So to answer my first question I posted a couple blogs ago.
How many cups of tea must one drink before it’s appropriate to say “hey I’m
feeling you?” ; about 200 gallons, now keep in mind the tea cups are about
4oz…. One beautiful day over a cup of tea Mr. Morocco asked if he could cook me
dinner. In my mind I was “HELL YEAH!! FINALLY!!!” but in real life I just
smiled and said “that would be nice, thank you”. Okay so let’s pause for a
second, to my ladies: What is sexier than a man asking if he can cook for
you??? A hard working man asking if he can cook you dinner!!!...lol
When we arrived at his house he was still preparing the meal.
(And when I say we… the girls and I) We were greeted with a smile, the
traditional greeting, and a ton of fruit and snacks for the girls. Two seconds
after we stepped in the house they grabbed their snacks and ran to the TV. I
stood in the kitchen watching him chop, mince, dice, and stir. He looked so
good with that dish towel thrown over his shoulder. I could not help think, wow
he really knows his way around a kitchen…lol About 20 min later dinner was
ready, he made a traditional Chicken Tajine, and it was wonderful. I did not
want to seem to hungry, but dinner does not start in this country until 9pm, by
that time I was famished. As soon as dinner was over the girls grabbed what was
left of the fruit and ran back to the TV. He and I sat there talking while we
finished the Tajine. After everything was cleaned up he offered me give me a
nice, hot, steamy, cup of tea….lol….we sat in the par lour drinking tea and
working on my Arabic and his English. Being as how this dinner party did not
start until 8:30, we headed out about midnight. I was not sure what to expect
when we were leaving but because he is very traditional and the girls were
there we said good night with traditional greeting. But before I went to sleep he sent me a text
expressing that he had a lovely time.
Now for woman of my generation we do not have a clue about
being courted apart from what we see on old movies and what stories we can
gather from our grandmothers. But I have to admit, I am totally digging this. Someone
asked me do I think that he is THE ONE or JUST ANOTHER ONE, well only the
creator knows the answer to that. I mean I have felt that the men I loved
previously in my life were THE ONE’S I
needed at that point in my life. I got two amazingly phenomenal l girls, so I
would not have changed a thing. But loving when you are broke is very different
than loving when you are fixed. Cooking
food in the microwave is different than cooking over a stove. And drinking a wine that is 20 years old is
much better than the one that was bottled a year ago. So if you put it all
together I would say that the ingredients for this meal are already starting
out better. So stay tuned….
