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After the award ceremony, there was always lots of dancing and general merriment. At one point that night Ellen and I and some guy I didn\u2019t know are on the same elevator, and she seemed really unhappy but I didn\u2019t ask why given there was this other guy.<\/p>\n
Now back to being on me & Ellen\u2019s first date, I ask her, \u201cWhatever were you so unhappy about?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh dear,\u201d she says, \u201cDid I look that unhappy? Well, I\u2019d just that minute broken-up with my boyfriend of 6 years. I decided it was time to let him know right after I got that award.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell am I ever glad you did, come on let\u2019s dance!\u201d was my pretty nifty response.<\/p>\n
Ellen tells our first date story better than me. I\u2019m better at telling about our first dance. Since I\u2019ve never been sure if Ellen quite appreciates The First Dance story, let\u2019s skip it \u2013 at least for now. Ellen always tells everybody it was a great first date because, besides not having the pressure that comes from being alone by yourselves, we went out dancing with three of my former girlfriends. (Former<\/span> is important \u2013 read \u201cMy Apologies to Hannah & Annie.\u201d) So, how did it come to pass, you ask, that there\u2019s so many of us on a first date?<\/p>\n Tomorrow: Third Time<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After learning a little bit more about each other we went out dancing, which I\u2019ll tell about in a minute, but first I\u2019ve got to back-up to when I first learned what her name was. In the 80s the … Continue reading