"good Southern manners"? that leaves me a huge opening for a punny comment, but oh <n/m>... ;-)
-Ben > I ended up going out with a girl because I have good Southern manners. I > was friends with her roommate, and would drop by. If her roommate wasn't > there, I'd chat for a few moments before leaving, or entertain her while > waiting. Eventually, she took it into her head that I was coming by to see > her. We became friends. Eventually, I fell for her, but didn't push it > because she had no interest in me. I would occasionally become frustrated > and leave, but I always came back and did my best to treat her as I always > had. The fact that I wasn't trying to convince or pressure her nor did I > just dissappear won her over. Go me! > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:13 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: [spam] Girlfriend 4.0 Press Release > : > : > : Great story, MikeyD. > : > : I met my wife on a tour of Alcatraz (yes, the former prison in > : San Francisco > : Bay), and we were married 7 months later. (Got a life sentence <g>.) > : > : Anybody else have funny meeting stories?? > : > : -Ben > : > : > Oh, the story I could tell. > : > She fled to Kansas after our first talk. I stalked her for > : months till she > : > relented and contacted me. When first we met, she went through > : my wallet. We > : > later met my parents. When next we met she took me to a place > : of judgment and > : > later we met her parents. Our third meeting had me dwelling in > : her home and > : > doing the dishes. We later strolled through the graveyard in > : the light of day. > : > Our courtship moved apace until we finally met on the dance > : floor to decide our > : > fate. Before the words could leave my mouth she pounced upon me > : and captured me. > : > I could not escape. Even the pirate wenches could not save me. > : I was doomed! > : > > : > :::Translation::: > : > > : > The above is all true if strangely worded. After our first > : phone call Judith > : > went to Kansas for a writers workshop and didn't tell me. I > : called her a number > : > of times over the summer and past it. She later called me and > : we met for a date. > : > She was so nervous that she looked through my wallet. After the > : date it was > : > raining and we were near my home so I asked my parents to give > : her a lift to the > : > train. > : > Our next date was to a writers workshop where they were > : critiquing peoples > : > works. After that we went to her home for supper. There were > : holidays next and > : > Judith's Grandmother died during the holiday. She called me > : right after and I > : > ran over to help out. I cleaned and did the dishes for her. I > : also slept over > : > the night on the sofa. The next day was the funeral. > : > We dated a few more months till I was ready to ask her to marry > : me. I 'mimed' it > : > a few times to get my courage up and she was so exasperated > : about it that the > : > next time I did (which was going to be for real) she came out > : and asked me a > : > split second before. > : > Sometime after that we were at a SF convention where two pirate > : wenches were > : > coming onto me (oh, what a nice tie). I was totally oblivious and Judith > : > explained it to me later. I was hers. :) > : > > : > > : > > We finally learn how Mikey got such a lovely wife... > : > > <eg> > : > > > : > > > : > > -- Ben Doom > : > > Programmer & General Lackey > : > > Moonbow Software, Inc > : > > > : > > : -----Original Message----- > : > > : From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > > : Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:59 AM > : > > : To: CF-Community > : > > : Subject: Fw: [spam] Girlfriend 4.0 Press Release > : > > : > : > > : > : > > : Okay, people, if you've got problems remembering your > : > > : girlfriend's __ and can't seem to get any as a result, here's the > : > > : perfect software for you! 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