I've known DPV since the early days of the post-Covid reopening of society. We dated once, realized that we'd make better friends than lovers - and stayed friends. I have driven her to a hotel prior to her going into a hospital for an operation. (I won't say much about this, save that she has recovered acceptably well.) And I wanted to make sure that DPV knew that RQS and I are an item, and that RQS knew about our friendship. So, we finally scheduled a dinner at DPV's place for RQS and DPV to get to know each other.
DPV knows that I am TG, so wearing a dress (with tights to keep my legs warm) wouldn't be an issue. So, the one question I had to ask was: What should we bring up for dinner? DPV said we could bring up whatever wine we wanted, but I'm glad we didn't do so for reasons we found out later. In the end, we decided on bringing up a cheesecake - a perfect choice. Google Maps gave us a route that got us to DPV's place in under 90 minutes. But it was through roads we'd never take again at night - there were way too many curves and blind spots to risk driving home on those rural roads. As a result, we were near her house 30 minutes early, and stopped at a Mickey D's for a snack and to kill time.
This dinner almost didn't come off. DPV's house had no heat because there was no oil in the tank. Why she didn't get her delivery a month ago, no one knows. But she needed an emergency delivery today, and it hadn't come by the time we were there. So, we had to dress warmly and deal with the chill inside the house. When we arrived, DPV wanted us to hear this Kazakh singer which captivated DPV, but had no effect on us. It took a while for dinner to be ready, so we were very glad that we had our snack before arriving.
When dinner was served, DPV told us a little about her life story. We found out that DPV had been in recovery for a long time (albeit with a rare lapse or two). We talked about how a GLP-1 drug helped her lose weight, although she has another 100-150 pounds to go. (This was my reason for not having a romance with her. Me being a TG was hers.) And, we eventually talked about cruising, specifically the cruise she is taking next year. So, I made sure to give her the link to my cruise web page.
All too soon, it was time to leave. We wanted to get home in time for SNL's cold open. And we were home with 15 minutes to spare. It was a long day, but a good one.
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