76.Just Cookies

The good news is Seventy-six is as charming as ever. The bad news is that he isn't single.  First I asked him how many wives/girlfriends he had, to which he responded "One will suffice. I learned not to be a greedy Frenchman." My first interpretation was that he wasn't single, but then I thought maybe he meant that he didn't have someone, but when he did only one will do. A few days later I mentioned that he was spoiling me after he dropped off cream puffs to me on a busy day and he replied that I was the one spoiling him. I took a deep breath and said, "It's easy to spoil a crush." In response I got, "I couldn't agree more." So I still wasn't sure whether or not he was single.

A few days later I gave him a card to state my case. On the front it stated "I like you. So now what?" There was a web full of options branching off of it with ride range of "let's have kids" to "let's see a movie." On the inside I wrote, "I know some of those options are extreme, but I thought this was a great card. However, I truly do enjoy you and know we'd have a great time together if you're single (please let me know if you're not single)." It took him a couple of days to respond, but when he did it was as sweet as ever. "Good morning, Penelope. My apologies for my snail reply to your card - which I love - ahhh you make for a quite a gem. As you know I am 100% not single, but this is not the obstacle of spending friendly and innocent time with you - time is what I'm lacking. If only I could manufacture more time." I started laughing when I read "as you know" because clearly I didn't absolutely know because he never directly told me. Either way, we're good and he brought me cookies later that day, so I won't be losing any of this cookie weight anytime soon.