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WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG?
"I'm thirty-five and still single. You're twenty-six and divorced. So what are we doing wrong?"
"Ted, that's an excellent question. Do you have any ideas?"
"Steph, my ideas end up in breakups."
"Well, at the risk of possibly breaking up, I say we start seeing more of each other."
"Like, dating?"
"Yeah, Ted. Like dating."
"But I figured having you as my best friend was the only way to stay in a relationship with a woman."
"Very funny, Ted. Do you want to go to a movie or not?"
"Do we have to kiss?"
"Let's take it one step at a time," said Steph.
"Okay, in the spirit of giving this my best shot, I'll be the man and pay for dinner and a movie."
"And in the spirit of not being the typical woman, I won't keep you waiting. Let's go."
"I'm liking this already, Steph."
"Yeah? Well you're going to like it even better when I take you home with me tonight."
"Oh my. Maybe we should kiss in the movie."
"How about we start slow and you hold my hand on the way to dinner?"
This story was hand-written on 11/20/08.
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