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Please tell me there's SOME sort of chemistry b/w us when we meet!
So...new match guy (D) and I have been chatting pretty much every day for the last week and a half, sometimes for hours. Like I mentioned to MCC, I'm actually starting to get a little freaked out because every single response of his is precisely what I'd want to hear (down to the occasional disagreements so we can have friendly political sparring).
Anyway, he checked in after work today to say hi and to talk about his upcoming traffic ct date (speeding ticket) and asked how my day was. I mentioned that my day wasn't particularly going great (having a "down" day because of unemployment, and having family issues), but that I'd manage.
I just checked my email, and he sent me over a sbux gift card, with a message to keep my chin up, because things will be getting better soon.
Perhaps a bit creepy from someone I've never actual met irl, but I'm in desperate need of some human compassion today, so I'm going to take it as a sweet gesture. 
"You don't get to be all puke-face about your kid shooting your undead baby daddy when all you had to do was KEEP HIM IN THE FLUCKING HOUSE, LORI!" - doctorwho
Re: Please tell me there's SOME sort of chemistry b/w us when we meet!
I think it's pretty nice! And even if there's no romantic chemistry, he sounds like he'd be a pretty awesome friend!
ETA: When are you meeting?
Good point - he would make a great friend if things don't work out romantically.
And we're meeting up Saturday evening - right after I get my fantabulous new red haircut.
"You don't get to be all puke-face about your kid shooting your undead baby daddy when all you had to do was KEEP HIM IN THE FLUCKING HOUSE, LORI!" - doctorwho
Worse case scenerio = you don't click romantically and you can be friends (and maybe he knows some single guy that might fit!)
Best case scenerio = he's super awesome and you do click!
Either way, seems like a win-win! Good luck and have fun!
Debbie downer alert here (that's my disclaimer).
This is probably my BIGGEST concern with online dating. The time spent/invested before the date. AGain, I'm probably being totally a downer but it's so hard to get these expectations up in your mind of someone before you've met IRL. Sometimes I feel like there's no way the chemistry IRL can match up to the idea you've set in your head.
I think you are being realistic about it, I just had to put my two cents in. I've had this happen so many times before and then you actually meet them and it's like "OMG THAT'S who I've been communicating with for a week, looking forward to meeting, etc." I think that's why I've gotten discouraged in the past by online dating.