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April 18, 2006
Mr. Ambivalent
In the new fiscal smackdown that is my life, I've decided to cut back on some of my normal expenditures.
Poof! There goes my Audible subscription--no more audiobooks for me.
Poof! There goes my internet dating subscription--no more iDates for me.
Not that there isn't residual entertainment value for the remaining days of my subscription. I contacted most of the guys I'd been matched up with, saying that I was going to let my account lapse but if they wanted to get together, they could call or email me directly. And what did I receive back, but the following message from Mr. Ambivalent.
Hi Ms. Write Again Soon,
I hope you are doing well and having a good week.
Thanks for the contact information I appreciate it. The only thing is I suspect that I'm probably not the one for you. I guess you really never know till you try but my sense is I'm not. Right now I've been so focused on making my business work and I even sometimes do a part time job some nights so I can pay my expenses without having to rely on withdrawing money from my trading account.
But who knows, you seem like a really cool person.
Mr. Ambivalent
How could I not fall instantly in love with such determination, such stauch support for our flowering romance? How could I not immediately write back and try to convince him that I am, indeed, the One? How could I not insist that we go out, and even offer to pay so that he could keep his trading account intact?
Dear reader, somehow I managed.
Comments
Look at it this way. Canceling that subscription saves you much more than the registration cost because if you have no more dates you will spend all your time at home in front of your compter (like me) and the elctricity bill is surely much cheaper than a concert and dinner.
BTW, Did he really sign it "Mr. Ambivalent"?
Posted by: Bastish at April 19, 2006 07:17 AM
