From syndi@seraph.wspout.com Sun Oct 13 03:02:47 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id DAA10288; Sun, 13 Oct 1996 03:02:45 -0400 Received: from seraph.wspout.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA14725; Sun, 13 Oct 96 03:02:25 EDT Received: (from syndi@localhost) by seraph.wspout.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA07104; Sun, 13 Oct 1996 02:02:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 02:02:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Syndicomm Inc." To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Subject: update sugarmag1 personals/straightfaq/part3 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: esmay@syndicomm.com Newsgroups: alt.personals,alt.personals.ads,alt.personals.fat,alt.personals.misc,alt.vegas.personals,alt.nv.personals,aus.personals,ba.personals,chi.personals,dfw.personals,houston.personals,la.personals,nv.personals,nyc.personals,vegas.personals,alt.answers,news.answers Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Subject: Usenet Personals: Advice for Straights FAQ (3/3) Followup-To: alt.personals Reply-To: esmay@syndicomm.com (Dean Esmay) Archive-name: personals/straightfaq/part3 Posting-Frequency: bi-weekly Version: 1.98 -=-=-=- THE STRAIGHT FAQ by Dean Esmay PART III OF III Q: HOW DO WE PLAN A FIRST MEETING? A: I recommend picking a safe, neutral spot, and just sitting down over coffee, or perhaps light dinner at a casual restaurant. Emphasize that your first meeting will be for just that, MEETING. Don't expect much more than that you'll sit down, get used to what the other person looks like, maybe have a bite to eat, then go home. For guys, you may want to invite her to bring along a friend. This will make her feel safer. The point is, make it somewhere public, safe, and neutral, and done in such a way that either one of you can bow out gracefully if things aren't going well. And if it doesn't work out, or the other person decides at the last minute not to meet you, hey, that's okay! It happens to practically everyone! And who on Earth said you're the perfect someone for everyone you meet anyway? Who said that everyone you meet is the [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]