I always tried to be open-minded regarding socializing with new people, and so I did not run one other means when my personal time all of a sudden unveiled which he was actually a Scientologist. Exactly what ensued ended up being certainly my personal
most remarkable times previously
, although it seriously kept my head spinning. This is what occurred.

1. 
   Everything began therefore normally.
   
   We might fulfilled in a coffee shop because sort of “meet pretty” way lots of people dream of. Our everyday talk ended up being in fact truly interesting, and I also have to state he had been quite charming when that talk turned into flirtation. In addition hadn’t already been on a romantic date for some time at the time, so I don’t truly hesitate as he asked me completely. The go out it self was actually rather normal as well. All things considered, we had been simply
   going out for dinner
   .
2. 
   Yeah, I was astonished about the Scientology thing.
   
   We just got our food in the restaurant whenever the topic of faith emerged. He 1st requested the thing I believed in and that I freely admitted that I had been raised Catholic but currently regarded as me more agnostic than whatever else. His response? “Oh. Really, I Am a Scientologist. Are you acquainted the Church?” Gotta appreciate how relaxed he had been, but no, I got no clue that was coming.
3. 
   A non-Scientologist internet dating a Scientologist is in fact quite rare.
   
   In accordance with my personal big date (and later confirmed by my personal post-date night time internet searches), it’s rather unheard of for a Scientologist currently someone not in the chapel. Besides Scientology being among those
   fundamentalist perception programs
   in which the theology is the response to everything in life, additional reason for this is really fairly simple. Scientologists just fork out a lot of these private amount of time in the church/engaging in chapel products. That “meet attractive” that individuals had during the coffee shop? He had only come from a session in chapel. And in which had been he before our go out? On chapel of course!
4. 
   The big date sorts of became exactly about Scientology.
   
   While I happened to be tempted to say “OK!” and move forward, my personal date seemed really into exactly what our emotions on their religion were. The reality ended up being that i must say i didn’t should make sure he understands my personal exact feelings on Scientology in case I insulted him, but In addition failed to wish lie… therefore I compromised with my self and informed him that, like the majority of folks, I’d heard some various things about Scientology, several of which may or may not be genuine. That proved to be a blunder because rest of our amount of time in that restaurant predicated on him trying to A) determine precisely what negative things I’d heard and B) convince me that Scientology ended up being simply FANTASTIC!
5. 
   He wasn’t one Scientologist I would ever before came across.
   
   While this ended up being my personal first (and only) big date actually with a Scientologist, reality had been that I would identified one before. It had been in fact a pal of my own in college, though she’d been pretty quiet in regards to the topic. Subsequently emerged one summer time in which she revealed she had been leaving class to visit work with the Church and nothing people ever heard from her once more. Actually the woman Facebook profile was removed shortly after that. Every now and then i do believe about their and expect that she is OK.
6. 
   I found myself contemplating hearing every little thing he’d to say, but because I learn religions as a spare time activity.
   
   I Am
   perhaps not religious myself
   but I’m completely fascinated by different belief programs. For years now, I analyzed various religions within my spare-time to the stage that I’m able to let you know the theology of all of the main people and then some. But instead of informing my personal day that I currently realized about courses, OT amounts, engrams, links, the Sea Org, Xenu, Tom Cruise, etc., we stayed quiet and listened. Give everybody else a chance to discuss their own section of the story, correct?
7. 
   Howevern’t really respond to my personal questions.
   
   Very much like i desired to listen him speak about his very own viewpoint on their values, he had been really evasive whenever I inquired particular questions relating to it. As an example, at one-point I asked just how much it cost, typically, for a person to begin with in Scientology. Their reaction? “It is very funny you ask that as you actually cannot put an amount onto it.” Subsequently, we inquired what might occur if the guy or one of his true family relations ever remaining the Church. “you actually have an excellent creative imagination!” the guy said, before fast changing the niche.
8. 
   Ends up he previouslyn’t been in a long time.
   
   Like many Scientologists, my big date had accompanied because members of his family performed, nonetheless it ended up they’d been included for just over five years, and that’s pretty awful small versus a lot of people from inside the faith. He had been insistent that Scientology had altered their lives for any much better however for some reason won’t really enter specifics about their moms and dads or siblings beyond concepts like how old they certainly were and where these people were living.
9. 
   He was an extremely nice, articulate man. But of course he was!
   
   If you do not know, Scientologists understand through their unique church courses tips communicate better with others. So, most of them are positioned and well-spoken when around other individuals, and I imagine dates are no exception. Much as I found myself frustrated by my personal go out’s obscure responses about his faith, i really couldn’t help but admire how he talked and shared themselves.
10. 
    No, the guy failed to attempt to hire me personally (or at the very least he had been discreet about any of it).
    
    We kept waiting around for him to say something such as, “you really need to come see for yourself why Scientology stones. Discover a pamphlet!” but I trusted the point that he never ever did. He definitely portrayed it in a confident light, as well as some point he did tell me which he thought I would reap the benefits of it. Nevertheless, the guy never ever forced us to get go to the Scientology center and I appreciated that. Possibly he hoped I’d provide on my own going.
11. 
    I imagined it best for each of us if we don’t continue things.
    
    Really don’t be sorry for my personal Scientologist big date at all, but We realized we had beenn’t attending work out. We politely tell him this at the end of the night so we hugged and parted techniques. In my opinion the guy understood it absolutely was just the right move also. We never saw him once more.