 I feel like a Dear Abby wannabe A love match may be just a wish of yours truly... but I do have a legit "Dear Abby" story of my own! If you remember, a few weeks ago, a guy emailed me about an encounter he had with a beautiful stranger... that ended when she slapped him! Apparently, she took his compliment as more of an insult. Well, it turns out, there's a happy ending...at least for now. Mark says he got the girl! How cool is that?! Mark and Ericka are now dating, and they're laughing about their first meeting. I just thought maybe someone would want to give them a little encouragement! And the couple said I could share their good news, so DON'T go thinking I air people's dirty laundry!  The happy couple! Mark and Ericka really do exist! (Mark says he's sans beard these days.) Here are my follow up questions, for you inquiring minds: Michelle: Are you seriously dating now? Mark: Yes, it's gone beyond the polite, "get to know" phase and we've gotten more serious. Michelle: Do you laugh at what happened now? Mark: Yeah, its really quite comical looking back. She thought I was a womanizer and I thought she was overly sensitive and full of herself. Neither could be further from the truth. Michelle: How long has it been? Oh, and how much time went by from the first slap...to the first date? Mark: We've been dating for over a month. It's been two months since we first met at the gallery. The first date was about a month after the slap.
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 I don't want to embarrass anyone, so I won't name names... but I just thought this was so adorable and was touched someone asked me for advice!
When I walked off set Thursday, I received this email. I took out some of the email's details for brevity and anonymity. Tell me if I gave good (or bad) advice! And what would you say?? Comment below or tell me on Facebook: Dear Michelle, My name is (****) and I really enjoy your reporting. I thought you might be a good person to turn to for advice since you seem very sensible and sophisticated. I met a really attractive and intelligent woman a few weeks ago. We had been talking for about a half hour and really developed a great rapport. We had even made tentative plans to meet for coffee sometime. Then, things suddenly went downhill. There was a pause in the conversation and I commented that she had a “really nice, hourglass figure”. I thought she would take it as a compliment but instead she became deeply offended. She said, "Excuse me? Why are you talking about my figure? You hardly know me." I went into damage control mode and tried to clarify my comments but I think I only exacerbated things as she rolled her eyes and shook her head. She told me I was being "inappropriate" and that she was "very disappointed" and started to walk away....then she came back and with a look of complete disgust, WHAP!, she slapped my face and departed. As I stood there alone rubbing my cheek, I was trying to figure out why she was so upset. Should I send her an apology note or do you think she wants no further contact? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAR ANONYMOUS: Thank you for the nice comments… Now, I’m not a professional advice-giver, but if you know the girl, then you should definitely just send her an apology! Sometimes people don’t like to be told they’re anything BUT skinny… so, how could you have known? At the same time, I think a slap in the face was a bit extreme!! If you want to pursue it, then try one more time. But honestly, do you think you’d want to be with someone who slapped you? I guess if you guys get married then you’ll have a good story to tell your kids… but in reality, you may be better off without any extra drama. But then again, you’re talking to an old, married lady. The only drama I get is from my Korean soap operas. Michelle |
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