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Dear
Devore Sisters,
This same time last week I was on top of the world when I was told that a woman in the accounting office where I work may be interested in me. I have always admired her from afar because, quite frankly, I could never muster up the courage to ask her out for coffee. It all started when I told a few of my friends about this woman and while each of them sympathized they felt that I was a big coward. Last week a friend of mine in accounting who works with the woman of my dreams told me that she asked about me a few times during general conversation. She wanted to know what kind of person I was, if I was dating anyone seriously... things that could certainly have been used as evidence she was indeed interested. So I waited for the perfect opportunity at work to ask her out. I paced about nervously in my office, trying to come up with some sort of foil-proof plan to be smooth. Well, I headed for the accounting floor with a bold confidence that most men only dream about having when watching James Bond films... And then it happened, I bumped into her secretary causing her to toss the entire pile of paperwork she'd been carrying everywhere... next as I continued to propel forward my hand slapped a cup of cold coffee right into her lap, followed by me of course. I tried to apologize but she just stormed out of the office muttering about what a clumsy idiot I had turned out to be. I felt like such
a dork. As I picked up the shreds of my dignity and walked back to the elevators, I vowed to go into hiding and never visit the accounting department again. So there you have it. I want so much to ask her out, but now I feel as though I may have ruined whatever chances I may have had. What should I do?
Signed Bumbling And Stumbling Into Love
Dear Bumbling,
First of all, and you may not want to hear this, life is tough.. buy a helmet. Mimi and I both feel that you should gather up what's left of your self esteem and march right back down to the accounting floor but not before you've
sent her a gorgeous arrangement of "Oops, I'm sorry" roses, three dozen ought to do the trick. Then walk down to her office, and by all means pay attention to where you are headed and be constantly aware of your surrounding, or your "zone"... Then say, "Hi, I'm [insert name here] and I heard that a guy who looks exactly like me was here the other day and caused quite a stir." She will probably smile. Then say, "Thankfully, he won't be coming by here again, but just to be certain that you're safe, I think I should escort you to [insert expensive restaurant name here] for a bit of coffee and dessert." It's just that simple. Take a chance, you might just end up telling your grandchildren that coffee fiasco story 40 years from now.
Feel free to
e-mail those wacky Devore sisters with all of your relationship
questions at UPBEATmag@aol.com.
All letters are subject to editing for both space and clarity.
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The Devore sisters pride
themselves as absolute "experts" in all that pertains to
relationships. One of the Devore sisters, Gigi, is currently working on
a self help novel which she happily refers to as "literary cotton
candy". Her sister Mimi refers to it as complete "bunk"...
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