Thank you, Gyps, In retrospect it was a bad first venue: no escape for either. I would have never even considered an offer to pick a date/woman/friend up a red flag. Who knew? Now I know. I'm working on effusive. Never even considered postponing: always put myself last. I'm working on that, too.
The "her loss" stuff was kind words I appreciated hearing from DB friends. My Doonesbury thing just a laugh. No loss. I had fun and a good (GALing) time with her. And learned.
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac
