\u201cHave you thought about internet dating? I mean everyone\u2019s doing it now, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I would have had a lot more respect for my best friend if she had delivered this winning strategy idea with a modicum of conviction. We both knew what she was thinking; \u201cHe could always put a picture from 2006 up, from before he put the weight back on, and then dress to best advantage\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Now to her credit the other half of this thought is the much kinder \u201cbecause if they get to know him they\u2019ll make allowances\u201d, which means at least she had faith in the amount of \u2018smart and funny\u2019 I could bring to the table, with perhaps a side-order of \u2018doing okay for money\u2019 if need be.<\/p>\n
I looked at her, with a look that says \u2018Bitch please!\u2019. I could not control the muscles of my face. Hey that\u2019s my story and I am sticking to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, bad idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think? Hell Linz, anyone not put off by the girth issue stands to be so toxic from previous damage… There\u2019s nothing for it; the soup diet and spinning three times a week; it\u2019s time for kill or cure!\u201d<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
This does not yet appear on ficlets.com due to a technical problem with that site and its OpenID login, i.e. I can’t get on the site, logged in.<\/p>\n
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Normally on Mondays I try to write a Ficlet inspired by the front page of the English Language Wikipedia Site, but there was nothing all that inspired today, so I present this instead…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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