Cindra

While I was looking for a place to live, one of the people I talked to was Cindra. I didn't ever actually meet her while looking for an apartment, her schedule and mine never aligned. We emailed back and forth a bit and talked on the phone once.

After I had found a place (at least I thought I had found a place), I was thinking about how I wouldn't get to meet Cindra since I was no longer looking. I knew very little about her but still wanted to meet her. I took the initiative and contacted her about being her friend. She was a bit confused but agreed to meet me anyway.

I had no idea what she looked like or how old she was until right before meeting her. On the phone she described herself (so I could recognize her when we met) and told me she was 58. Now I could tell that she was older than me by our conversation on the phone, but I had no idea she was that much older than me. To me this was fine and possibly even a bit exciting.

We had dinner and chatted for a bit then parted company. About a week later, she invited me to come over to her place and have dinner. We talked more over dinner and wine and I went home.

At this point I realized that if I wanted to pursue any kind of romantic relation ship here (which I did), I was going to have to make that very clear. So I basically told her flat out that I was interested in an intimate relationship. This caught her slightly off guard but she seemed to be interested in the idea.

We went out a few more times and talked a lot. It became very clear to me that she was much better at this dating game than I was. She was even using moves I use against me! Things progressed and we got closer.

One evening we went out to dinner and a dance performance. We both were pretty clear on what was going to happen after we got done with the date. We went back to her place. Right before crossing the finish line, she took everything I wanted sexually off of the table.

WTF? My princess is in another castle!?

This leaves me in a somewhat disappointing place with Cindra. I really like talking to her and being with her, but there is nothing beyond that for me :(