Tags: friends, relationships, movies

So after the unfortuate conversational events of friday before leaving work it was time to go to dinner and a movie with the long lost and often missed Suzi who through various events we had not managed to catch up with in around 3 months. The last time we went that long without seeing each other was in 2002 and that was because i was posted to West Australia thanks to my call up by the army. So it goes without saying it was a unusual for us.

Now there is one thing that i hate when arranging to meet up with someone, its the arranging to meet in a time frame like 7 to 7.30pm, i never know when i should get there. Do i get there by 7pm so i don’t keep the person waiting, do i get there about half way through so that i’m there during the allotted time and if the person i am meeting gets there before me, then at least they aren’t waiting there, or do i just rock up as long as i am there by 7.30pm? This really is my thought processes when greated by such a dilema and i recommend that if you are ever going to meet me then set an exact time and save me the mental anguish of when i should arrive. There is far less pain that way because in the end every time i arrive by the start time because i hate the idea of keeping someone waiting in an obsessive compulsive kind of way.

So anyway Suzi and i had arranged to meet 7 - 7.30pm, i get there at 7pm and she around 7.30 pm. Ideally i am not a fan of movies like The Break up but due to a drought of movies that actually look appealing. The Da Vinci Code was the only other likely choice but since it started within an hour and we were going to dinner first, it wasn’t an option. Besides Tom Hanks hair in the picture scares me in the way only a mullet can and no matter what movie i am watching with Tom Hanks in, i’m always waiting for him to pull out a box of chocolates …

Dinner was pleasant, we walked from the cinemas to a restuarant down on the waterfront, catching up with the events in each others lives and work. Our jobs are in similar areas, just me in the public sector and Suzi’s private sector and with whats going on with mutual friends, each others lives etc. Her relationship with current BF going well too so no openings there for those in my cheer squad wanting something more. Dinner was pleasant and informal at a burger joint with conversation between the food. And then we headed back to the cinemas to see the movie.

I’m not going to go into detail about the movie but it was listed as a "Romance, Comedy" on the cinemas website but to be honest other than a couple of small chuckles it wasn’t that funny. Those chuckles were mainly from things said in the movie that related to when Suzi and i were dating like "Don’t buy me flowers, they are a waste of money" but overall it was just a drama of two people’s relationship falling apart and it failed to grab me. But mainly seeing it sitting next to an ex just felt awkward in a way i just can’t explain. I’ve made a note in my mind that next time we go to the movies we won’t see anything like that movie.

After the movie it was goodnight with a kiss an a hug and for me home to bed, it had afterall been a very long day indeed.