Letter of Amicable Disagreement
by Bickmo on August 1st, 2006
My first ever angry letter! Oh, how I have repeatedly envisioned this moment, daily rubbing my writers hands together in anticipation. To my lasting horror, this lovely reader was not galled by anything she read in “Let’s Set a Date”. She was not even unamused (I know–not a real word. Shrug.). This fine woman went so far as to enjoy the column (as do all who peruse my textual wares), but disagreed with my assertion females often attempt to nail down a budding relationship. Here’s a portion of her email:
“cory–I just read your let’s make a date lds style article, [Read the two versions here and here.] and while I did enjoy it, I have to refute one little comment…in my personal experience, it is more often than not the BOY who brings up the whole dtr conversation–seriously. I’m not even lying. [Good! I like truth tellers.] and I’m not talking about months into the so-called relationship–it’s more like, a couple weeks. if that. no joke. which leads me to wonder if it’s just guys in general or if it’s just the guys I happen to attract. but who even knows, really? it really doesn’t even matter too much, I just felt like sharing my opinion with you….have a lovely night…! –sarahd d”
I soothed her ire thusly:
“Sarah,Glad you enjoyed the article. I wrote it just for you, despite not knowing you at the time of composition. Yes, I am that amazing.I truly appreciate your feedback, because I love it when my readers are wrong. Dead wrong. So so so wrong it makes my teeth hurt to think how wrong they are. Wrong enough to make the planet spin backwards. Guys NEVER bring up the DTR. They NEVER fall prey to insecurity. Um, wait. Yes they do. Good point. But I’m still not going to change the article.
Keep on reading, oh loyal reader.
Cheers,
Cory
Calming my fan base: the price of fame.
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August 12th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Masterfully done. I’m sure Sara is very much appeased.