Well, I have heard from him. He emailed to say that if I'd like to stay in contact then he thinks that would be nice as we do have alot in common. He was upfront about saying in terms of progressing things romantically, he thought it was hard to know what made things really click but he wasn't sure if either of us felt that real buzz from each other.
This is what I hate about internet dating and probably will give it up. I'm fairly shy and it takes me a little while to feel comfortable. With internet dating, "decisions" are taken after 1 meeting. Also feel that meeting up with someone from an internet dating site is fairly artificial as there's an underlying pressure that you don't get when 2 people meet in any other social setting. Here you have 2 people meeting, knowing each is looking for a relationship and therefore the date is spent trying to figure out if that person is for you. Maybe I should just learn to relax more!! When I left the restuarant on Friday evening, I admit I didn't feel a "buzz", all I felt was that I liked him, he was really nice and it would be good to meet up again.
So, I replied to him saying that I wasn't sure you could tell from 1 meal whether 2 people "clicked". I said all I knew was we did seem to have a lot in common, that I enjoyed the evening, that I felt relatively relaxed in his company(considering I know I'm shy at first when meeting someone new), and that I would like to meet up again and just see how things went. I added that if at the end I came out with a friend, then I wouldn't feel cheated.
As he may feel differently, I've therefore placed the ball firmly in his court about whether we do end up meeting again. Somehow I'm not feeling very optimistic. 
2008-03-24 @ 21:04