Aww man- I've known what I was going to write about for this post (for a while) lol.
**My disclaimer is that the worst/most embarrassing things actually took place BEFORE the date occurred ;-).**
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Okay- I will admit now that sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me. My friends joke that I could be a P.I. (Private Investigator) because sometimes it's just easy for me to put pieces of information together/figure things out (even if they were intended to be secrets or riddles). This quality is not always a good thing smh/lol.
A few years ago, I was hanging out with a guy and we had been talking about different things we wanted to do- places we wanted to go. Some kind of way, he told me that he had plans for us to go somewhere in a couple of days. However, he didn't really give me information.
Ladies- I think y'all can sympathize with me right here. We like to know where we're going and what we're doing so we can plan our outfits [and maybe our hairstyles] accordingly. Am I right about it??? Haha!
Anyway. . . I honestly don't even remember the full sequence of events but I remembered the name of a venue that he had mentioned to me. So I looked it up on the internet and checked out the list of upcoming events. Sure enough, I saw the name of a band that we had JUST been talking about. *DING DING DING* This HAD to be where we were going!
Later that evening (the day/night before the show), he called me and was talking about the surprise. I believe he said something like, "You have no idea where we're going." SMH. . . I can't remember if I actually said something or if I just made a sound that implied, "Well. . . actually. . ." Oh my goodness- I recall the rest of the conversation as if it took place yesterday!
H kept egging me on to see if I really had figured it out. I didn't want to tell him! I asked him if I could just write it on a piece of paper and give it to him- once we arrived at our destination the next day. He kept insisting so I finally said, "I think we're going __________ to see ____________________."
There was silence. And then there was apparent disappointment. At first I thought he was joking- acting like he was hurt that I figured it out but as time went on, I could tell he was truly upset.
Although the situation took a wrong turn, I ended up being grateful for the fact that he pushed me to say what I thought was happening. As we kept talking, he let me know that he had invited other people to go with us. I'm telling y'all right now. . . if I hadn't found out that (some of) these people were going with us-> until we got ready to hit the road, I REALLY would have been [even more] upset!
I kept apologizing and we went to the show the next day. The band was amazing! Despite the embarrassing and tense moments beforehand, I was grateful that he wanted to introduce me to new music at a venue that I'd never been to. We had a great time- even with the *company*!
More than anything, I'm grateful that he and I can LAUGH about this now.
I really need to work on that though. I love surprises so I don't want to ruin any in the future ;-).
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