A familiar twinkle glinted in his eye and the corners of his mouth couldn't stay down if they wanted to...the Ladies' Man had Stepped Off the Curb, and her answer was in the affirmative! Yes, the LM's first foray into the treacherous terrain of Homecoming is just around the corner...
Back in my day, the options for social interaction were much more limited: telephone, telegram if you really wanted to leave an impression, pen to paper via the US Postal Service, and--if all other options were exhausted--one could suck it up and approach someone face to face. With that last option, there were full points for courage, but, seriously, how prosaic!!
No such worries in this brave new world of abbreviated, envelope-pushing, instantaneous social discourse. Why talk when you can text? No need to worry whether your auditor has halitosis. And you avoid all that pesky eye contact.
Alternatively, one can resort to Facebook and trust that your private message doesn't "somehow" get broadcast all over cyberspace. In a pinch, one can ever delve back into ancient history and use the "human telephone line." Admittedly, this tends to lead to message distortion, not to mention all sorts of unintended and unforeseen drama.
NEWS FLASH! The essential element du jour for the confident cavalier is Creativity. Who knew?
Hopelessly Backward Parents: You did what?!?
Ladies' Man: What? Homecoming's coming up...you can't wait too long, ya know.
HBPs: So, what does that mean?
LM: What? I'm cool with it.
Fount-of-Information Sister: Johnny's going on a date. Can't you tell?
HBP: What?!
LM: *grin* - *glint*
Mom: Who did you ask?
LM: Just a girl I know ...
Dad: What's her name?
LM: Brooke.
Mom: What about *Girl From Last Week*?
LM: Huh? *shrug*
Dad: When did you ask this Brooke?
LM: Today.
Mom: Wait, wait, wait...you went up and asked a girl today to go to Homecoming with you...
LM: Uh, ye-ahhhh!
Dad: Wow...
Mom: Were you nervous? I mean did you man up and just go right up to her?
LM: *quizzical, sympathetic glance*. Of course not. You have to go for creativity these days.
Hmmmmmm...so what did you do?
LM: I got all these cups and stuck them in the fence links.
Wow, that must have taken a lot of cups...
LM: Not really; I just spelled out "Will U?"
*Glint*
