Your kidding me? THAT'S what you meant...?

On a scale of 1 to "oh my god did I just say that" I'm thinking I'm going to have to rate this one at a 9.

There will always be awkward moments in new relationships. I think deep down that those exact moments are the ones that sometimes make it worthwhile, and cement the foundation, I mean really, if you can say and do some of the dumb things that we really do say and do and they stick around we must be in the clear, and excused from all future dumbassery. Well maybe not excused.. but at least it won't surprise them.

ANNNNNYWAY. So the new fellow in my life, who my family and friends lovingly refer to as, "Chief" and I were discussing reasonably near-future activities and being all starry eyed and dreamy, thinking of how cute it is we're including one another in those plans. There is a wedding for friends coming up, and I have this pretty invitation that reads, "...and guest" and I asked if he would consider being my "and guest". He chuckled and agreed. The problem is that it's out of town, so we've got the question of where we stay, and whose sleeping where or with whom to discuss.

Later that afternoon via text he says: "I'm really hoping that this wedding can be, you know, our first."

I sat there stunned, staring at the little vibrating box in my hand, utterly unsure how to respond to this. Our FIRST? Our first what exactly? OOOOOOH my god.

I replied, with as much... tact as I'm capable of: "Mmhmm, it's going to be our first big outting. It'll definitely be a first."

"No" he replies, "That's not what I meant. Gosh this is awkward, you know what I'm talking about right?"

You bet I know what your talking about Casanova. But let's pull the reins back on this one JUUUST a little bit. This conversation, while necessary is a little premature. So I decided to be a little bit brass and reply with: "FYI our first is SO not going to be in some scummy hotel in some small town, if that's what you were thinking."

After a slight delay he responds with,"Actually I meant that maybe by then we can be, you know, officially dating, officially a couple..."

Thank god for text messaging because I'm pretty sure that at about that moment I was trying to just spontaneously combust or vanish into thin air like a magic trick gone wrong. A couple? Mhmm, that's totally what I was thinking too, I was just teasing the poor boy.

I hate the dating process.