Reminders

One of my employees came to me and said she thought she met my white whale.  The white whale is a name that Dave has given to this wonderful gal that I have gone on several dates with over the last 4.5 years.  He refers to her as my white whale because, like Captain Ahab, he feels that I am wasting my time in pursuit of this gal.  He may be right and actually I believe that I have moved beyond the white whale especially after reading the article about what it means when a woman tells you that you are nice.  Anyways, in a quick conversation we found that in fact this employee did not meet the white whale but did meet another gal I had gone on a date with.  The gal actually disclosed to her that we had gone out on a date after she learned that the employee worked for me.  I remember the date well.  I thought it was good.  I was a little late because of a issue with my children but I called her in advance and let her know of the delay.  Probably still a bad start on my part but oh well.  Anyhow, I thought we had decent conversation and all.  I sent her a text after dropping her off, I thanked her for the evening and suggested that perhaps we could go out again sometime.  Probably another bad move... I don't know, is that okay to text?  Anyways, I didn't get a reply for a solid day and the reply I got said "If I'm being honest I didn't feel the spark necessary to warrant a second date".  She didn't share this information with my employee.  I sure did.  Only because I got grilled about why I didn't ask her out on a second date and blah blah blah.  Thanks for the reminder of that ever so gentle let down.  I told her that I spent three days in the fetal position after that painful experience and appreciated her bringing it up again.  Only kidding of course.  I mean, it was rather direct and I certainly knew where I stood, I don't have a problem with that.  We are actually good friends today and she is a great gal.  She feels no spark when it comes to me but she is a great gal.  Nothing quite so direct from the white whale.