I usually attempted to be open-minded about socializing with new people, so I failed to operate another means when my personal day out of the blue unveiled he was a Scientologist. What ensued ended up being certainly my personal
most remarkable times previously
, although it surely kept my personal mind spinning. This is what happened.

1. 
   Every little thing launched so typically.
   
   We might came across in a restaurant in that sort of “meet adorable” method lots of people dream about. Our everyday conversation was actually in fact truly fascinating, and I also need to state he had been quite charming when that talk changed into flirtation. I also hadn’t been on a night out together for a time during the time, thus I did not actually be reluctant as he requested me around. The time alone ended up being quite regular too. In the end, we were simply
   fun for lunch
   .
2. 
   Yeah, I was surprised concerning the Scientology thing.
   
   We simply got our very own meals at cafe whenever topic of religion emerged. The guy initial asked the things I thought in and I also honestly admitted that I had been raised Catholic but at this time considered myself more agnostic than whatever else. His feedback? “Oh. Really, I Am a Scientologist. Are you acquainted the Church?” Gotta admire just how everyday he had been, but no, I had no hint that has been coming.
3. 
   A non-Scientologist dating a Scientologist is clearly very unusual.
   
   According to my go out (and soon after verified by my personal post-date evening internet searches), it really is rather unheard of for a Scientologist as of yet somebody beyond the chapel. And Scientology being among those
   fundamentalist belief programs
   the spot where the theology will be the reply to everything in daily life, another cause for this is really fairly simple. Scientologists only fork out a lot of these private amount of time in the church/engaging in church programs. That “meet cute” that people had inside restaurant? He had only come from a session in chapel. And in which was actually the guy before the big date? At the chapel however!
4. 
   The date particular turned into everything about Scientology.
   
   While I was lured to state “OK!” and proceed, my personal go out felt extremely interested in just what my personal thoughts on his faith had been. The reality had been that I really did not need to tell him my precise thoughts on Scientology if we insulted him, but I additionally don’t wish lie… thus I affected with myself personally and informed him that, like most individuals, I would heard some various things about Scientology, several of which might or might not end up being real. That became an error since remainder of our time in that bistro centered on him attempting to A) see precisely what negative situations I’d heard and B) convince me personally that Scientology ended up being simply FANTASTIC!
5. 
   He had beenn’t the initial Scientologist I would ever came across.
   
   While this ended up being my basic (and simply) date ever before with a Scientologist, the facts ended up being that I’d known one before. It was actually a buddy of my own in school, though she’d been very peaceful about the subject matter. Next came one summertime where she announced she was making college commit work with the Church and not one people heard from her once again. Also her fb profile ended up being erased soon afterwards. Sometimes In my opinion about the lady and expect that she’s OK.
6. 
   I became interested in reading every little thing he previously to express, but because We learn religions as an interest.
   
   I’m
   perhaps not religious myself
   but I’m entirely fascinated with various notion systems. For decades today, i have studied different religions during my sparetime to the level that I can show the theology of all main people following some. But rather of informing my personal go out that I currently understood about courses, OT degrees, engrams, bridges, the ocean Org, Xenu, Tom Cruise, etc., we remained quiet and listened. Offer everyone a chance to share their own section of the tale, correct?
7. 
   He’dn’t truly respond to my personal questions.
   
   Very much like i needed to listen him mention their own viewpoint on his values, he had been extremely evasive when I asked particular questions relating to it. As an example, at one point I inquired just how much it are priced at, typically, for someone to get going in Scientology. His feedback? “It is so funny you may well ask that since you truly are unable to place a price onto it.” Down the road, I inquired what might happen if the guy or one of his loved ones previously kept the Church. “you actually have an excellent creative imagination!” the guy mentioned, before fast altering the niche.
8. 
   Ends up he’dn’t been in a long time.
   
   Like other Scientologists, my personal date had accompanied because people in their household did, it turned out that they’d been included for just over 5 years, which can be fairly awful small versus a lot of people for the faith. He had been determined that Scientology had altered all of their physical lives for better however for some reason wouldn’t really go into particulars about their moms and dads or siblings beyond rules like how old they were and in which these were living.
9. 
   He was a very great, articulate man. But of course he had been!
   
   For people who have no idea, Scientologists discover through their own church programs how-to speak better with people. Very, a lot of them are extremely positioned and well-spoken when around others, and I also imagine dates are no exclusion. Much as I became annoyed by my time’s obscure answers about their faith, i possibly couldn’t help but admire ways he talked and carried himself.
10. 
    No, the guy don’t try to hire me personally (or at minimum he had been simple about any of it).
    
    I kept waiting around for him to say something similar to, “you really need to arrive see for yourself precisely why Scientology rocks. Here’s a pamphlet!” but I recognized the fact that he never performed. The guy definitely depicted it in a confident light, at one point he performed let me know that he believed I’d reap the benefits of it. Nevertheless, the guy never pressed me to get go to the Scientology middle and that I appreciated that. Maybe the guy hoped I would provide on my own to go.
11. 
    I imagined it good for each of us if we don’t carry on situations.
    
    I really don’t regret my personal Scientologist big date whatsoever, but I knew we had beenn’t planning to work-out. I politely acknowledge this at the conclusion of the evening so we hugged and parted steps. I think the guy realized it absolutely was the best step too. I never saw him once again.