Wish Me Luck!

At the Eugene 5K earlier this year I talked to a stranger. I didn't know the area and was trying to find the start/finish/registration area. I turned around and asked the first person I saw. He and I ended up walking to the start together, but quickly parted ways once I went to get my bib.  After the race (incidentally this is the race with the PR I am itching to break in two weeks!), I was wandering alone people watching, nibbling on a banana, and picking at a bagel.  Up came the stranger I had talked to earlier!

We ended up talking the rest of the time things were going on. He barely missed getting an age group award. Shucks!  I was far from any award, yet still basking in my "fast" time.  Being a little fruit fly that I am, and surrounding myself with all of my adorable gays, I was very shocked when this stranger asked me if I'd like to go get coffee or something.  Stupid me, a non-coffee drinker, and shocked that a straight guy wanted to continue talking to me, I fumbled over my words and passed.  Stupid, stupid, stupid. Did I mention he is hot and has an accent? I had plans of hitting the expo to see what it was all about, to change my clothes, and to head up to meet a friend for some shopping and a visit to the Enchanted Forest.  The whole day my friend and I joked about how that was probably my future husband and I totally blew it!

Well, I'm good at Google. I can find people on facebook. By the end of the night this stranger and I were new facebook friends. We would begin talking all the time, and a couple of weeks later we went out for a couple of drinks and hummus. I was scared of trying the hummus. I mean it wasn't a grilled cheese sandwich, so how could I possibly like it? Um, yeah... I always have hummus on hand in my house now. It is yummy!

So tonight, months after meeting and forming a new friendship (still not sure why he talks to me. I never get why straight guys talk to me.... they usually get scared off once they realize I am divorced and consider a sexy pair of drag queens to be close friends!), we are meeting up again tonight. He says he wants to be there to see my face as I try sushi for the first time. 

I'm so scared!!!  Can't I just have a hot bowl of steamed rice and soy sauce? Or pizza??  I'm trying to be a big girl and be excited about trying something new. I am petrified!

How about you? Sushi? Yes? No?

Hot "strangers" with accents? Yes? No?

Are straight guys ever just friends with straight girls?