I think Jean Shephard wwrote the best story I ever heard on blind dating. In it he tells of all the fears he had of going out on a blind date;all those dreadful fears we all have had about what a loser this person might be, etc. About half way through he realizes HE is the blind date!!! It's really choice....We never consider ourselves as the blind date...a nice twist.

I avoided blind dates for years. If you're past 25 and single, EVERYBODY is trying to fix you up. Then, when I was 36, a woman who was attending one of my sales trainings suggested I should meet her stepdaughter..."a really nice girl." I had he flu at the time and would do anything to get this woman out of my office! We agreed to meet at a nearby restaurant a few days later for drinks and dinner. The woman brought her stepdaughter and I brought a friend to help bale me out of this mess. Twenty minutes into the conversation I was convinced that here was the woman I wanted to marry. We shuffled the two "chaperones" out the door after the first drink. We couldn't meet again until four days later and the first thing I did then was ask her to marry me...she accepted. Now I'm 50 and know for sure that I made the right choice. Luckily, she feels the same.

Best blind date I could imagine.

Spaw