E-A-T-I\u2026 I-N-G. Crap.<\/p>\n
Multiple people have been asking to hear the racy details about our dinner together and lemme tell ya, there were a lot<\/i> (at least until I woke up the next morning). When I was awake and we were actually having<\/i> dinner, it was pretty relaxed and a lot more fun.<\/p>\n
As a side note, I\u2019d like to add that the producers called these dates amongst the cast a \u201cdress rehearsal\u201d for picking up phone numbers the next day and I have mixed feelings about that statement. It\u2019s irritating because if you take out the coaching that Mindi provided (\u201cWhat\u2019s the worst that could happen if you asked for her phone number?\u201d), dinner and the challenge were completely unrelated. However, considering how much I disliked the challenge, that complete unrelatedness was wonderful.<\/p>\n
Back to the topic at hand: I double-checked with Mindi to see what she could remember about our date and it turns out neither of us can recall much of the conversation. (Get that smirk off your faces, you perverts\u2026) There were a lot of things that happened, but aside from the \u201cboosting confidence when going out with hot babes\u201d and going out for late dinners at Perkins with our friends, I couldn\u2019t tell you much more. Maybe it\u2019s because we were both a little nervous.<\/p>\n
Yes, that\u2019s right, Mindi was nervous, too. I hadn\u2019t the slightest idea until she wrote back, but in a way, it\u2019s nice to know I wasn\u2019t the only one on the verge of wetting my pants. (Okay, technically, I was<\/i> the only one since she was wearing a dress, but you get the idea\u2026) So I got to her room to pick her up and she complimented me on my outfit before I could compliment hers (Dammit!). I was a little disappointed that I didn\u2019t say it first (and how often do you hear that the woman finished before the guy?), because she looked really<\/i> nice in her dress. Makes sense since she was a \u201cbeauty\u201d and all\u2026<\/p>\n
Then we headed to our dining room and it was a sweet<\/i> setup. We had a trellis in the background with all the vines hanging from it in front of a glowing fireplace\u2026 lemme tell ya, it wasn\u2019t Perkins. I remember I pulled out her chair, though I don\u2019t recall whether I poured her wine or just handed her the bottle, seeing as how I was just having the water in front of me.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right, I don\u2019t drink. Even with the celebratory bottles of champagne after the challenges, I\u2019d either toast with an empty glass or, in the case of the outdoor challenge, a canteen. Just think—if I\u2019m this funny while completely sober all the time, how crazy would it be if I got completely housed?<\/p>\n
Or perhaps it\u2019s best not to think about it. I don\u2019t want to be responsible for any of you waking up screaming in the middle of the night, scaring the living bejeezus out of the neighbors so they call 911, because when the cops show up, lights flashing and sirens blaring, what will you tell them? \u201cShawn made me do it\u201d? I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n
But like I was saying, we were having a seriously cool dinner together. The food was delicious, the conversation was fun\u2026 well, the relationship advice wasn\u2019t fun<\/i>, per se, but the rest of it was fun\u2026 and we had an overall good time. I\u2019m not sure if you could hear the sound clip when Scarlet and I left the elimination room or during the end of the reunion show, but I told Mindi, \u201cChocolate cake.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s significant because that\u2019s what we had for dessert that night. She only wanted a small slice, so I took a relatively small portion as well. Oh my God<\/i>, it was sooooooo good<\/i>. If it weren\u2019t for my being polite, I would have inhaled about half of it before we had to head back upstairs. As it was, I took a canole—it was a pastry with a cream filling. (Kinda like a Twinkie, but not.) Oh my God<\/i>, it was sooooooo good<\/i>. Mindi may have been full, but I made her take part of it anyway and she wasn\u2019t complaining afterwards.<\/p>\n
When we\u2019d finished eating, I brought her back to her room and we exchanged big kisses on the cheek (Mmmmm-WAH!). Then I knocked on the door and Richard opened it up. I asked if I\u2019d brought her home before curfew, he took a quick look at us, asked a quick question (one more detail I\u2019ve forgotten), then closed the door and locked it. Remember that promo clip of Richard tossing his wine back and hitting his head against the back of his chair? When he locked the door, Mindi started laughing so hard that her head snapped back and she smacked it against the doorframe.<\/p>\n
What a great way to end the evening. But it didn\u2019t end there. Once we had finished, Mindi came over to my room and said she\u2019d make out with me if I knew her middle name. (I guessed \u201cSebastian,\u201d so I only got lucky enough to get that big smooch on my cheek.) Anyway, when we got back together after dinner, we kept talking about more stuff that I don\u2019t remember, but since neither of us jumped up screaming, resulting in the cops showing up at the mansion, that<\/i> must have been a great way to end the evening as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
E-A-T-I\u2026 I-N-G. Crap. Multiple people have been asking to hear the racy details about our dinner together and lemme tell ya, there were a lot (at least until I woke up the next morning). When I was awake and we were actually having dinner, it was pretty relaxed and a lot more fun. As a … <\/p>\n