How not to date

I am so not able to do the dating thing.

Rewind - how I ended up with a date... .

Last Wednesday as yoga class finished I spoke to guy who regularly comes along. As we parted he said "Would you fancy a drink sometime?"

Panic due to my recent alcohol issues. I just blurt out "I don't drink alcohol ". He laughs and says" Just a coffee then ". So I commit to this morning.

This morning I keep expecting him to call it off. I go for a very cold run with a friend. Pick the kids up and head to my daughter's dance class. Only then do I get a message saying" See you soon ".

I'm still in running gear, my son walking with me as he was going back home with my friend and he's outside the coffee place looking smart. I must have looked a complete state.

I need hot chocolate after the run and devour two croissants for late breakfast. Goodness knows what he thought.

We're talking away when I realise my daughter will be finished. He lives that way so walked back to my car where my daughter is waiting.

She's immediately "Where'd you meet him?" Yoga. "Yoga? Is he gay?" (Just what her dad would say). Luckily I'm turning left so looking away from her "No he's bisexual actually". That was best bit of whole thing.

I've not dated since I was a teenager I really need to think it through way more than this morning's disaster and up my game. Anyways it was a nice long discussion with a nice person.