Literary Discussions

I recently reconnected with a guy I dated briefly last year. After a good 10-month radio silence, I sent him a friendly e-mail to say hello and tell him that his name had been coming up in conversation a lot lately…okay, a friend told me she knew he was single again. Anyway, he responded pleasantly, and I asked him out for a drink.

Both leading up to our meeting and during, I was plagued: Was this a date? I certainly wanted it to be, but wasn’t sure if the friendliness about it was a red herring. I was torn between what seemed like two old friends reconnecting or two old flames rekindling; the conversation was mainly polite catching up (re-connecting!), but as we ended he said, “This was delightful. Let’s hang out again.” (Rekindling, right? “Hang out”?)