:

MagicMan007: This has been fun. I don't know protocol of online dating so I am not sure what to do next.

deshelleb: We should meet.

MagicMan007: I don't have my kids tomorrow night. How about dinner?

deshelleb: That sounds great.

MagicMan007: Why don't I pick you up around 7:30pm?

deshelleb: Woah, back up, AX MURDERER! You obviously don't know protocol. How about instead of you picking me up, where I live (so that you know where to come back to kidnap and kill me), we meet in a well-lit place with lots of people around. About 20 minutes into the date, I will get a text from a good friend asking if things are okay. If I think you are weird, I will have a "family emergency" and we will both know what that means.

MagicMan007: Well, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I will also have a friend text me 20 minutes into the date and if YOU are weird, I will have a "family emergency" and we will both know what that means.

Finally, he was figuring out protocol of the online dating scene.

But I still didn't know his name...

deshelleb: So, I don't even know your real name.

MagicMan007: Do you want my stage name, what my mom calls me, or what my friends call me?

deshelleb: I guess I will go with what your mom calls you.

MagicMan007: Z Phillip

deshelleb: Okay, Z Phillip, I will see you tomorrow night. I am looking forward to it.



April 13, 2013: We had our first date.