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Thursday, May 25th, 2006

I just got an email from a friend of mine who has a cousin who wants to fix me up with one of her friends. Wow, that sounds much more confusing than it really is.

Me <---> Friend <---> Cousin <---> Cousin’s Friend

So, Cousin asked Friend what I’d look for in a guy. Cousin knows me as an acquaintance and just had a feeling that this guy and me would be a good match.

Friend writes a description of me, which she passed on to me for my approval. I was amazed. She described me better than I could have. So, I thought I’d share…

Physically, she seems to be attracted to pretty thin, lanky type of guys - not really into the burly, teddy bear type. They’d have to be pretty intellectual - she’s a librarian and an avid reader. Poor grammar and spelling drives her crazy and she’s very witty and silly at times (like the rest of us) - they would need to appreciate that. And I hate to sound brash by saying this but I couldn’t describe [her] without mentioning her interest in and openness with sexuality. They’d have to be comfortable with that too. She does live at home with her mom and sister (they can’t be bothered by that), she loves kids (she’s over at [friends of ours] all the time to see [their daughters].) and she did recently quit smoking which we are all very proud of. She’s also a bit of an introvert favoring small groups versus large parties and not a big fan of the telephone - prefers e-mail and text messaging to phone conversations.

I’m still in shock at how well she described me. I mean, I’ve known her for, oh, almost 20 years. But still.