I had my first meeting yesterday and we both decided to keep it light and simple so we decided to meet at the coffee shop that is exactly 3 blocks between both of us at 1:00 in the afternoon. (Yes, in our first phone conversation we realized that we live 6 blocks from each other.)

We spent almost 2 hours talking and laughing and it would have definitely lasted a lot longer but, as I had previously told him, yesterday was also my mother's birthday and my family had plans for an early dinner. As we parted company, we talked about going to some of the places we had discussed and how much fun we'd have talking and laughing on the 5 and 6 hour drives to get to the destinations. He walked me to my car, we hugged and he walked to his car.

Last night he sent me a short email saying how much fun he had and that he's looking forward to seeing me again and I responded with the same thing. But today, he called my house but he wasn't calling for me. He called, and said "Hi, this is James. Is this Elise?" I said "Hey James, this is Tammie. I think you called the wrong number." I could tell he was caught off guard and really uncomfortable so I said, "Don't worry about it, just try again. Good luck." and he immediately hung up.

He moved here from Ohio 3 weeks ago so I know he's trying to meet new people, we even laughed about the fact that the only people he knows here are his co-workers and me. I told him he definitely needs to meet some new people and make more new friends and I meant it. I mean, aren't we all looking to meet new people for one kind of relationship or another? I never thought I was the only woman he's talking to and I'd assume he'd know he's not the only man I'm talking to but it was obvious that the mistake was a big deal to him and I'm not sure what to make of it or how to handle it.

Does anyone have any advice, ideas or opinions to share?