The friend date

Tomorrow I'm going on a friend date. I'm more nervous for my friend date than any date I went on with a boy. It seems like once you get married, meeting new friends is like dating all over again. Usually one of you finds a person you like and then hope that your spouses will like each other too. It's dating but instead of two people you have to find four compatible people. Usually it's best to choose a neutral activity like dinner, or dessert and games to test the waters before you try and spend a whole day with them or maybe even go on vacation together. Normally Brandon and I don't participate much in the friend dating ritual. We like to hang out with each other, that's half the reason we got married so we could always have a friend and someone to spend time with. We usually just hang out with our families if we need friends, it's safe and I know I like my family. Anyway about a month ago a new couple moved in to our ward in a very similar situation to ours, they will just be here for a few  months on an internship and the wife isn't working. it would then follow suit that she and I should hang out because we're in the same boat, Great right? Only problem with that is I tend to be a loner, I like to go places by myself (or with my family members) so I can do whatever I want. I'm also slightly awkward around new people especially since I got married because I don't have to try all the time to meet people. I honestly don't mind doing things by myself but I have been a little lonely this summer so I decided that it really will be fun to hang out with her and it will be good to get some interaction. Ever since that decision I've been feeling like a man planning a date. I worked up the courage to finally ask her to hang out, then I had to plan the friend date and now I'm all nervous about it. We're going on a food tour which is combination history tour of a certain area and then eating from local restaurants. Now I feel like maybe I chose the wrong activity, what if she's a picky eater and doesn't like different foods? what if we decide to share something on the tour how will we pay for it? What if the tour ends and we still have time before we meet our husbands, will we keep hanging out, what will we do? What if we have nothing in common? What should we do if everything is going well and we'd like to keep hanging out? Is this what its like for a man planning a date??? If so I'm so terribly sorry for you, its very scary. I really don't know why I'm so nervous, I'm sure it will be perfectly fine and we'll have a lot of fun, she wouldn't have said she wanted to come if she didn't think it would be fun right? I'm excited and antsy all at the same time so wish me luck, I'll have to follow up with a post on how it goes.