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Real romance, eye patches and scars
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“If my tongue wasn’t down your throat, it was platonic.”
“I’m not partying with your girlfriend, Dad, I don’t care what you say.”
“I didn’t realize you only liked me when I’m drunk.”
Say what? Those are a few of the printable excerpts from the new book “Real Life Romance: Everyday Wisdom on Love, Sex and Relationships” by Leah Garchik.
Garchik writes a column for the San Francisco Chronicle, and one of her bits is having readers send in bits of overheard conversations. In the age of the cell phone, this is certainly easier than ever, so Garchik has now collected a lot of the better ones that have to do with love, sex and romance between the covers.
Some of the overheard lines need no context. “If I were a dude, I’d date me” speaks for itself. Whereas the advice “Remember, girls love eye patches and scars” is much better when you know it came from a high school freshman advising an 11-year-old boy.
I wanted to find a book topic on Valentine’s Day that would appeal to people who are in a relationship today and those who are not. Surely in the age of cell phones we all have a few of these tasty bits we’ve overheard. Share ‘em here, but keep ‘em PG.
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By Realmc
February 14, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
Phil, five years ago today I took a box of chocolates to Tybee Island to a beautiful lady I had met a few weeks earlier at a Realtors’ convention at Sea Island. She was a widow and I was divorced. We took a walk on the beaches of Tybee and I followed that visit up with an e-mail short story called “A Walk On The Beach”, which led to the publication of “A Walk On The Beach, A True Love Story From Tybee Island” by Authorhouse, in May of last year. I’ve been thinking about that first walk all day today!
Happy Valentine’s, everyone!
Buddy McCoy
By Kia
February 14, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this
“It was going ok, till the dog got too close.”
“She said she didn’t like it, not she’s allergic!”