Q: How did I get on the mass mailing list of a recruiter?

A: Went on a date with him half a year ago. Eyeroll.

One of my friends who I talked into online dating is now going out with the guy with the gentle smile. They’re both great, so I’m cheering for them

In other online dating news, my sister A. finally went online, choosing a username whose sole purpose is to indicate that she’s my sister, lest any guy try to date her after having dated me. In a further effort to shame me for my history of dating too much, she has taken to sending me profiles of guys she’s potentially interested in and including the demand, “Did you sleep with this one?!”

“You say ’slept with,’” I replied calmly. “I say pre-screened.”

My friend told me a story a few months back. I wish I could remember all the glorious details, but suffice it to say that:

In college, a guy asked her out.

At the restaurant, she ordered an entree and a beverage.

He simply ordered a glass of milk. He then proceeded to retrieve a baggie of cereal and a ceramic bowl from his backpack.

I went to a bar last night with my sister, A. As we talked, I kept glancing at the guy behind her, wondering if I knew him.

“I might have gone on a date with that guy,” I mused.

“Yes, you have,” A. declared.

“Wait, how do you know?”

“Before you got here, F. and I were talking with him. He asked F. how he and I knew each other, and F. said ‘my brother dated her sister, just like you did.’”

“What? How did F. know I’d dated him?”

“Oh, he didn’t. He just assumed. But apparently he was right.”