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love, rosie 331Julie: You do and you’re fired. I’m going to be 53.Rosie: You’re only 20 years older than me. I used to think you wereancient.Julie: Funny isn’t it? Imagine I was only your age by the time you left thisschool. The kids must feel that you’re ancient now too.Rosie: I feel ancient.Julie: Ancient people don’t go on romantic blind dates. Come on, spill thebeans, what was he like?Rosie: His name is Adam and he is a very, very attractive man. All throughthe night he was polite, a terrific conversationalist, and very funny.He paid for the meal, the taxi, drinks, absolutely everything andwouldn’t let me open my purse (not that there was any money in itto spend). He was tall, dark, and handsome, dressed impeccably,and I could tell a lot of attention to detail was paid. Plucked eyebrows,straight teeth, and not a nose hair in sight.Julie: What does he do for a living?Rosie: He’s an engineer.Julie: So he was polite, handsome, and had a great job. He sounds toogood to be true. Is there the possibility of meeting again?Rosie: Well after the meal we went back to his penthouse apartment. Helives along Sir John Rogerson’s quay, the place was fabulous. Istayed over, he asked me out again, and I said no.Julie: Are you crazy?Rosie: Probably. He was such a good man but there was nothing there.Julie: But it was only your first date. You can never really tell these thingsby a first date. What did you want, fireworks?Rosie: No actually, quite the opposite. I want silence, a perfect moment ofquietness.Julie: Silence?Rosie: Oh it’s a long story. But last night only proves that you can put mewith a guy that’s perfect in every way and too good to be true andI’m still not ready. Everyone around me needs to stop rushing me.Julie: OK, OK, I promise I’ll stop trying to set you up with men until yougive me your permission. How’s the studying going?