One of the Best Date of my life ;)

I just realised that after you have been out there dating for a while, things will get a bit routine and well soon all the standards that you have set for yourself have seem to drop cause you no longer expect it to happen. I have always made the effort of doing different things on my dates but it should be a two-way street, I can't always be the one deciding what we should be doing on the weekends. And I definitely hate conversations which goes like this:

Me: so what's the plan for this weekend?
Guy: Hmm me anything..What you want to do?
Me: I thought you are asking me out so you should have something planned.
Guy: Hmm no plans leh..not sure what u want to do..
Me[Feeling pissed off]: Ok..Thanks for the effort put in planning the date..but I have to wash my hair during the weekend.
Guy: huh??wash hair need both weekend?(not realising that I'm pissed off)
Me: Arrgg!!
Guy: Why are u so angry? having PMS?

I immediately put down the phone without even bothering to answer his idiotic questions.

Yes, that's right this conversation happened to me before and till today he still don't get why am I so pissed off. Is it so hard for men to shower a bit of attention to the ladies?

In a guys' mind(derived from the dates I've been to ;)) the equation of good dates goes like this:

Dates = Dinner + Movie(if action/sci-fi movie, even better)

In a girls' mind(for me at least)

Dates = Good conversation + effort in making me feel special + plenty of sincerity

Guys always associate dates with dinners and movies or if they are feeling a bit romantic, chocolate/flowers are thrown into the equation. But for the girls, they just want to have good conversation and wants to feel special no matter if the date just turn out to be a nearby visit to starbucks ;)(This happens to me before too)

And this leads me back to memory lane where I had one of the best dates in my life ;)
This happens in secondary school which just shows that best dates in life doesn't have to be expensive

I used to be such a bookworm in secondary sch and I love reading so much(Yes, that was when I'm in my nerdy phase which is still ongoing), so this guy whom I was going out with planned this really special date for our anniversary. He wouldn't tell me what we'll be doing so I just thought it will be another dinner & movie date. But to my surprise, he brought me to Borders and asked me to pick any book I like. I was so surprised because it was so unexpected. I still have that book cause looking at it always bring back good memories.(Its one of those buffy the vampire slayer book cause at that time i'm a big fan of buffy too ;P) He then brought me to his house and told me that his mom has prepared a meal for us on his request(I guess he didn't know how to cook but i'm still impressed by the way). And after a good meal, we just spend the whole day at his house reading, with me laying my head on his lap reading my new buffy book and him reading his Archie comics. I remember feeling completely special and blissful even though we were not talking at all the whole time just enjoying the companiable silence, hearing the sound of his breathing and his occasional laughter.

Yup, that was one of the best dates I have experienced. I know it might sound really boring to some of you but to me, this boy is willing to put in extra effort just to do things that he know I will enjoy the most. And I really appreciate him for that cause by giving me that experience, it taught me that dates doesn't not have to be expensive or just be about movies and dinners. Its the thoughts and sincerity that counts ;)