"So, you have siblings?" the boy sitting in front of Mara asked. His name? Don't worry about it, you probably won't need to remember him after this date anyway.
"Oh none, my parents gained perfection in one trial," Mara answered, trying to be cheerful. Why would you say that? You could have just said no, I have none.
"Haha you're funny Mara, just like your profile said." the boy replied.
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Mara's Profile on the Jumble dating app:
Bio-
'I am hilarious, sometimes.. Maybe.. I think....'
Cue:
My personal hell is...'It's me, hi!'
My mental health game changer was...'Selflove & THERAPY'
I'm a real nerd about...'A lot of things...'
Ask your match:
'What's your dream vacation destination?'
About You:
27, Women, 5.7 ft., Historian
Likes:
Pets, plants, books, museums & galleries, cooking, travelling, camping, etc.
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"Yes, I can be funny when I want to," Mara said with a forced smile. It was not that funny though... He was trying to compliment you, Mara, stop criticizing.
"If I remember correctly, when we had this conversation online you had said that you have a brother right?" she continued with the same smile.
"Oh, we have had this conversation already? It must have slipped my mind. Sorry"
"Oh not a problem. That's why I am reminding you, lol" Adding lol doesn't dampen the blow of your sarcasm... "Let's move on from that. Tell me something I wouldn't know about you from your profile."
"Oh, well I work at XYZ company and...."
Why is he telling me things I already know? God this is boring, maybe I am boring, no wait I can't be boring, stop that negative self-talk. Maybe I need to be more clear? But I was clear as day with my question and it was open-ended.
"....so that's what I do, crunches at gyms and crunches with numbers. Oh wait, this funny thing happened the other day at the gym...would you like to hear it?"
Focus girl he is still talking and who knows maybe this story will be engaging. Smile, nod, encourage conversation.
"So there's this guy, Pat, he is super buff, he looks like he lives at the gym." nod Mara, nod
"He came up to me asking me if I had seen the ab scroller. I got so confused cause I assumed that he was talking about some new machine that came in. I mean, I am no expert, right? So, I asked him what it looked like."
I also want to know.... know what the end of this conversation looks like. Okay, Stop being mean.
"He first does some weird actions to show how to use it but I still don't get him. After a lot of confusion, I figured that he meant an ab roller. Hahah...."
I can't focus any longer.. Maybe if I stare into his eyes and zone out he won't know I am not listening
"You would assume that after spending years in a gym that guy would know the proper name for it. Hahah. But he didn't, and I had to tell him that it's an ab roller because we roll baby.. Hahah.."
He seems to have nice lashes, and his face is also okay if only he was not so boring, it's not his fault though, maybe we like different things. His lips are still moving so that's good, he doesn't suspect that I am lost in thought.
"ah.. Mara'' Did he say my name?
"Mara" Fudge! Reply you fool.
"Hahah.. So funny." The boy looked at Mara stunned.
Not with sarcasm!
"Sorry, it took me a minute to follow. I don't go to the gym so I had to rake my head to remember what an ab roller was. But this is hilarious... haha..."
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A/N:
SO that was a glimpse into the dating life of nobodies wife Mara Barmar. The chapters that follow will be longer and give a bit more background, have some fun characters, and more texts between Mara and her matches.
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Humor"If you give a guy enough space, he will be his own kind of creepy honey. It has nothing to do with you." Mara looked into the mirror, giving herself pep talk number 10. "It was just another bad date-probably the last one," she sighed and fell into...
