Friendly Man #7

It all started last week when my bishop asked me if I wanted free tickets to see “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Hale Center Theater. He frequently has free tickets for the theater but has a rule that you have to take a date. So typical of a single’s ward bishop huh. Anyway, my home teacher was standing nearby and expressed interest in going as well. I said, “Hey friendly man…why don’t you come with me and be my number 7.” Okay, that may not have been our exact conversation but he did say he would like to go with me. I told him we would talk later and he said, “okay, I have your number” and I replied with, “and I have yours.”

A few days later he called and we made all of the arrangements. He was a little embarrassed at his lack of vehicle but I assured him that I would be happy to drive. So, last night I showed up at his house at 6:15 dressed up and ready to go. We talked easily on the way there and met a few other couples from church at the theater. Because my bishop knows people and kind of works for the theater, we got an in depth back-stage tour. If you have never been there, it’s a theater in the round and the stage does cool stuff like move up and down and spin around, etc. Anyway, I tell you this because we went underneath the stage to see how it works. Very cool!

The play was excellent! Being a fiddle player myself, I was impressed with the fiddling and the overall effects. It’s amazing what you can do to make a story come so to life. Friendly man enjoyed it as well…despite its 3 hour length. We had fun. I told him about my friend and I’s quest to find the best frozen yogurt in town and he was impressed. He is also a big fan of Spoon Me which is a plus for him. So, we had previously decided to get ice cream after the play but after finding out about my project, he thought frozen yogurt would be delightful instead.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any worthy frozen yogurt establishments near where we were so we headed off to Leatherby’s instead. There, we ate some wonderful ice cream and talked some more. Most of our conversation was pretty typical of most first dates. He was slightly appalled at my lack of exposure to many popular musicals but what can you do. Who knew that the man would be interested old school musicals like, “Singin’ in the Rain?” Here I’ve been studying up on sports and I go out with a man who’s into musicals and Jane Austin. It’s all good. We had fun and that was that. On to #8…seriously…one of these guys has to be a match sometime, right???