I’m Listening

Tonight my friend and I discussed the mysterious way in which what seem to be promising possibilities in the Date-osphere seem to fizzle out like that glass of Diet Pepsi you poured last night and left on your nightstand (you know, you really shouldn’t drink caffeine at night…). Or the millionth Air-Borne (does that stuff even work?) you plopped into some water in a desperate hope to stave off that flu EVERYONE in your office has been injecting into the recycled air (sound familiar?). Or whatever else causes a chemical reaction (Pepto Bismol, etc…I worked my ass off in chemistry class, but for the life of me I can’t remember a single experiment)….The point is, I was talking about dating (sigh). Do I have to? (Yes, I believe do).

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Now, when I meet someone I think is nice or attractive, all I have to do is ask questions and listen to the answers (so simple and, yet, so alien). So when I hear things like “DUI” or “porn collection,” I make a connection between said noun and the person speaking the word (to be perfectly honest, it was the listening part that I always had trouble with).

Just for today, I can date responsibly.