So one of the reason I opened this blog up was to write about how it is being in an interracial relationship. I don't know why it is of any matter, but to me it was an eye opener and a completely different experience as to dating people from the same country as you.
How we met was a funny story really, something we probably won't be bragging about to our future children. It wasn't exactly a love story where we met at the bus stop waiting for the bus under the pouring rain, or getting lost somewhere in the woods and helped each other to find ways for survival. No no.
We met through the 21st century way.
The internet.
Through a mobile app in fact.
Yes yes, that whole swiping left if you think the guy is a douche or right if you think "hmm not bad" app. A pretty shallow app really as you judge whether you want to know that other person based on their looks and what they state on their profile.
To be honest, I went on it just for the sake of wasting time. I was back in Kuwait and thought to myself, huh, why don't I try this app out and meet random people, just so I can make Kuwait a little bit more entertaining perhaps?
After a few swipes and dinner dates with 2 random guys, I decided, ah F this. I honestly can't be bothered. Mostly cause I really just couldn't be bothered with the whole dating game, introducing myself, get to know the other and go through dramas and crap whatever. Also I thought I was being pretty shallow at this whole swiping thing. Just before I deleted the app, I saw a 'match' showing up in my profile and decided to just give my whatsapp number out to this American dude and tell him to just contact me through whatsapp cause I'm deleting the app and can no longer be bothered to 'tinder' anymore (matches is where if you both swipe right, both of you will get to message each other).
Later that night he messaged me and we both got to know each other, merely through whatsapp. Not even a phone call or facebook message or whatever. Just whatsapp. 6 days after we first whatsapp, we finally decided to meet up. Coincidently we both live in the same area in Kuwait (Mahboula) and decided to try out this Thai restaurant half way to where we both live.
And that, ladies and gentleman is how I met Daniel. All thanks to a mobile dating app.
Our first date went pretty good although most of the time I was in tears as I wanted to challenge Daniel to see if he can handle spicy foods. Turns out, I was the sucker in this game and had to go to the toilet about 5 times throughout the whole dinner while Daniel munched the food down as if it had zero affect on him. We then decided to go for coffee nearby and chatted till the cafe was actually shutting down.
Next day, Daniel messaged me asking if I'd like to go for breakfast at a nearby mall. Since I didn't have any plans, I agreed to it. All went well, and we both had to head back as I had a birthday party to attend while Daniel had to go for a farewell party with his friends. Daniel then messaged me later that night, asking what I was doing and I just told him that I'm watching a movie at my friends and that he can join us if he wants to. He came over, met my friends and we all hung out till like 4am.
After that, it was all bed of roses mostly. We would meet up EVERY SINGLE DAY and hang out till early morning together. We were only parted when I had to fly to Muscat for my job interview (which by the way, happens to fall on my birthday AND valentines) and then we were back together again till mid-March.
How we met was a funny story really, something we probably won't be bragging about to our future children. It wasn't exactly a love story where we met at the bus stop waiting for the bus under the pouring rain, or getting lost somewhere in the woods and helped each other to find ways for survival. No no.
We met through the 21st century way.
The internet.
Through a mobile app in fact.
Yes yes, that whole swiping left if you think the guy is a douche or right if you think "hmm not bad" app. A pretty shallow app really as you judge whether you want to know that other person based on their looks and what they state on their profile.
To be honest, I went on it just for the sake of wasting time. I was back in Kuwait and thought to myself, huh, why don't I try this app out and meet random people, just so I can make Kuwait a little bit more entertaining perhaps?
After a few swipes and dinner dates with 2 random guys, I decided, ah F this. I honestly can't be bothered. Mostly cause I really just couldn't be bothered with the whole dating game, introducing myself, get to know the other and go through dramas and crap whatever. Also I thought I was being pretty shallow at this whole swiping thing. Just before I deleted the app, I saw a 'match' showing up in my profile and decided to just give my whatsapp number out to this American dude and tell him to just contact me through whatsapp cause I'm deleting the app and can no longer be bothered to 'tinder' anymore (matches is where if you both swipe right, both of you will get to message each other).
Later that night he messaged me and we both got to know each other, merely through whatsapp. Not even a phone call or facebook message or whatever. Just whatsapp. 6 days after we first whatsapp, we finally decided to meet up. Coincidently we both live in the same area in Kuwait (Mahboula) and decided to try out this Thai restaurant half way to where we both live.
And that, ladies and gentleman is how I met Daniel. All thanks to a mobile dating app.
Our first date went pretty good although most of the time I was in tears as I wanted to challenge Daniel to see if he can handle spicy foods. Turns out, I was the sucker in this game and had to go to the toilet about 5 times throughout the whole dinner while Daniel munched the food down as if it had zero affect on him. We then decided to go for coffee nearby and chatted till the cafe was actually shutting down.
Next day, Daniel messaged me asking if I'd like to go for breakfast at a nearby mall. Since I didn't have any plans, I agreed to it. All went well, and we both had to head back as I had a birthday party to attend while Daniel had to go for a farewell party with his friends. Daniel then messaged me later that night, asking what I was doing and I just told him that I'm watching a movie at my friends and that he can join us if he wants to. He came over, met my friends and we all hung out till like 4am.
After that, it was all bed of roses mostly. We would meet up EVERY SINGLE DAY and hang out till early morning together. We were only parted when I had to fly to Muscat for my job interview (which by the way, happens to fall on my birthday AND valentines) and then we were back together again till mid-March.
Our first photo together, 6 days after we first met. Taken in a Chinese Restaurant, Kuwait
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