I was up working till the wee hours of the morning once, when I decided to hop onto match.com before retiring. I figured it might clear my mind.
I was surprised at the amount of winks I received. (I’ll explain this later.) One was from a guy in NY who was born and raised in Paris. Cool! We emailed back and forth briefly, until I began to smell a rat. He started to tell me how wonderful I was and then intimated something about needing money for his daughter’s operation.
He wanted to call me. This should be fun.
Me: ok. Here’s my number. ###.###.####.
Jean-Paul: Wonderful, I’ll call you right now. (He was so enthused! Much like a telemarketer when they are about to get a close.)
Phone rings.
Moi: Bonsoir Jean Paul. C’est tres gentile a faire vote connaisance. Ca vas? (Evening Jean Paul nice to meet you! )
Jean Paul: Hello!
Moi: Qu’est-ce que vous faites ce soir? (What are you up to this evening? )
Jean Paul: Um…hold on. We have a bad connection. Let me get my daughter on the phone.
Moi: Pourquoi? Je voudrais Parler avec vous! (Why? I’d like to talk to YOU! 😉 )
Jean Paul: (stammering) Just wait!
Moi: But I thought you were born and raised in Paris?
Jean Paul: I’m not feeling very well. I’ll call you right back and you can talk to my daughter.
???
Phone rings.
Moi: Bonjour
Jean Paul: Here is my daughter. She speaks French.
She said hello and began to tell me that she is ill and need money for an operation. She also sounded like she was about 25 years old. That all makes perfect sense. Particularly her French African accent. I’ve been down this road before.
I laughed and hung up.
The funniest thing about this was, he actually thought that enlisting a woman who speaks French would mean his cover wasn’t blown!!
FYI, if you’re in the U.S., be careful with online dating late at night. You might as well be throwing out a net to “catfishers” (aka scammers). They’re in a different time zone (Nigeria or Ghana) and see you as desperate. They come out at night (like rats or cockroaches) necaisr it is morning for them.
I won’t apologize if that sounds harsh. They wreak havoc with some people’s lives and never look back.
NANODATING the blog... 
Good on you for calling his bluff!
I actually enjoyed it. I also love to using my French whenever possible.
I’ve been swamped trying to pull all the little “career seedlings” that I’ve planted, together. I’m taking a bath right now, wishing I could read your book on my phone. (My baths are never shorter than an hour. I’m a very dirty girl. 😉 Actually, I’m just an Aquarius nerd who loves the water.
Please send me a link to your ebook on here so I can get it! That way, if anyone reading this wants to buy it, they can use the link as well.
I wish I had more opportunities to practise my French… Or what little of it I still remember!
As requested. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5OU2CQ/?tag=theoffiinbe-20
Sorry, I thought that you’d already downloaded it after my most recent post? Let me know what you think!
No. I didn’t see the link. But I’ve been preoccupied. Can’t wait! In in bed right now. But will do it tomorrow. Alors, bonsoir Mon ami. 😉
How’s it selling? Are you happy? Gonna try and shoot you an email. Lots to say. I’ve got to write a show for Thursday night. But after that I will bore you with my antics.
It’s great to finally have it out there and know that people are reading (and hopefully enjoying) something that I created. But I definitely don’t think I could make a career out of writing unfortunately…
Not sure about sales to be honest. As I don’t have access to any of the figures. I think it’s going OK though.
Good luck with the show.
Thanks! I wouldn’t project that. Things change. ..All the time! !!!