43.Fail

Cockiness is not my friend.  After my first date with Forty-three I was 100% confident that there would be a second date; I was 100% wrong.  A week after our first date and a few texts later, he passed by the salon (not on purpose, by the way); when he saw me he came in to say hi.  When we realized we were both going to be out of town that weekend, he told me to get a hold of him when I was back and we would get together.  I followed his instructions, but it turned out he was actually going to be out of town for a couple of extra days.  We texted back and forth for the next few days, and then I finally got to the point and asked him, "What are the chances you and I get to go out soon?"  He replied, "Truthfully I gotta lay low on dating for right now.  Got a little too much on the plate.  Unexpected things have arose that I gotta take care of.  But obviously we will stay in contact!"

Ouch.  You need to know that I'm not much of an emotional person, but this caused a slight fissure in the crush section of my heart since I had been so confident about our connection.  I sucked it up, though, and replied, "High five for the honesty. We'd better stay in touch because I need someone to keep my dancing ego in check.  Good luck with that plate of yours." He responded, "Of course, you're a cool chick."  I wrapped it up by replying, "It's true, I am pretty cool."

Part of me definitely hopes that our paths will cross again soon.  If I don't see him, though, I really do appreciate his honesty rather than the popular alternative that some people take and string others along.