my wit........i've developed it over the years as i've been out and about and mostly it's about me. i can literally laugh so hard about myself that i cry......

here's another one........some friends in Ardmore, Oklahoma asked me if they could give this guy my e.mail address when i was on the ranch with Colleen. they said he was totally all right....

they said he had a profile on Match.com. i looked at it and he said he was 53 and the photo reflected that. so he wrote to me and we e.mailed for a few months and then he called me. i thought he sounded a bit older than 53, but decided not to be too cynical.

my daughter flew to London and since I was going to be in Dallas, he wanted to meet me and take me to dinner.........so, i dressed accordingly........

he drove up in a car that was almost held together with baling wire. THEN he got out.......he was a good 75 years old. had on khaki shorts, print shirt, hanging out and sandals.

i said i'll just drive myself to the restaurant as i will need to go back to the ranch asap.

we met at a very nice restaurant. we were seated. he started his life story in 1969. seems he ran marijuana from Mexico.

there was an elderly couple at the table next to us.......they had dyed bright red hair....in their 80s. they were leaning towards him as they appeared to be fascinated by his tall tales. i wasn't.

pretty soon i started wondering if i could slip my throat with my truck keys...................

four hours of it!! i couldn't excuse myself and go to the restroom and leave.....i'd have to walk right back by the table. in retrospect, he might not have noticed me.....he was so into himself.

"what you don't see, is what you get".....

Patty, i know i've joked about this but there is a serious thread running through the funny stuff. i think this shows why we do have self-esteem issues concerning relationships. it's a mess out there.........