I Was Afraid You Might Ask That
April 9th, 2007 by Charla
What Not to Write to Someone You Don’t Even Know
You’re looking for a companion, a friend, a lover, a date, a partner…call it what you will. You’re on flirtysomething because you’re single but not miserably or stubbornly so. You have a life. You have plenty to do. Sometimes you’re bored or lonely, sure, but so are people in relationships…
So, you’re on flirtysomething because you like to flirt. And, who knows, you may just meet someone who makes you want to skip the final season premiere of The Sopranos just to meet him.
This Match.com guy might have pried me loose. His profile was good. We exchanged messages and spoke on the phone. He has a great Brooklyn accent. Everything else, picture included, seemed in the ball park. He suggested we meet halfway for coffee or a drink.
I agreed to touch base over the weekend. Then he sent me this:
“Dear Charla,
“By the written work and the oral word there are ways to get to know someone before you meet in the flesh. To do this I want to ask you three questions, two of which I might get to “feel out” when face to face.
You are under no obligation to answer. Bit if you do not I’ll send Punjab to see you. You recall Punjab? Orphink Anise? Daddy Bulgebucks?
1 How do you love your man?
2 What is the nature of loving and being loved?
3 What is life all about?
Love,
____”
Whaaa???
The first episode was great!
