[Jen]

Well, are you able to laugh at yourself?

If I were in that situation and it felt like I was interrogating someone, I would say something like "Gee, this seems like I've been interrogating you. Now, you can interrogate me for awhile. hahahaha" Or something goofy like that. I would try to make a joke of the situation to put us both at ease.

Do you and this girl have any interests in common?

[rwfromkansas]

I do recall we made a joke about the interrogation feeling. I certainly can laugh about myself...:)

We have a good number of interests in common, which is one reason I am so darn frustrated...lol. We both believe the same things religion-wise, we both work at the library, we both like to read, we both like a lot of the same music, we both are pursuing teaching certification (her in theatre and me in history...she also likes history, btw). Some of the problem may be just not having done much together yet. Perhaps once we do that more, it will begin to get easier.