What do Sam (Tom Hanks) and Annie (Meg Ryan) do after they get down from the Empire State Building at the end of Sleepless In Seattle?
I think that they went back to Sam’s hotel in Times Square, put Jonah to bed, went down to the hotel bar, where Sam preceded to get hammered on red wine (or Zima), and ended-up talking about his deceased wife all night long before trying to awkwardly kiss Annie and convince her to come up his hotel room for “just a minute.”
Like a bad ending to an episode of Blind Date, he asks her if she likes him, she hesitantly says yes, he tries to make his move, she says no, he persists, she gets irritated, he starts launching Hail Marys, he forces her into an uncomfortable hug that lasts a few seconds too long, and then they part way.
However, the normal rules of dating don’t seem to apply to men over 35. After my mom died and my dad started dating again, I would often give him advice on when to call, what not to do, etc. For some odd reason, when you’re dating at that age, you do the exact opposite of what you do when you’re in your 20s. Instead of waiting two days to call, you call when you get home THAT NIGHT. Instead of playing it cool, you immediately send her a dozen roses. Instead of teasing her, you compliment the heck out of her. For us younger guys, that’s a totally foreign and baffling concept. It’s also quite scary. For my dad and his date, it was totally normal.
I bring this up because maybe the fact that Sam and Annie live on different coasts, don’t really know each other, will see each other only a couple times a year, he’s a widowed single dad and she recently broke-up an engagement, makes them a perfect match. After all, it’s the exact opposite of what I would do.
I think that they went back to Sam’s hotel in Times Square, put Jonah to bed, went down to the hotel bar, where Sam preceded to get hammered on red wine (or Zima), and ended-up talking about his deceased wife all night long before trying to awkwardly kiss Annie and convince her to come up his hotel room for “just a minute.”
Like a bad ending to an episode of Blind Date, he asks her if she likes him, she hesitantly says yes, he tries to make his move, she says no, he persists, she gets irritated, he starts launching Hail Marys, he forces her into an uncomfortable hug that lasts a few seconds too long, and then they part way.
However, the normal rules of dating don’t seem to apply to men over 35. After my mom died and my dad started dating again, I would often give him advice on when to call, what not to do, etc. For some odd reason, when you’re dating at that age, you do the exact opposite of what you do when you’re in your 20s. Instead of waiting two days to call, you call when you get home THAT NIGHT. Instead of playing it cool, you immediately send her a dozen roses. Instead of teasing her, you compliment the heck out of her. For us younger guys, that’s a totally foreign and baffling concept. It’s also quite scary. For my dad and his date, it was totally normal.I bring this up because maybe the fact that Sam and Annie live on different coasts, don’t really know each other, will see each other only a couple times a year, he’s a widowed single dad and she recently broke-up an engagement, makes them a perfect match. After all, it’s the exact opposite of what I would do.
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Maybe you should take a few lessons from your dad.
why no more blogs?
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