So I got invited to do something with some new people, they want me to fill in on their sports team for a week or two, when someone is unable to go. I am considering it as this is the only sport I was actually good at (there's a couple I say I was good at, but other people will likely disagree with my assessment) and I do enjoy playing... However, this means spending a couple hours with a group of people I don't know, and possibly making a fool of myself because it's been so long since I quit. I'm talking years here, not just a few months. This has the potential of embarassment all over it!
I did say I would think about it, and check my schedule. All the popular stalling techniques. Then I was handed the inevitable phone number with the instructions "call me" This made me hesitate for a second, for two reasons:
1. I didn't actually know people called anyone anymore, besides me and my friends long chats, it's definitely dying out
& 2. this means I will actually have to make a decision, because he is expecting a phone call.
Upon further discussion the offer arose that he would drive out of his way (about 10 mins each direction) to pick me up and drop me off if I didn't want to arrive and leave alone... This could either be a kind gesture from someone who knows that a new group of people can be intimidating, a last ditch effort because he thinks my unseen talent can win the game for him, a creepy killer move, or an attempt at moving this closer to a date and away from a group outing. I'm not sure which option worries me most.
I think this is one that I might need to put past my guy friends, to see at what point it becomes like a date. I won't call it a date unless I am expressly 'asked out' and I know it will be a date right from the start, generally a double date or just us, but sometimes they try to sneak it past you in a way you don't notice until later. Perhaps I should just go anyway, in my own car of course, and see what happens. If nothing else, it makes anothe