How it went

So...I know it's a little belated, but I figure I'd better fill ya'll in on how Friday went. As can be seen from the comments on my previous post (Update: Pace, this one's for you), Jared's date for Friday fell through. Luckily he was able to find someone else to go with him (otherwise that would have been a waste of two tickets, and what use to be a group date of 10 people would have become a double date with Luke and I and our dates.) There was one change however (besides the person Jared was taking), Jared's new date couldn't leave Provo until 6:30 (the original plan was to leave at 5:30, eat in Salt Lake at this cool restaurant Jared was telling me about, and then go to the opera which started at 7:30). My date was still planning on me picking her up at 5:30.

Well, after brainstorming as to what my options for the evening were, I opted to stick with 5:30. I informed my date (we'll call her "S") of the new plans:

5:30 I pick her up and we eat someplace here in Provo
6:30 We meet Jared at his place and carpool to Salt Lake
7:30 We enjoy Mozart's "The Magic Flute."

I asked if that was ok with her and she said (and I quote), "Sure!"

So, it went just like that. I picked her up at 5:30 (well, actually more like 5:35) and then we went to Thai Ruby's. We met up with Jared at his place at 6:30 and then went to pick up his date and then we were off...only one thing....traffic to Salt Lake was not so good, and we ended up arriving to the Capital Theater several minutes late. :( It wouldn't have been too bad because they have this little place where people can walk in and sit in the back until intermission and then they can go to their seats...only, there wasn't even standing room in that little area (apparently a lot of people were late) so we had to watch the first part of the opera in the foyer on the TV monitor. :(

Truthfully, I was slightly embarrassed and annoyed (i don't think those are the right words, but they're the only ones I could think of right now) at the fact that we had to stand out in the foyer...mostly, more for the fact that S had to stand in the foyer.

I will take a moment to digress here...
I don't know how most boys feel, but I feel as though when you are on a date with a young lady, it is your responsibility and duty to see to it that she: is safe, comfortable, and enjoys herself.

The fact that we were late and had to watch part of the opera while standing in the foyer certainly makes your job of keeping her comfortable and making sure she enjoys herself a little more difficult.
I guess I really was just "worried" that I was failing in my job of being a good date more so than being embarrassed and annoyed.

That said, we shall return to the story...
So, suprisingly the whole standing out in the foyer experience wasn't that bad. I did feel a little annoyed and sad for two other girls who were also at the opera: They too had arrived late and were standing in the foyer with their dates. Then one of the boys said to his date, "we're thinking we'd rather go to Barnes and Noble or something until intermission...would you rather do that?" His date (a girl from my ward actually) said that she would rather stay and watch the monitor so she knew what was happening after intermission...I thought at first, that was nice of him to give her another option...but then he and the other girl's date totally left them...does anyone else find this strange (unless maybe they are serious boyfriend and girlfriend). S and I talked about this brieftly as we stood there and I'm glad that we both agreed on this matter.

Fast forward ---> the opera was great (all except for the fact that the Queen of the Night had some difficulty hitting several of her high notes). On the way home, S mentioned several times how enjoyable the evening was (this came as a comfort considering our earlier tardiness.)

We drove back to Provo and I took S home to her apartment.

All and all, it was an enjoyable evening.