Matt and I got matched on Bumble while he was in NYC for work. He was visiting from Austin. I instantly swiped right because he had a picture sitting on a Longhorn with Longhorn attire. I love finding the rare Texan in NYC but of course he was just visiting for work. I have my long term career goals set on Austin so I figured the conversation could continue. He was here the weekend of Winter Storm Jonas so our conversation started out with talk about the snow of course. He is from Chicago so this was nothing new for him and I really enjoyed our chat while I binged seven episodes of “Making a Murderer” while the blizzard came down.

We made plans to meet on Thursday before he headed back to Austin. I had him come meet my coworkers and I after our happy hour at Barcelona Bar. This is a go-to for us and I’ve brought plenty of dates around my coworkers so this was nothing new to them. I’m sure he wasn’t expecting to be spending some of the evening with ten lovely ladies and only one other guy though! Sorry, Matt. It was still a fun time. We was very social, very cute and we continued the night on our own accord.  We went to Valhalla, Alfies and Supply House for a drink at each location. Thirsty Thursday for sure. He had the best smile, the best eyes and we had the best conversations. I’m conveniently going to Austin in a few weeks for a work retreat and we made plans to meet up at this time. We’re going to go to dinner and out with my Sweets and her boyfriend. #doubledate. We joked about him playing my boyfriend that week as well.

He stayed over that night and yes, another on of those that tried to take things too far but at least retracted on my first “no.” He had to catch an 8 a.m. flight so left around 4 a.m. He woke me up and kissed me goodbye. He sent me cute texts about how excited he was to see me again in a few weeks when he got to the airport. From here I had thoughts of us having FaceTime dates and continuing all our great conversations but that never really transpired and it has been about two weeks now. I got the opinion from some of my coworkers the following day, which had me hungover AF, and most really liked him but one said he was smart but didn’t seem my type. That part I should’ve dug more into the why but didn’t. I thought he was perfect. He is from Chicago, lives in Texas and walked in wearing a Shiner, TX hat.

Hopefully, this story has a part two after this coming weekend in Austin. The communication hasn’t been as expected. I actually only ended up hearing from him on my birthday and I think he was quite drunk as he sent me a picture of his ass. #backthatassup. If this weekend doesn’t happen, it’s never a waste of time or laughs when spent with a Texan with a great ass! Here’s hoping for a Part II. I’ll reach out tomorrow when I take off for my flight to Austin, TX!