Sometimes the hardest part of writing is coming up with a great title. Thankfully the creators of this experience basically wrote the title for me!
You may recall that a few posts ago I said I was just going to date myself. Well that has not changed and recent experiences have reinforced that thought. Let's talk about it! Last month I took myself on a trip to Portland, OR. This was my third visit and my third time doing it somewhat solo. I happened to have that Friday free and decided to look up something to do. I went through Eventbrite and saw a lot of comedy shows and almost booked one when I came across: Conversational Lube. Again, this title it caught me (great job Caitlin!) What is Conversational Lube you may ask? It is a comedy show and blind dating service. Like what? I have never heard of any shit like it so I reached out to several friends asking if I should do it, knowing damn well I was going to do it.
I was super happy to discover that the location was within walking distance to where I was staying so I did the 15 minute stroll and posted up at the bar. Turns out there was a room within the bar where the show was held so me being me, I sat at the bar and immediately struck up a convo with two gents. One was married, the other single and they just so happened to be my age and staying at the hotel across the street from m as they were in town for a wedding. They decided to come to the comedy show not knowing exactly what was in store. Admittedly, I didn't know exactly what was in store lol.
We go inside the room and the married friend brings myself and the single friend the five question submission. I can tell the single friend is kind of feeling me and I am pretty sure he only completed it on the off chance that he was picked. There were two comediennes who got the show started and then they matched their first couple. People would come up on stage and engage in conversation that was aided by one of the comediennes. After about ten minutes each person would let the comedienne know if they were interested or not. This first couple was not a match unfortunately. The next two people that were called up turned out to be sisters so that was scrapped and then I was called up to the stage.
I was nervous as heck man. I was sitting up there with this thick man that seemed nice and the comedienne and internally I am like "Nicole what the hell are you doing?" But I am in this! We go through some questions and learned that he likes horror films whereas I am a staunch scaredy cat that loves romcoms. We both valued kindness and liked fall. Based on these items we both expressed that we would like to go on a second date. It was a funny and scary experience but I am so happy I got to go on that stage!
By now you are probably wondering "Nicole are you now in love and prepping to move to Portland?" Nope! First of all, when I got back to the table I was sitting with the bar guys, I discovered they had left! Not a goodbye, not a nice meeting you, nothing! Rude! I then decided I was hungry so I went up to match, told him I was leaving and he asked for my number which I gave. Do you know it has now been almost a month and I still have not heard from him? I should have known when it was myself going up to him instead of the other way around because as my favorite podcaster says (and that I have on a sweatshirt) "Interested men act interested" Also, before you even think it, we can not blame it on the fact that I live in California because he doesn't even know that part!
Overall Conversational Lube was a great experience and believe it or not, I would do it again. It makes for a great story and you never know who you may meet. If you check out their Instagram they do have a success story from May that is still dating. Admittedly that was a selling point for the romantic in me.
Great title, great experience, but men are still dumb apparently.
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