“Are those ferrets?” the guy two seats down from me asked. Between us a girl had just sat down and placed an animal carrying case on her lap. She opened it up, took one of the two critters out, cuddled and kissed him. Ferrets? I knew better. Yes, their little black faces were cute. But…
Month: November 2010
On Living Vicariously
“I mean, don’t get me wrong,” she said. “I love my kids.” Then she lowered her voice: “But if I had to do it all over again…” She stopped and looked at me – frowning, her slightly parted lips showing her clenched teeth. I knew what she was saying. I had just told a group…
The Eharmony Experiment
NB? What does that stand for, I thought to myself as I perused my latest eharmony “match.” Did they seriously try to set me up with someone from New Brunswick? As is Canada? As in north of Maine?! Yes, they did. It’s a “flex match” they tell me. Yes, I’d have to be quite flexible…