My Best First Date Had a Tragic Ending That Messed With My Head
This is a completely true story. One that I’ll never forget.
We clicked over our love of Twin Peaks. I saw it mentioned on her profile, and it was the topic of my first message. After a flurry of messages between us, we arranged to meet. Little did I know what was in store for me…
The amazing first date
I drove 60 miles to meet her, the furthest I’d ever gone for a first date. We met in a museum which had an exhibition she wanted to see. Upon first seeing each other, we hugged, then went to get coffee in the museum cafe.
She was even prettier in person than her profile photo, and as we sat chatting I could tell she was interested in me. We just didn’t seem to run out of things to talk about.
After talking for an hour, we realized the exhibition wasn’t going to be on for another three hours. To my surprise, she was happy to just go for a random walk to fill the time.
As we walked through the city’s back streets and then along by the canal, we continued talking almost constantly. Mostly about Twin Peaks, but other things too.
In what seemed like almost no time at all, we were back at the museum three hours later. Although the…