“Susan, I hardly know how to ask you to forgive all that you just saw. She…, well let’s just say that her drinking is a second generation proble.... Her dad was a big drinker and I thought we’d dodged that bullet; but for the past couple of years… “ his voice trailed off. “Please don’t apologize to me Mac,” Susan said with genuine concern in her eyes and her voice. “Every family has its problems; I’m just sorry for you that this problem is in yours. I’m a good listener if you’d like to talk,” she. ..So the day came and we meet, it was pretty awkward - trying to find conversations, but we managed and enjoyed the meeting - we both had to go, but we did say we will catch-up again. A few weeks passed and I offered to have a coffee again, so we did. This time we were both relaxed, we talked for about an hour and he said he like to share some photos of his wife. So we went off to his house, I was thinking that the photos were just an excuse. When we got to his house, he said his wife would be. I contacted an old friend of mine, she was open-minded and I explained her the situation. She agreed right away, also excited about it and she provided us with the means and the room for a first blind date or date in the dark, limited to feeling each other. I arrived in her house first … talked with her for a while, then she helped me to get ready for our date. I took off all my clothes and she put a blindfold over my head so that I couldn’t see anything anymore. I didn’t know what she thought. Jeanne m'expliqua, calculs ? l'appui, que toutmon salaire avait d?j? ?t? d?pens?. Compte tenu du fait que j'?taisnourri et log?, je ne devais pas toucher une somme tr?s importante,et tout avait ?t? d?pens? en v?tements et le?ons pour mon permis deconduire... J'?tais un peu choqu?, mais voyant les comptes, je comprenais.Malgr? ma d?ception, je dus m?me remercier Jeanne d'?tre si g?n?reuseavec moi!Dans les jours qui suivirent, je surprenais souvent Jeanne ouVal?rie en train de discuter avec.