Rushing headfirst
It had started out as casual flirtation in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, Nancy reflected as she looked across the table at her companion. Once every month or so, they'd meet again in the same grocery store and trade stories about children or work or life in general, smile, and then forget about one another until the next time. Over and over again, they'd run into each other at that same store until once every month or so became twice a month, and then three.
After two years of meeting like that, seemingly at random, they finally exchanged contact information and names. His name was Robert, and it turned out that he lived three streets away from her and Jimmy, and closer to her in-laws than she did.
Tonight was their first real date, though it felt like they'd been dating for years... and maybe, in a way, they had.