My first exercise of the course

My teacher asked me to write using the conectors "on the whole", "on the contrary", "because", "because of", "while", during", "in other words" and "at the present". Thanks in advance.

On the whole I'm not too shy, but meeting with a man whom I don't know worried me a little. In other words, I was pretty scared. At the present, many people meet each other after chatting on the internet but it was my first time.
I saw him while I was parking my car and he seemed as nervous as me because of our date. I was not afraid during the date, on the contrary, I felt so relaxed and we had a nice talk. It was a special evening.
I want to see him again because he's such a tender man.

Perfect use of those phrases, well done!