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Just One Nice Little Shout-Out
For Bummed-Out Boy from
John: "Hi, BG, hope you don't mind me seconding your advice to the
guy whose ex is getting married -- I've been there. The trick is to be as
mature as possible when you're interacting with her or her family, and as
immature as you feel like around other people. Rant. Scream. Cry. Whatever
makes you feel better. Be absolutely furious. In a way, this is like being
dumped all over again (not sure why, but it is, at least in the way it tramples
your self-worth). Give yourself time to grieve. Then go out and find someone
else."
Whatever Happened to Nuevo Fabio (ne Lamb to the Slaughter)?
He writes: Hey B-Girl, you asked for an update on my date last
week, so here it is. (I was the "She bared her skin ... but not her
heart!" guy, remember me?) Well, the date went only so so. We talked a
little, "I work here. Oh, really? I went to school there. Oh, how
interesting" . . . yadda yadda. She was nice and all, and we got along
okay, but no big ZAPPO! sparks like with the bare skin girl. Oh well. She has
my number, so maybe she'll call -- or not. No biggie. When I offered her my
number she didn't reciprocate, and I usually consider this an "I'm not
interested" sign. Maybe you could do a column on that one. I'm not sure
I'm interested either, so it's not like it hurt my feelings.
As a side note, I also asked out another girl who I've been out with a
couple times as friends. Thanks to your column, there is no loft-building or
anything for this guy. Via e-mail I said I wanted to get together just the two
of us for dinner/movie, gave her my phone number, and said to call if she was
interested. I have a feeling she might just go for it, but if she doesn't that
will be fine too (she only answers her e-mail about once a week, so I won't
know her response for a while).
I've been running into a lot of cuties lately, so I'm convinced that another
ZAPPO! girl will come along, and I'm willing to be patient.
Gee whiz, I'm feeling so healthy it's almost SICK!
The Reading List
Hey, shy writer girl who uses lots of semi-colons! Try
this book and let me know what you think.
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