Michael got certified to scuba dive at age 13. Over the course of his next thirty-three years, he dove in much of the Caribbean–initially on family vacations and later on vacations with various girlfriends. By the time he was 46, Michael had been on a Caribbean vacation with every woman he’d ever dated. Then he…
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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…
How many dates does it take to meet your husband?
“Have you read this book yet?” I asked the clerk behind the counter at the used book store. I held up “Around the World in 80 Dates.” “No,” she said, “but it looks interesting.” I thought so, and for three bucks it was mine. It combined two interests of mine: travel and meeting men. I’m…
The Two Thousand Dollar Question
On explaining to a friend that one of my girlfriends just spent two thousand dollars to hire a matchmaker, he said, “If she’s wants to invest two thousand dollars in order to find a guy to marry, that’s not how she should spend it.” He continued, explaining what he thought she should use that money…