Nick and I were sitting in a movie theater in Walnut Creek, waiting for the previews to start. I cannot remember which movie we were going to see. In fact, it was odd that we were in the movie theater because Nick wasn't a huge fan of going to the movies. When we started dating, he was the quintessential, 20-something, single guy. He lived in an apartment with his brother. He decorated rather well for a 20-something guy, but his decor definitely included the expected beer bottle and alcohol themed art, in addition to a lot of framed artwork (a plus in my book as I equate framed art to being a grown-up) and some interesting pieces. He folded all of his towels precisely and the bathroom was always clean. He was a catch!
I hadn't really dated anyone long term in a long time before meeting Nick. In fact, I hadn't had any long term boyfriends who were not in college or living with their parents so seeing how guys really lived was novel to me. They eat a lot of fast or frozen food and spend a lot of time on the couch, unshowered, watching sports. Of course they have all the channels. In fact, Nick seemed to have oodles of spending cash to spend on anything he wanted. Unlike me, he wasn't paying off a car or student loans. Instead of renting movies at Blockbuster, he would just buy them. We went out to eat or for drinks constantly. And I will never forget the first time we ordered pizza and ate it in bed, watching a movie. I could count on one hand the number of times I had ever ordered a pizza! He was even a regular at a Chinese delivery place. One time we even went to Macy's to buy him new underwear (I thought that was a big deal for our relationship, for the record). Those early days of dating were so much fun and there was never a bad moment. I wanted the weekends to stretch out forever and we usually packed an insane amount of stuff in between Friday night and Monday morning. It was supposed to be a summer romance (that ended up turning into forever) and it was the stuff of stories.
So back to the movies. Before the previews started, there was a music video promoting a new song by Jack Johnson. The whole thing is filmed in reverse and both the video and the song are EXCELLENT. We both watched it enraptured, not wanting it to end, but when it did, we turned to each other and both gushed over how cool it was! I bought the CD not long after that and it always reminds me of those early days dating Nick.
