i am single

it has come to my attention that the only girl who would put up with my work schedule is a wife. and since i don't even have a girlfriend, i'm certainly very far from that. or am i?
i asked a girl to marry me over email about a month ago. a girl i have never met before. i saw her perform in an improv show several months ago and she's hilarious over the web on the chicago improv board. so i took the plunge and dropped the big question on her even though we've never spoken, not even in email.
so, i didn't hear back for acouple days. i figured i was dead in the water. then i got, "how did you get my email address?" bad news. her stalker alarm has gone off. so i just keep asking her to marry me and eventually she says, "tell me a little bit about yourself." so, i do and she stops emailing me.
it was a classic story of boy emails girl. girl freaks out. boy presses on. girl laughs. boy laughs. girl's interest is peaked. boy spills guts and drops facade of guy who wants to get married in a week. girl is not interested. boy is still cold at night.
a classic story.
i figured if she said yes, even if it was a huge rouse and a joke, i'd be able to treat her like any girl is going to have to be treated in the current scheme of time and travel. i don't want to subject anyone girl to my level of dedication. i'm a workaholic right now and that's the way it has to be for a while. a workaholic who sleeps in till 1pm and then works until about 4am with food and tv breaks in between.
oh, well. at least i can say i asked someone to marry me once. for whatever that's worth.

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