Day 5: More, More, More (Dates that is)
I was scheduled to meet 3 new girls as well as see Dina again and also see Larisa who had to rescehdule on me earlier in the trip. I already knew that I had some very strong possibilities to pursue as possible matches, but I wanted to do the best I could to see the rest of the girls from my list before deciding who to focus on.
One thing I wanted to do differently this trip was that I wanted to meet more older women to see whether any of them would make a good match for me. So far, I had met Olga, Natalia and Dina, and liked each one of them, so I was thinking that maybe I would see just how I felt about them by having 2nd dates. Today I was going to see Dina again and I was very much looking forward to our afternoon date because I think that we really "clicked" when we met yesterday. Unfortunately, Dina had to cancel. I was disappointed but I knew that she would reschedule for another day. I now had a few hours before seeing Allina, a woman who I met from my 1st trip that Witchdoc and others thought I should have pursued more heavily. Alina and I had a good time, but for some reason, we just did not have good chemistry, and this was a major issue for me.
Alina arrived at 2:00 and we proceeded to go next door to Rima for some tea to talk. I wanted to see her again, but I knew once we sat down for tea that we still did not have the cchemistry that we would need. I knew that this would probably be the last date we would have, so we just enjoyed each other's company and had a nice conversation. Her English had improved, and I was happy to see that she enjoyed our time together. I asked Natasha about her impressions of Alina, and she mentioned that she did not think she was serious about me. I figured that since we had seen each other many times from my 1st trip and I was just not ready for a commitment to her, she just decided that I was not a good match for her. On my last trip, she took me to a Bach performance and also to meet her sister at her Music School. As Witchdoc will no doubt note, I screwed this one up and perhaps she would have been interested in me more if I had my mindset right when I was with her on my last trip.
The next girl that I was supposed to see was Svetlana, a very beautiful young girl, that to be completely honest, I just figured was eye candy and probably not a good match for me. She was a no-show and I was not disappointed because I thought that maybe she would not show up anyway. It would have been nice to see that she truly existed, but no matter, I had a few other dates for the day.
My next date, Darya, was a very nice looking woman who I thought might be nice to meet. She showed up at the office and I noticed right away that she was nice lookiing and seemed interested in seeing me. What I learned later was that she had just had a Russian guy who she was dating propose to her; so she was getting married in a couple of months and moving to Moscow. Of course this meant I was not going to be seeing her again, but I decided to make the best of it and just have a nice conversation. We talked for about an hour and then she left to go see her fiancee. When I came back to the office, Helen immediately let the office know to remove Darya from the program since she was obviously no longer interested in the program.
My last date was going to be a rescheduled date with Larisa. I waited in the office for 1/2 hour before finally deciding to go to the Internet cafe, check some email, then go out with Helen for dinner and drinks. I did not feel like going to the clubs, but instead just be with Helen for a while talking with her. I also wanted to try not to keep my interpreters out too late if possible since Helen was married and I did not want to keep Natasha and Helen out late at the clubs every night.
I got home early (around 11:30) and decided to do some writing and watch a little television. I was going to see Valeria for the afternoon, then see Irene, with a ballet performance with Oksana tomorrow evening. I was excited to be seeing Oksana again, as I had missed her and also because she had never been to a ballet before. I had been to many ballets and I thought this would be a nice way to introduce her to one of my passions. I went to bed looking forward to a good day tomorrow
