Catherine: You're pissin' me off.

Me: Why?

Catherine: BECAUSE, I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO YOU AND YOU'RE THROWING IT ALL AWAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FIND SOMEONE LIKE HIM? YOU'VE ALREADY WASTED FIVE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE.

Me: DUDE. Listen to yourself. You sound like a pageant mom. If YOU like him so much, divorce Andrew, fly down here and date him yourself!

Bald guy w/goatee has been the first guy I've gone out on a date with since my break-up [and yes, he's very nice, and good looking, and we have so much in common but still!].I have been keeping my best friend Catherine up to date on all the details of this guy, and she's been squealing like a little girl [more like, a wounded hyena], living vicariously through me. In her world she practically has me going down the isle with this guy, with her fighting with my cousin Bing over who is going to be my maid of honor. She's friggen nuts.

We actually got into a fight after I told her how I felt about the whole situation.

Yesterday I came to the conclusion that I'm not ready to share my personal space. What I mean by this is, I can tell he likes me more than he should, and that bothers me. I don't want the pressure of dating. This may sound silly but, I'm not ready to hold his hand, hold on to his arm [so many people have been telling me to do this but I DON'T WANT TO], I just wanna hang out. I haven't gotten that across to him yet, and it's hard because he sends the sweetest emails, and he calls.It feels nice that he does this but for chrissakes, it's kinda overwhelming. Jess [the matchmaker], and whom I've also explained my dilemma to, understands. She's planned a day trip for a few of us [including bald guy] to Connecticut to just 'hang out,' in a few weeks. Should be interesting.

In the meantime, I'll have to have my little talk with him, and as Catherine stated,

"You'll find out whether or not he truly likes you for you and not the nani-factor."