Another first date. This time you can choose what happens next
It’s 5:52. You didn’t include the 20-minutes traffic in your down-to-the-minute plan, but you’ll still have enough time to prepare quickly. You already know what you’re wearing tonight — the same thing you’ve worn to every other first date this season.
By the time you dash through the door and up the stairs, you only have four minutes left for dinner. Your mom follows you up to your room with a piece of schnitzel in a paper towel.
She kindly doesn’t say, “I told you so,” even though she clearly doubted you when you reassured her this morning that no, you didn’t need to leave work early. But even the breathless rushing can’t overpower the soft voice that pipes up before every date. Maybe this time… maybe it’s him.
By 6:45, your hair is softly curled and you’re clacking over to the mirror to touch up your lipstick. You’re ready with a full 15 minutes to spare. (Heard that, mom?) You even have a couple minutes for some Tehillim and a few “have me in mind” texts — and to find your ever-trusty dating clutch.
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