Women are very confusing!

Happy new year to all my readers from north america and from Sweden also! My parents came down and we had a pretty good time on xmas and the new years eve. They gave me lots of gifts which was nice. I am so glad that I had all that time off because I had been working really long days and trying to make a good impression at the company I work for. I think I did a pretty good job and hopefully soon I will be able to get a promotion. I know I haven't been there very long but my manager is named Lars and he is from Sweden too so he likes me and thinks that I have potential so I am very happy about that fact and so are my wonderful parents.

I went out with that girl Theresa before the new year. We met at a bar and had drinks and she introduced me to a few of her friends both girls and guys. They are a pretty cool bunch of people. Not big party people, they are very intellectual and socially conscience so there was a lot of talk about politics and what not. I spent much of that time just listening because obviously I am new to the USA and I don't know much about the politics here but I was able to share with them about how Sweden is and they all appreciated my insight on how things are done in another country different than the United States.

I was having a hard time flirting with Theresa because there were so many people in our group and there was a lot of intense discussion going on and not a lot of playful activity. I wanted to take her to another part of the bar and be alone with her so we could talk more and it could feel like more of a date but I was too scared to ask cuz she seemed to be listening so intently to what her friends were saying all the time. She was one of those people that listens really hard and nods up and down when you talk etc. It was cute but at the same time I could see how this type of behavior could get really irritating really fast.

Towards the end of the night I did get a chance to talk to her a bit one on one but by that time the vibe was slipping. I was pretty confused by the whole evening. I was wondering what was wrong with this girl. I think she is very guarded and that is why she invited me on a date with a group of people so that she had a cushion to deal with and didn't have to be alone with me and answer pointed questions etc. It is a shame because she is a good looking bookworm type of girl and she has a lot of potential but not with all that shyness and being so guarded.

I never got a chance to hold her hand of kiss her so I was like blah this sucks and we parted ways and I didn't bother to send her any messages because I thought she wasn't interested but she just sent me a message today asking me why I never messaged her and I was like wtf. So I asked her what happened and she said that she had a good time and that I was a nice guy and she thought I was cute. I asked her why she seemed so distant then and she said it is because the last guy she was with was an asshole and broke her heart and cheated on her etc so I was like ok. So I told her I will go out with her again but this time it has to be just the two of us and we need to go somewhere quiet so we can chat and stuff.