Random Captain

I don’t think I’ve ever had a date with a Marine that I didn’t just have so much fun on. There’s just something about the Marines I’ve known that have been so fun and easy to be around. Maybe that’s special training they give to you in the USMC. I don’t know. I had a date with the New Captain yesterday. He had chosen an area to meet, and we would figure out where to go from there. He was a little late due to traffic. But, the fact that he was driving two hours, I cut him a little slack. I waited for him at a Starbucks and had brought a book. I was good to wait. He texted me when he got there: “Foot mobile”. I love the way Marines talk. It’s like they’re just trained that way and find it hard to be non-military. I waited for him to come to Starbucks. He walked up and instead of saying “hi” or “nice to meet you” or some other awkwardness, he went into how he couldn’t find the place and got all turned around and hadn’t figured on traffic and let’s go eat cause he’s hungry. Apparently we’ve been dating for years. It was really funny, and strangely endearing. It by-passed awkwardness. We walked up the street and then turned around and went to this burger place. At first, I could tell he was nervous, cause he didn’t make a whole lot of eye contact. He talked a lot. Like, a lot a lot. But, not in an annoying way. He just had a lot to say. And, it wasn’t all about himself, so that was ok. We debated really random things: the usefulness of the electoral college, state versus military law, etc. It was all really interesting. And, I love a good debate no matter what. We also talked about sports and ourselves a little. But, there wasn’t much “first date” conversation. We discussed children going to boarding school and raising themselves. I mean, it was all entertaining and hilarious. You could tell that his brain is always working, cause he’s just always thinking. That’s what I love about officers: they have the military toughness, and the educated smartness. He majored in biology in undergrad, and was thinking about medical school. The weird thing is that was just like the old Captain. Weird. But, he kept talking about his views on life which were slightly dark, negative and hilarious. He’s just so sarcastic and dark. I love that in a guy. I told him at one point that I don’t think he believes half of what he says. He said he doesn’t believe any of it, but he just likes to say it. He becomes slightly less awkward and starts making more eye contact. But, then I keep thinking about an article I read that morning about how men hate making prolonged eye contact. So, then I keep breaking eye contact. After lunch, he decided that we would walk around the area for a little bit. That little walk ended up being about 45 minutes. And it was 90 degrees. I was praying that I would get sweaty. I’m a very sweaty person, and that is not sexy on a first date. So, we finish our walk and happen to be in front of his car. He says he’ll walk me to mine. I tell him that it’s ok, since we’re in front of his. I could just walk the block to my car. He says ok. We continue to talk for about 15 minutes. Then there’s an awkward pause and I say “ok, well, give me a hug” or something to that extent, so neither of us have to deal with anymore awkwardness. So, I tell him I have fun, and say goodbye. We didn’t make plans to hang out again, but I’m hopeful that he’ll call. I mean, in a way, it’d be ok if he didn’t: he does live 3 hours away. But, it’d be fun to hang out with him again. He was just so random!