I usually tried to end up being open-minded about interacting with new people, so I failed to work another method when my date abruptly unveiled he was a Scientologist. Exactly what ensued was among my
most memorable times previously
, though it seriously left my personal mind rotating. Here’s what occurred.

1. 
   Every little thing started so typically.
   
   We’d came across in a restaurant where kind of “meet pretty” method lots of people dream about. Our casual talk was actually actually really fascinating, and that I have to say he had been very pleasant when that dialogue turned into flirtation. In addition hadn’t already been on a romantic date for a while at the time, thus I failed to really wait as he asked me personally out. The go out by itself had been very normal too. After all, we had been only
   heading out for dinner
   .
2. 
   Yeah, I found myself amazed regarding Scientology thing.
   
   We just had gotten our very own meals from the bistro as soon as the subject of faith came up. He initial requested the thing I believed in and I also openly admitted that I had been increased Catholic but presently thought about myself personally a lot more agnostic than anything else. His reaction? “Oh. Really, I Am a Scientologist. Could you be knowledgeable about the Church?” Gotta appreciate exactly how relaxed he had been, but no, I experienced no idea that was coming.
3. 
   A non-Scientologist internet dating a Scientologist is rather rare.
   
   Based on my personal date (and later affirmed by my post-date evening internet searches), its very uncommon for a Scientologist as of yet some one outside the church. And Scientology getting those types of
   fundamentalist notion techniques
   where in fact the theology may be the answer to everything in life, the other cause for this is really quite simple. Scientologists just spend a lot of their private amount of time in the church/engaging in church programs. That “meet lovable” that people had within the coffee shop? He’d merely result from a session in chapel. And in which was actually he before our date? On church definitely!
4. 
   The go out type turned into all about Scientology.
   
   While I was lured to state “OK!” and progress, my date seemed very contemplating what our emotions on their faith happened to be. The facts was actually that I absolutely didn’t wanna simply tell him my precise thoughts on Scientology in the event we insulted him, but I additionally failed to should lie… so I affected with myself personally and told him that, like the majority of men and women, I would heard most various things about Scientology, several of which may or may not end up being correct. That proved to be a blunder because the rest of our very own time in that restaurant devoted to him wanting to A) know just what negative things I’d heard and B) convince me that Scientology was actually simply GREAT!
5. 
   He wasn’t initial Scientologist I would actually ever found.
   
   While this ended up being my basic (and just) time ever with a Scientologist, the truth had been that I would known one before. It had been actually a friend of my own in college, though she’d always been very quiet concerning subject matter. Then arrived one summer in which she launched she was making college to visit work for the Church and nothing folks heard from her once again. Actually the woman Facebook profile ended up being removed immediately after that. Occasionally i do believe about this lady and wish that she is OK.
6. 
   I was enthusiastic about hearing every thing he previously to express, but only because I learn religions as a hobby.
   
   I’m
   maybe not spiritual myself
   but I’m entirely interested in various opinion systems. Consistently today, I’ve learned various religions during my extra time concise that i could inform you the theology of all major ones after which some. But rather of enlightening my personal big date that I already realized exactly about classes, OT amounts, engrams, bridges, the Sea Org, Xenu, Tom sail, etc., we stayed silent and listened. Give everybody to be able to share their section of the tale, right?
7. 
   He’dn’t really answer my personal concerns.
   
   Much as I wanted to know him talk about his very own point of view on his values, he had been really elusive each time I inquired certain questions about it. As an example, at one-point I inquired how much it are priced at, normally, for someone to begin with in Scientology. Their feedback? “It’s so amusing you ask that because you truly can not place a cost upon it.” In the future, I inquired what would occur if he or one of his true relatives actually remaining the Church. “You do have outstanding imagination!” he said, before fast switching the topic.
8. 
   Works out he’dn’t experienced very long.
   
   Like other Scientologists, my personal time had accompanied because people in his family members performed, however it proved that they’d already been included for just over 5 years, which is rather awful short in comparison to many in religion. He was determined that Scientology had altered their everyday lives for your much better however for some explanation won’t really enter details about his parents or siblings beyond principles like what age these were and in which these people were residing.
9. 
   He had been a very good, articulate man. However he had been!
   
   For those who have no idea, Scientologists discover through their particular chapel classes simple tips to talk better with individuals. Thus, most of them have become positioned and well-spoken whenever around others, and I suppose times are no exclusion. Much as I became aggravated by my personal date’s unclear answers about his faith, i possibly couldn’t help but admire the way in which he talked and carried themselves.
10. 
    No, the guy did not attempt to recruit me personally (or at the very least he had been subtle about this).
    
    I kept awaiting him to express something similar to, “you will want to arrive see for yourself precisely why Scientology stones. Listed here is a pamphlet!” but we trusted that he never ever performed. He seriously depicted it in a confident light, at one-point the guy performed let me know he thought I’d take advantage of it. Still, he never forced me to go go to the Scientology middle and I also appreciated that. Perhaps he hoped I’d provide by myself to visit.
11. 
    I imagined it perfect for each of us when we did not carry on things.
    
    I don’t feel dissapointed about my personal Scientologist go out whatsoever, but I understood we weren’t planning workout. I politely acknowledge this at the end of the night and we hugged and parted techniques. I believe he knew it was best move as well. We never ever saw him again.