Letting Boys win....

So I have ventured out on some more dates, this time it was not an online thing but a friend of a friend that I met at party. I figured that it would be nice to be outside and do something fun and interactive instead of the standard coffee thing. I invited him out to play bocce, a somewhat challenging game, a test of your understanding of physics, a little bit of finesse, some luck, and in my case some no holds barred ball throwing. I had mentioned this to my friends, who of course have played bocce with me before and told me that I should let him win. I thought about it and didn't want to feign the helpless girl so that I could stroke a boys ego. I figured that in this day and age of women's empowerment a guy would respect a girl who could hold her own on the bocce field. Guys like girls who are independent and capable....well, I was wrong. I probably should have warned him that I play a lot of bocce and had home field advantage. I ended up beating him by a large margin. At one point I asked him what the score was and his reply was "7 million to one", although he said it in a joking manner, I could tell that he didn't like losing. I got the message loud and clear when I asked him if he wanted to play another game and he decided that it was time to go get a drink. He did insist of carrying the bocce set and I did pretend that it was too heavy for me to carry down the street, afterall I was just a girl ;). So lesson learned, let the boys win when it comes to games.