I’ve always tried to end up being open-minded when it comes to interacting with new-people, and so I didn’t manage one other means whenever my personal date all of a sudden revealed which he ended up being a Scientologist. Just what ensued was among my
most memorable times actually ever
, though it undoubtedly kept my personal mind rotating. This is what took place.

1. 
   Every thing started off so usually.
   
   We would fulfilled in a restaurant in that kind of “meet sweet” means many dream about. Our very own casual talk was actually actually truly fascinating, and I must say he was fairly pleasant whenever that conversation converted into flirtation. I additionally hadn’t already been on a date for a time during the time, and so I didn’t really hesitate when he questioned me completely. The go out it self ended up being pretty typical too. In the end, we had been merely
   fun for dinner
   .
2. 
   Yeah, I was amazed concerning Scientology thing.
   
   We simply had gotten all of our food at cafe once the subject of faith came up. The guy 1st asked everything I thought in and that I freely admitted that I have been brought up Catholic but presently thought about me more agnostic than anything else. Their response? “Oh. Really, I’m a Scientologist. Are you presently acquainted with the Church?” Gotta admire how informal he was, but no, I’d no idea that was coming.
3. 
   A non-Scientologist matchmaking a Scientologist is pretty uncommon.
   
   Based on my personal date (and later affirmed by my personal post-date late night internet queries), it’s very uncommon for a Scientologist as of yet some one outside the chapel. And Scientology being one of those
   fundamentalist perception techniques
   where in actuality the theology is the answer to anything and everything in life, one other reason for this is certainly quite simple. Scientologists just spend a lot of their private time in the church/engaging in church programs. That “meet cute” that people had during the restaurant? He had simply come from a session in church. And in which had been the guy before the go out? At chapel however!
4. 
   The big date variety of turned into everything about Scientology.
   
   While I happened to be tempted to say “OK!” and move ahead, my personal time felt really thinking about just what my personal feelings on their faith happened to be. The facts was actually that i must say i don’t want to tell him my exact thoughts on Scientology just in case I insulted him, but I also don’t desire to lie… so I compromised with myself personally and informed him that, similar to people, I’d heard a lot of various things about Scientology, some of which may end up being true. That turned out to be a blunder because the remainder of the amount of time in that restaurant based on him wanting to A) determine precisely what adverse situations I’d heard and B) convince me that Scientology was actually merely FANTASTIC!
5. 
   He wasn’t the very first Scientologist I’d ever came across.
   
   Although this had been my first (and just) date actually with a Scientologist, the facts was actually that I would understood one before. It was really a pal of my own in college, though she’d always been pretty quiet in regards to the topic. Next emerged one summer where she announced she had been leaving school going work with the Church and not one folks ever heard from the woman once more. Also her fb account ended up being removed briefly afterwards. Once in a while i do believe about this lady and wish that she actually is OK.
6. 
   I happened to be contemplating hearing everything he had to say, but only because We learn religions as a hobby.
   
   I’m
   maybe not spiritual myself
   but i am entirely interested in different perception systems. For years today, I’ve analyzed various religions inside my spare-time to the level that I am able to show the theology of all of the major people then some. But alternatively of enlightening my personal day that I currently realized all about programs, OT degrees, engrams, bridges, the ocean Org, Xenu, Tom sail, etc., we remained hushed and listened. Offer everybody a chance to discuss their own section of the story, correct?
7. 
   Howevern’t actually answer my personal questions.
   
   Much as I wanted to hear him talk about his own viewpoint on his philosophy, he had been really elusive whenever I inquired particular questions regarding it. Like, at some point I asked how much cash it are priced at, on average, for a person to get going in Scientology. His feedback? “It is very funny you ask that because you really can not put a cost upon it.” Later on, we inquired what might occur if the guy or one of his friends actually ever left the Church. “You do have outstanding creativeness!” he mentioned, before swiftly altering the subject.
8. 
   Looks like he hadn’t been in very long.
   
   Like many Scientologists, my personal time had accompanied because people in their family members performed, nevertheless proved they’d been involved for only over five years, in fact it is quite awful brief versus lots of people into the religion. He had been insistent that Scientology had changed their life for your much better however for some reason won’t actually get into particulars about his parents or siblings beyond requirements like how old they certainly were and where these were living.
9. 
   He had been a truly nice, articulate man. However he was!
   
   For many who do not know, Scientologists understand through their own church classes how to connect much better with folks. Very, quite a few are positioned and well-spoken when around other people, and I imagine dates are no exception. Very much like I found myself frustrated by my personal big date’s obscure answers about their faith, I couldn’t help but appreciate ways he talked and transported himself.
10. 
    No, the guy did not attempt to generate me (or at least he had been subtle about any of it).
    
    I held looking forward to him to state something like, “you really need to appear see yourself exactly why Scientology stones. Listed here is a pamphlet!” but I recognized the point that he never did. He certainly depicted it in a positive light, as well as some point he performed let me know which he thought I’d take advantage of it. Nonetheless, the guy never pressed me to go visit the Scientology center and I also appreciated that. Perhaps he hoped I would provide without any help going.
11. 
    I thought it perfect for the two of us when we failed to continue circumstances.
    
    I really don’t regret my personal Scientologist day anyway, but I understood we had beenn’t likely to work-out. We politely tell him this at the end of the evening so we hugged and parted techniques. I do believe he understood it was suitable action as well. We never ever saw him once more.