The Dating Game: Do I Look Like Bob Eubanks To You?
Chicken Soup for the Soul books is looking for dating stories. They are looking for "contemporary" tales so if you've been married for a couple of decades and it has been a while since you dated, just change "Andy Williams" to "Pharrell Williams" when mentioning what you were listening to on the car radio, and your story will be good to go. (Not that I've ever changed any unimportant details in order to make a story "fit" or make it a bit more interesting.)
Two of the WWWPs are single, so I know they have stacks and stacks of dating stories. The other three of us...when we hear the word "date night," that means we take the time to braid the hair on our legs so that later we won't be too embarrassed if we're seen with our husbands at Ted Drewes the local frozen custard place.
The deadline is July 15, so get crackin'.
Can't imagine entering the dating game again. Wow, have the rules changed!
ReplyDeleteI sooo agree! But you CAN enter via reliving that phase of your life, when you write about it...
DeleteAs an old married lady of 33 years, I can't even REMEMBER any dating stories! I was 19 when my hubby and I tied the knot, so I don't even HAVE that many dating stories. LOL But now you've got me thinking . . . maybe I'll come up with something.
ReplyDeleteLisa--Yes, just leave out that the movie you and your date went to see was the debut of "Saturday Night Fever" and you'll be fine... ;)
DeleteDating? We're in bed by dark. We used to dance all night. Guess I'm past my prime.
ReplyDeleteLinda--That's not so bad in the summer, but in the winter, it gets dark by 4:30. Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteDate? I just want STWIASD to show up on her noble charger and spirit me off to her lair!
ReplyDeleteShay--Your idea--on a horse headed off to a lair--is quite a date! Have you tried writing her a poem? That might spur (ha!) her into action...
DeleteOh, how interesting!!
ReplyDeleteDo I have a dating story? Hmmmmm. I may have to come up with one...
Pearl
Pearl--I know you have at least one or two funny/heartwarming stories. And you can use the same story for both Chicken Soup and Not Your Mother's Book...On Dating. Just add more sass and snark to the latter submission.
DeleteGuess I don't have one for this, unless I admit to having an illicit love affair with a Russian ballet star who defected simply because my dazzling beauty nearly blinded him, and then he...Wait a minute. They aren't looking for fiction, are they?
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Pat--I thought the Russian dancer was in love with ME! (she said as she headed to the kitchen for a carton of ice cream and a spoon...)
DeleteI left a comment last night. Really. I said that my dating experiences are like something you would find in a Stephen King novel. And something else that I'm sure was very witty, but it escapes me now. Escapes me like I yearned to escape my first-date, neverending, Sunday drive with Hick.
ReplyDeleteSo, what are you waiting for? Write up a story (or two) and if they're full-on Val, submit them to NYMB (since you're now in their stable of writers) or de-snark them a little and send them to CS...
DeleteOh I do have a couple dating [fiascos] stories ... Thx for the deadline reminder. Guess I shouldn't use the one at the drive-in seeing Yellow Submarine? And who in the world is Pharrell Williams?
ReplyDeleteMarcia--No. NO Beatles movies, unless they're doing a retro marathon.
DeletePharrell Williams. Look him up. He's part of the 2013 crowd of musicians, not the 1973 musicians...
Just when I think I've caught up on the blogs, here we go again. Uh, yeah, dating... love the braiding of hairs on the legs. Ha.
ReplyDeleteLynn--If you braid it right, it looks like fishnet stockings. Do you remember those?
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