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February 02, 2007
Dinner For Two
*Sarah had energy, style, intellect, beauty and assertiveness.
So I asked her out on a date. We were adults; middle age. Liberal, well read professionals.
We went to a movie the first night.
And then on the second date, I had tickets for a Michigan State University home football game.
In retrospect, I should have known something when she used the men’s ‘john’ at half-time because the lady’s line was ‘too long.’
Driving home from East Lansing, she invited me over the following weekend “for a casual, home cooked meal.”
So I arrived the appointed evening and hour, with a nice bottle of California Sauvignon.
And rang her door bell.
Sarah opened the door, wearing a skirt and a kitchen apron.
And nothing else. From the waist up.
She smiled and welcomed me. And we went up the stairs to her lovely apartment as if there was nothing unusual or needed to be explained, commented on.
I sat in her living room and read the paper; occasionally looking in the kitchen as she made the salad and removed a cheese casserole from the oven.
I remember she also heated the dinner plates in the oven. Impressive. How many people outside Manhattan or Malibu heat their dinner plates?
Dinner was in candle light. We sat across from each other. Talked politics. Favorite books. Job stuff.
And I thought, 'If she's not going to say anything, I'm not."
We laughed knowlingly over the fruit with rum sauce dessert, as if there was a third person at the table who didn't know the secret code or hand shake.
I left about 9 p.m with a peck on the cheek from her at the door. All very proper and chaste.
Some time later, by accident, I learned the evening and Sarah’s ensemble had nothing to do with romance or sex.
She'd recently had breast implants.
And evidently this was opening night. Like a Broadway Show.
Guess if I looked that good, I'd want the right people to see The Show.
On second thought......
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*name and minor details changed
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