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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1666890" data-attributes="member: 4144">Third's gone and past.  Overall, things are still going very well.  This time, I think she got to see a bit more of my personality and some of my outside interests (piece of it inadvertantly, lol).  So yes, she now knows about my geekiness.  Whether for good or ill, who's to say. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I think it's significant in some way, although I'm not sure quite how, that she's beginning to talk about, well, kinda more serious things.  Like when she has kids and stuff.  Now, she's not saying about kids with me, but I think that might be good.Overall, if the third date is a "decision" date like I've heard, I think I might be pleased with the decision.Still trying not to get too hyped up in my mind about it, though.  That's the kind of thing that's messed me up in the past with girls, going in with these really high expectations and then beating myself up mentally when I, well, didn't get those expectations.  Kinda cynical, but my POV is if I don't expect anything, I won't be disappointed.  I'm more and more getting the impression that if we ever do "get there" (IYKWIMAITYD), it'll be awhile.  She just...I don't know, she seems like the type that would take a little while.That's another thing that's helping my attitude in this instance, is she's a genuinely nice girl and I just like her otherwise, I guess we'd be friends first. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But I'd be in the same boat as you, no matter what happens in the future, I'd like to at least stay friends with her.</blockquote>

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