Lol. I live in California in the Bay Area region. The people who gave the mean looks were employees at the hospital and perhaps were having a bad day or worried about a patient and saw my smile as not fitting perhaps? It's also possible that everyone working at this hospital has crap lives cause they often look like you are putting them out just by breathing near them. The receptionist was very nice though....they usually are compared to the others.

The dinner sounds nice. I do appreciate people putting out effort first....making the first move if ya know what I mean. I pick the wrong people when I do this and I must admit I dont always attract the healthiest people for me so that part I will continue to struggle with I fear. I tend to be attracted to abusive types more often than not, and they are attracted to me. I need help figuring how how to identify these people better and have consistent boundaries in place.