Ayelet Zurer made first contact with me on an online dating site. She reminded me of the beautiful actress from the movie Man Of Steel. As always, names have been withheld to protect the guilty! She wasted no time – her message consisted of, “Wow, here’s my number”! Gentlemen, sometimes you get lucky. So I took a look at her profile, and she appeared to be an attractive professional, a professor of dentistry at the local university. I replied that I would text her first with my name so that she would know who was calling. We had a nice chat on the phone for twenty minutes but she had to cut the call short before I could ask her out. So I called her the next day and left a voicemail, expecting her to call me back. To my dismay, all she could muster was a text the next day. Normally, when I call somebody on the phone, I expect them to call me back. What would you do with a friend? It’s common courtesy, and common sense. Nevertheless, she at least lifted a finger to text me, and texted me again the following day, so I called her right after her text and she picked up. I suggested we meet, and to my surprise, she took the reins from there and came up with the rest of the date plan! She suggested the day, time, and place, she did a nice job.
We had a date set for Tuesday evening on the beach at Lauderdale by the Sea. Now, when we set the date on the phone, she suggested we might talk before then. However, playing hard to get doubles love level, and I’m the king of challenge, so I did not speak to her before the date. What do you have a against love, grasshopper? On the day of our scheduled date, she texted me four hours before the meet, “I have not heard from you for five days, I’m wondering if we should still meet” I told her I was still alive and kicking, and that I would see that nice lady soon, it will be nice-nice! Scarcity works well with Ayelet.
On my way to meet her, I texted Ayelet to let her know I was on my way. Parking was sparse on the beach, it’s a popular place – Ya think? I texted her to let her know I was walking toward the restaurant, and that I had parked in another zip code.
The restaurant she had picked out, Aruba’s, was right on the beach. It’s a very busy one with nightly bands. I was concerned that we might have trouble getting a seat, and that the band might be a bit loud for good conversation. As it turned out, there was plenty of seating, and we got a quaint little table in the boondocks, miles away from the band. I pulled out her chair for her. Always the perfect gentleman, you betcha! We had a window view of palm trees, the pier, and the beach at twilight – it does not get anymore romantic than this.
We had a marvelous dinner, and we both laid on the banter thick and heavy, she has quite a personality, she’s a wildcat! At one point, she started asking my opinion on serious issues, such as politics, and women’s rights. I made a few politically correct statements and then told her I have a live-and-let-live policy. Serious subjects are dangerous, if you say the wrong thing, you could turn a woman off right out of the gate. You always want to keep things lighthearted and playful for best results, you have to be disciplined in spite of whatever they do. As the song by Cyndi Lauper goes, Girls Just Want To Have Fun. I know exactly what to do and say with a woman.
Ayelet is originally from Israel, were she served as a dentist in the Israeli army. She was married for twenty-five years, has been divorced two years. because of this, she is likely still on the rebound. It takes one to one-and-a-half years for every five years a woman was married to get over her rebound period and to be ready for love again. This is just a rough estimate. She has three grown children, two of whom still live with her. She also is a rescue mom and has three dogs and a pool. I told her I’d date her since she has a pool! That Jim Carrey character is just outta control, ya can’t take him anywhere.
She had me in stitches with banter, she’s very witty, but so is my alter ego Jim Carrey. I had her belly laughing. When the waitress served us our drinks, I took one sip and exclaimed, “Just like mom used to drink”! When she asked if I had any kids, I replied, “Not that I know of”! I also playfully threatened to spank her a few times for her silly remarks. It’s all fun and games until somebody looses an eye! Gentlemen, for good clean joke material, watch Chevy Chase movies, including Caddyshack and the Fletch series. Also see Carry Grant in the movies To Catch A Thief and Charade. She touched me at least once at the dinner table – this suggests she’s interested in me. When they don’t like a man, they don’t want to be touched.
When the check came, I paid the bill, she made no offer to help. We made our way outside the restaurant and sat down on a bench shaped like a gondola on the beach to chat and banter some more. She’s a beautiful lady and I was attracted to her (men are so easy!).
After a couple of hours, it was getting late and she said she had to work the next day, so I did the gentlemanly thing and offered to walk Ayelet to her car. I stopped ten feet short of her car so as to not be pushy or smothering. By the way, she suggested a second date on two separate occasions tonight. I don’t make a date while I am on one, or otherwise talk about the future. In the beginning, relationships are forged date-by-date, in the moment. I hugged Ayelet goodnight and gave her a kiss on the cheek – going in, I could tell she was not ready for a kiss on the lips yet.
Will there be another date? Only time will tell – I did not get a text from her after the date. We’ll see what happens in the coming week. In the beginning, you have to take it slow. When dealing with a beautiful woman like Ayelet Zurer, it’s the patient man who wins the race, only fools rush in.
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