# I may not die a lonely and bitter old maid, after all! (long) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542 "2003-10-04T13:48:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/21 "2003-10-05T02:01:10Z")
Hey, **twickster** , keep flirting with **sunspace**. I’ve met him and he definitely seemed like a keeper. Now let’s hope my sweetheart doesn’t find this post. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/22 "2003-10-05T02:01:36Z")
**pseudo** – thank you. :o **Jimmy** – Philly boy, obviously. Thanks. Let’s hope my transposing those two letters wouldn’t be a dealbreaker for Mr. Right. Well, had a phone conversation with #3 and an IM conversation with #4 – neither said “I’ll call” – #3 said “I’ll talk to you in a few days, and email you in the meantime” (it’s the actual words “I’ll call you” that are the kiss of death, **'punha** ), and #4 said “maybe we could have coffee.” ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/23 "2003-10-05T02:16:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*And thank you for demonstrating your deep and abiding sense of humor to us all, honey pie. \*\* If you think twickster has no sense of humor, this must be the first time you’ve run across her on the boards. I assume you’ve just got your dander up because she gave a boo-hiss to your comment, but I can see where she is coming from. The wink wink nudge nudge stuff can get a little old on the boards, and I think, if this were my thread, I’d find it even more galling than usual to read it when I’m expressing enthusiasm and relief about this tentative process of finding and getting to know interesting, intellectually stimulating people. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/24 "2003-10-05T02:28:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jimmy Chitwood \* > \*\*On an almost completely unrelated and utterly meaningless note, that profile you linked to has “KWY” instead of KYW (Newsraaadio, ten siiiixty). I figured I should tell you, in case, you know, your dream guy turns out to be a rabid Accu Weather fan or something. \*\* Ya know dating a rabid weather fan isnt an entirely BAD thing… at least you’d know the picnic wasnt gonna get rained out ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/25 "2003-10-05T07:12:54Z")
Aw come’on **Cranky** , yer just being … well … er … cranky! So there! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/26 "2003-10-05T14:51:44Z")
Best of luck, **twickster** – I knew Papa Tiger online for a couple of years before we ever met in person, and since we lived 6000 miles apart our “courting” was kind of interesting. But I’m a believer that given sufficient correspondence, the real person shows through online well enough to figure out whether they’re at least worth bothering with. And can the perennial editor in me note that in your “How She’s Different” section, you spelled “Entertainment Weekly” wrong, as “Entertainmnent Weekly”? (Hey, just in case Mr. Right is a perennial editor, too! :D) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/27 "2003-10-05T14:55:27Z")
Damn, and guess what I do for a living? Now that the error count is up to two, I guess I can no longer feign ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/28 "2003-10-06T04:46:04Z")
\< **Sunspace** joins the lineup\> Hej, **twickster** , how’s it goin, eh? When I saw the post about the giant colon, my first thought was, “Is that thing coming to Toronto? I want to see it.”\* Mutual friend? \ \ Bluesy African pop? \Tell me more. 🙂 I’m listening to Sigur Ros (Icelandic) at the moment… > [@](#): > > _ **Brynda** said:_ > Hey, **twickster** , keep flirting with **sunspace**. I’ve met him and he definitely seemed like a keeper. :eek: Thank you! \ > [@](#): > > Now let’s hope my sweetheart doesn’t find this post. Don’t worry. There is no danger. As another Chooser Of Plain And Simple Food, I’m sure he will behave with honour and dignity. 🙂 [sub]\* Okay, that was really my _second_ thought. My first thought as a tech writer was, “Are we talking ‘punctuation’, or what”? You don’t want to know what images the expression ‘colon cancer’ calls up in my mind…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/29 "2003-10-06T12:45:54Z")
Best of luck to you! From my limited contact with you, you are a very smart, kind hearted lady and I hope these fellas recognize that! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/30 "2003-10-06T13:15:47Z")
Thanks, **Aries** – and I swear on a stack of three really cool books for my adoptee that I’m going to the PO tomorrow. **Sunspace** – the mutual friend is someone who’s posted in this thread who you occasionally IM with (okay, with whom you…). She mentioned once that you were IM pals, and I said, “oh, I know him from good news/bad news, he seems like a nice guy,” and she said “he is,” and I said, “well, next time you’re chatting, tell him twicks said ‘hi.’” – in other words, it was nothing. I’m at work (and I actually have work to do), so I’ll post later about music. Or you could email me… (where’s the come-hither smile smiley when you need one?) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/31 "2003-10-06T13:45:07Z")
**twickster** , I’m at work too. I’ll email you after I get home tonight after Esperanto club. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/32 "2003-10-06T13:47:41Z")
_ **giggles delightedly** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/33 "2003-10-06T14:06:50Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/34 "2003-10-06T14:16:22Z")
**twicks!** Stealing my guys! Or guy! ummm oh HI Sunspace! doing? ummm nothing why do you ask??? A pair of editors? That ought to be a fun date… “Lets go correct the grammar on billboards!” 😃 Just doing my part to keep you both humble! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/35 "2003-10-06T14:25:05Z")
Er, hi **Krisfer**! How’s it goin’? Correcting grammar on billboards? Sounds good to me. Let’s see. \ We’ll need spray paint, a long grabber pole, and balaclavas. And a lookout. Hmm. \ Maybe we’ll just go and argue about which dialect of English to use on them instead… [sub]-or. _-our_. -OR. _-OUR!_ [/sub] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/36 "2003-10-06T14:45:13Z")
Well, I think it would be great to go to a restaurant with someone who understands I can’t possibly _begin_ to think about what I want to order until I find the typo that I know is on the menu somewhere. Civilians! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/37 "2003-10-06T15:17:33Z")
Oh, that’s so true! Be glad you don’t work where I do! The chef at the caf makes mistakes on purpose, I _swear_! And don’t get me started about [apostrophes](http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/38 "2003-10-06T15:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*(A college friend – who also has never married, once said, “Let’s face it, twicks, we’re a custom fit in an off-the-rack world,” and I think he’s right.) \*\* Anyone else thinking you two might be custom fit for each other? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/39 "2003-10-06T16:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Anyone else thinking you two might be custom fit for each other? \*\* Absolutely! I 'd volunteer to write the invitations, but the prospect is just too intimidating. :: proofreads twice, then hits “Submit” :: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-not-die-a-lonely-and-bitter-old-maid-after-all-long/205542/40 "2003-10-06T16:31:39Z")
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