"Oh do be careful," she cautioned me. "These sites attract terrible people, just out for your money.''
My retort about them being disappointed on that score was met with a blank stare.
"Or worse." She hinted at dark deeds, because she is under the impression that all men are bad men. She was not amused when I asked if she thought her husband, brothers and sons were to be counted among these evil creatures.
She made me promise that on my next date 'with a complete stranger' I would take a friend along. I'm not sure if she intended the friend to skulk around in the background, wearing shades, with a loaded gun, or at least a pepper spray, concealed about her person, or whether she was meant to dress up and join us for dinner. The former could end in my arrest and the latter with the friend and prospective date going off together and leaving me with the bill.
I promise to date only those I am confident will not attempt to relieve me of the contents of my bank account, who do not want to meet without a few good chats beforehand and who are happy to meet in a sensible central location, but my friends will be politely asked to stay at home.
