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Parking Lot Pick-up

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Posted in Berkeley, California, cars, Catholic, college, dancing, dating, fraternity, friends, humor, relationshipsLeave a comment

Edith and her friend, Laura, were bored. It was Saturday night, and they’d been at their all-girls’ school, Holy Names, for a whole week. It was time to find some guys, to find a party. They pulled into Berkeley and headed for Fraternity Row. Laura spotted someone she had dated before and rolled down the… Continue reading Parking Lot Pick-up

This Little Piggy

February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 Posted in car salesman, college, dating, high school, humor, last, memoir, Midwestern, Nebraska, neighbors, pick-up lines, relationships, restaurant, teaching, worstLeave a comment

After college, I lived in a town with 2000 people and a bunch of pigs — real ones, the kind that grunt and poop and lift the gate latch with their noses. I saw something run past the window of my rented farmhouse. At first I thought it was a deer until I put on… Continue reading This Little Piggy

Say What in Santa Cruz

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 Posted in California, college, dating, friends, helpful strangers, high school, marriage proposal, relationships, Santa Cruz, siblings, vacationLeave a comment

Jennifer met Brad at San Leandro High school. She wasn’t allowed to date, but she was allowed to go to junior prom. The next year Brad asked Jennifer to Senior Ball. It was in San Francisco, and afterward, they went to Pier 39 with everyone else in their limo. Brad had gotten blue contacts for… Continue reading Say What in Santa Cruz

Blind Date in a Castle

February 16, 2018 Posted in alcohol abuse, college, dancing, dating, firsts, friends, military, relationships, Sweden, travel, worstLeave a comment

Lynne was studying abroad at a university in Sweden. One of her friends convinced her plus another young woman to be blind dates. His school was hosting a fancy dinner and ball at a castle in Stockholm. The Swedish school was inviting guys from Denmark and Norway for the event, and they needed dates. The… Continue reading Blind Date in a Castle

Mr. Huggable

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 Posted in California, dating, firsts, humor, Lafayette, last, online dating, relationships, worstLeave a comment

His name on Plenty of Fish was Mr. Huggable. Her name was Charming Classic. She didn’t know yet that first dates are better as a coffee meet and greet, not a full-blown lunch. They agreed to meet at El Charro, a nice Mexican restaurant in Lafayette. It was set for 1:00 in the restaurant bar… Continue reading Mr. Huggable

Asinine Aspenite

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 Posted in Colorado, dancing, dating, humor, relationships, skiing, worstLeave a comment

Pam was living in Aspen Colorado, being a ski bum by day and working as a waitress by night. It was her early twenties, and life was an adventure. She met a nice guy on the chairlift. He was a part-time construction worker and a part-time ski instructor. He asked her out that night, to… Continue reading Asinine Aspenite

Escape

February 10, 2018 Posted in California, dating, drugs, firsts, memoir, relationships, restaurant, worstLeave a comment

Scott answered a personal ad in the Contra Costa Times for a woman looking for a date. People used to run personal ads in newspapers to acquire dates, the same way they advertised open houses and garage sales. This was long ago, before the internet and before online dating. An ad was a commercial, a… Continue reading Escape

Prince Not So Charming

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 Posted in California, dating, firsts, friends, girl friends, Halloween, holidays, house party, humor, last, memoir, narcissist, party, pick-up lines, relationships, worstLeave a comment

He was dressed as Prince Charming. I was dressed as a 1930’s nurse from Samuel Merritt Nursing School in Oakland, admittedly a weird Halloween costume, but the woman at the estate sale had practically given it to me after I bought $200 worth of antiques for my vintage shop. My friend, Nancy, her niece, and… Continue reading Prince Not So Charming

His Baby, She Wrote Him a Letter

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 Posted in best, California, dating, firsts, getting dumped, humor, last, military, relationships, VietnamLeave a comment

Holly moved from San Francisco to the East Bay and missed her old classmates. The smart kids and the popular kids had already established their cliques. She was an outsider. Holly had no close friends to share her excitement and concerns at Bishop O’Dowd High School, even though she was kind of cute, smart, and… Continue reading His Baby, She Wrote Him a Letter

Chemistry is Everything

February 2, 2018 Posted in Berkeley, best, California, college, dating, firsts, fraternity, marriage proposal, relationshipsLeave a comment

Sharon was a Sigma Kappa at Cal Berkeley, in her junior year. As she stood outside her sorority house, chatting with the house mom, a guy that she knew from Kappa Sigma crossed the street. “Hey Sharon, do you want to go to pinning party with me tonight?” “Okay,” Sharon said, even though she didn’t… Continue reading Chemistry is Everything