So yesterday was thanksgiving….and Maikol met my entire family…which ok is only my mom and my brother but you know what I mean…this is a big deal for me…I can’t even say we’re dating yet…which I think we are…he hasn’t really said yet
I should also mention I ran the Turkey Trot in Buffalo...it was an 8K…that’s just under 5 miles…4.97 to be exact…I kind of wanted to die at some points…1/2 is uphill, ½ downhill…guess which one I hated? But finished it and I was pretty proud…and stinky…but accomplished
So fast forward to later…
So Maikol calls me to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving before he comes over…which is funny and cute and slightly unnecessary because he is going to see me in about an hour. He also tells me he is slightly panicking because he wants to bring my mom something which I think is super cute.
So he comes over and looks really cute and smells really good…and he brought a box of Ghirardelli chocolates for my mom and he makes small talk with her and she is crazy as always…I mean I love my mom, but as much as I love her there are times I would like to stab her with a fork ala baked potato fashion…but she was on pretty good behavior…she only made one off-color comment about Los Angeles and how people stare at you funny if you speak English…I just stared at her open mouthed but Maikol kept going without skipping a beat…he was a bit quiet at times which he told me was because he had a hard time following our English because we speak so quickly and use slang, I told him that’s how I feel when he and his friends speak Spanish around me.
So dinner was pretty successful…the only time he really seemed nervous is when we were hanging out in the living room and I was showing him my San Fran pics on FB and he was brushing my thigh with his knee and my brother came and sat down and started talking to us…I don’t know if my brother knew what he was doing and was just really slick about it…but Maikol swung his legs around so quickly it was really hysterical
So after dinner we went to Ricardo’s for enchiladas and some random hanging out…Maikol drove me which I thought was funny because he lives so close to Ricardo…but he said we should carpool…and he opened my door for me and waited until I got in and closed the door…it was cute…he also asked me how he was driving…apparently I must have made a comment before and he said that since I said something he has been cognizant of how he drives when I am in the car.
So at Ricardo’s…I am the only girl…as per usual…and Maikol seems acutely aware of it…I sit down next to Karhim and Maikol stands right behind us…watching to see if we are flirting or something (which would never happen)…I have no idea but he sticks close…Karhim and I are joking around at one point and Maikol is watching but pretending not to watch…I don’t get it…he should just say hey instead of pseudo-dating let’s just be boyfriend/girlfriend….it would make things so much easier but I am not sure what to think…Maikol counters by telling the boys he was at my house for dinner and met my family…Aragon showed up as well and he is talking about how he has been asking Ricardo about me and how he thinks I am so great and Maikol looks like he wants to die...or kill Aragon…I’m not quite sure
We started playing black jack for drinks and Maikol actually tells me that he thinks I have had enough…which of course I ignore because ummm duh I’m not driving and I kind of do what I want…so instead after a bit he is like well we should get going after one more hand because he has to get to bed early (its like 11:30) so I say fine and as we’re driving back he brings up Karhim and how he is moving back to Hong Kong…when I say I know he seems to calm down a bit…
Maybe I am too flirty with people and I don’t even realize…I think I am just friendly…I can’t help how it comes across…when I told my mom this today she told me I need to learn to dial it back and not make Maikol feel so insecure…I say Maikol hasn’t made his intentions known so whatevs...
Anyway, we get back to my place and he sits in the driveway for a minute and I just look at him…we talk about plans and what we’re doing this weekend…We’re going to have our usual Spanish/English class on Sunday and he adds that we can go see the movie I want, The Blindside (which we talked about at Ricardo’s but he didn’t seem to want anyone else to go, especially when Ricardo expressed interest)…I have to initiate the hug and he didn’t kiss me…apparently still a little mad…
Maybe I am being ridiculous...or maybe I am too flirty...who knows?…but Maikol should just say something…then we could stop this and he would know how I feel so it wouldn’t be this pseudo-dating guessing game
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