By this time I knew that I like her and I knew that I wanted her in my life. I think I was waiting for the right opportunity to talk about it (her story would be different as i don't think she knows about this).
Ohh sorry, I haven't given an into about me - a little chubby short guy who has never interacted a lot with girls. I know it would have taken ages for me to propose her to be in my life as my girlfriend. Further a thought of losing a cheerful friend from my life in case she didn't like me or may be she only like me as friend.
Now it was the time to give a thought whether she likes me - now I know the easiest way would have been directly ask her. The late night long talks were an indicator that she doesn't hate me but not an indicator that she likes me as more than a friend I knew that she was quite friendly in nature from her school days. i think it was lack of courage that I didn't asked her directly but I thought of waiting for the right moment to ask her. One thing I knew from her nature that even if I asked her straight and she didn't like me, it would not have meant a disconnection as she is mature enough. But I think in that case it would have been awkward for both of us to start the chat even.
Alas, I forgot to tell you that I am a personality who can talk about death of any person (even my family member) casually. So yes, in one of our conversations we were discussing about funerals and we discussed that in India, a large gathering happens where all people gather to show their gratitude towards the person. But usually that will mean a lot of extra burden on the family members of arranging food for the people. As per our discussion, I wanted that there should be an official party at my funeral where people are not expected to show gratitude but to enjoy the day in honor of me. So I thought of creating a Facebook event inviting her to my funeral party on my 60th birthday. In my back of the mind, I was thinking atleast that will mean I am meeting my school crush when I am old - Isn't that cool !!!
I think by that time she also started liking me. Later I got to know that in her mind she liked me and she wanted me to ask her out for a date. But being a stupid guy, I was not using the word date ever in our conversation.
But I think we were bound to date. As I used to use Tinder at that time and I got ditched on a date at the last moment(Thanks to her ! She is still in my contacts). Since I got dressed up for the date, I thought of going to a supermarket and buy something (I love shopping !). In the mall, I saw some dates(fruit) and I thought of buying those as that will mean I have some date. Then later in the night, she came to know about the story and she made a lot of joke on me.
After some days, she sent me a meme in which a date(fruit)is wearing black glasses (indicating the blind date) and she told me that this meme reminded me of my date. By that time she was frustrated that I am not using a date word to ask her out (I am a shy guy). So she thought of taking that responsibility and she told me that she will date me on my 60th birthday funeral (You see dream come true !!!). I was on cloud nine at that moment and I knew that it was the signal to her out even now. I thought of asking her out next time we are in same city as I believe it feels better to ask in person instead of asking on chat or phone though at the same time I knew it will take a lot of courage for me to ask but I was determined to do so. She knew that I was happy to hear that as I told her so. But she was more frustrated as I was not asking her to date now. She again suggested to prepone the dates and she made me ask her out :)
So the journey of a happy couple starts .......
