Why I’m Still Single

By Tom Bunzel

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/singles/article/why_im_still_single_20020517/

A friend of mine and I were sitting at Canter's having lunch when we were discussing my dating life -- or lack of it. Since he knows what a cool guy I am, he suggested that there was just one tactic to take -- to make up an ex-wife and a divorce so that I could avoid the stigma of having never been married. He went a step better -- he went for the widower concept, which I liked, and embellished with the death of my wife in a tragic car wreck. But here's the problem: It's not so much that I'm against lying on principle, it has its place. It's just that I suck at it.

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Comments:	A friend has recommended you read the following from The Jewish Journal... Why I’m Still Single A friend of mine and I were sitting at Canter's having lunch when we were discussing my dating life -- or lack of it. Since he knows what a cool guy I am, he suggested that there was just one tactic to take -- to make up an ex-wife and a divorce so that I could avoid the stigma of having never been married. He went a step better -- he went for the widower concept, which I liked, and embellished with the death of my wife in a tragic car wreck. But here's the problem: It's not so much that I'm against lying on principle, it has its place. It's just that I suck at it. http://www.jewishjournal.com/singles/article/why_im_still_single_20020517/ Sign up for our free email news alerts at http://www.jewishjournal.com/email.

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