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I really do blame Eve, who took advantage of a poor fellow who could get no other date.
But that’s just a small part of this sordid game.
In high school and even in college, dating was fun. It was easy. There were lab partners, locker neighbors, friends of a friend, classmates. The list of possible dates goes on,ad nauseum.
Even for those local high school kids who complain about having to leave the county to find anything to do should be told how easy dating really is at that age. Wait until they get older.
Let’s go to the movies. That was all the detail the plan needed. Plain, simple, direct. With objective and time frame. Let’s go to the movies. Anything beyond that could be winged at the last minute.
But now, some 10 years and one reunion after high school, that process is cluttered. That is, I suspect, because I am older. So are many of the girls who fall into the category of possible dating companions. Someone my age gets in trouble asking a high school senior to go to the movies.
It is a problem shared by quite a number of single people my age, I discovered after discussions with my high school cronies who are also on the loose.
More detailed planning of dates is needed. If you suggest, “Let’s go to the movies,” the response is, “Then what?”
“Well, I don’t know. You could try fixing the brakes on my car that squeak like a Newark, N.J. dump truck.”
Or, “You can balance my checkbook if you’d like. Bring your own calculator and pencil.”
The brakes still squeak and I’ve already told you about my finances.
Not only is planning necessary for the date itself, but solid planning and
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