Lisa, 1991-ish, I guess you could call it the 1st date
it wasn't a real movie theater, it was an Equestrian Center Arena
come to think of it, we never went to a real theater...
We had gotten together several times before,
she'd come to my place & watch TV, play video games & just, drink & talk...
We weren't really a couple for a while later, maybe 5-6 months
she was in a bad relationship, husband/guy who beat her,
left her with a crapload of debt etc.
I didn't know all the sorted details till after...
She didn't tell me of fear of I'd go do something to the dude...
My mantra was what was behind you stayed that way, no looking back...
1st time we actually "went out" that wasn't, her at my duplex...
(2nd home/investment I'd come up to for weekends of Golf or to relax,
before I moved there permanently in 1997...)
At the Equestrian Center...
It had a makeshift screen like a big sheet & a projector,
we sat in the bleachers (a long way from the screen & sound)
& had a few drinks/talked laughed with a few other people...
It was more a party with a bunch of Rodeo ladies,
that had a movie playing in the background & not many men there...
It was like 4 ladies to ever guy, we went to a show in the Equestrian Center
she was competing at, across the street/hwy from where I lived in Ranch Murieta...
They were playing Rocky II (?), with Mr. T
(My 1st long-term relationship, 10 years prior, also started with Rocky II also)
I saw it a bunch of times, didn't watch much, we were socializing & laughing,
getting drunk...
Later dancing to country music over the crappy loudspeakers in the arena...
We knew each other already, she was bartending at the club I belonged to...
I had talked with her at the bar a bunch of times
& met with her several times prior...
I had an old dog (Lab) die, I was sort of down, she knew it
& she showed up at my place & had a lil' 7 week old chocolate lab puppy,
she bought me out of her tips, we were really just friends 1st...
That made my day/decade, made me a lot happier...
I used to go watch her rodeo or rein or cutting horses, barrel races/activities
she'd come & watch me drag-race, that sort of was our dates
it was usually socializing with friends, BBQ-ing & drinking with friends
we were rarely alone, she had a kid (8y/old boy) already too, when we met
I'd drag him along a lot, it was fun...
We had a lot of the same likes, golf 4x4s/Jeeps horses cars,
she had a nice 89 Turbo Supra, she cherished that thing...
Relationship 'it just worked', we clicked connected well
we enjoyed spending time together, we didn't really need outside stimulations...
anyway...