Boss's Choice - North Carolina

So my boss set me up with a guy from NC. He is friends with my boss & another member of the executive committee at work and they both thought it would be a good match up. NC also works for one of my company's clients.

NC and I met for drinks at my fav watering hole, "The Regis" (haha, I am totally sick of going there but seem to end up there all the time). Of course with me nothing can be norm...he was in town for a couple days and had one of his investors with him. He still wanted to meet up, but had to bring his investor with him. Slightly weird that on a first, blind date I am going with my date and an investor in his company, but what is it going to hurt. Luckily, SBF pulled through in a clutch situation and met us for a couple drinks so it would be four people and not an odd three. I was very surprised and appreciative.

NC was a total southern gentleman, a wonderful accent and a great story teller. I really liked him a lot. He kept the entire group entertained, conversation flowing, etc. One of the characteristics I am looking for right.

While we were at The Regis, my ex-husband's father's best friend walked in. Seems like a long connection but it is not. We went on several family vacations together, spent holidays together,etc. I have seen him several times since the "D" and he has been nothing but nice and expressed that as long as I was happy all is good. I excuse myself from the table to say hello and speak to him and low and behold NC walks up to say hi as well. He knows him. NC is from over 5 hours away and another state and knows my ex-husband's father's best friend. Really! Can I please have my own life and leave the past behind me. Not a big deal and it broke the news that I was divorced. It's always weird about when to tell someone I am divorced but that situation took care of it for me.

SBF left fairly early in the night and the investor left a little while after that. NC ended up getting pretty drunk which was a little bit of a turn off for me, but in his defense, he had a really bad day.

He asked me to a fundraiser the next night, but it ended up not being a date thing and he was leaving town immediately after the benefit so it didn't work out, but he has already told me when he will be back in town and yes, my favorite has texted a few times. If he calls and comes back into town again, he is worth going out with again.