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My brother calls inviting me to a benifit for a theater company Friday night-his girlfriend, Liz, knows the director. "It's a singles event," Henry says.
"Singles?" I say. I think of individually wrapped American cheese slices.
"There's some theme," he says.
"Desperation?" I suggest.
He holds the phone and asks Liz what the theme is.
I hear her say, "It's a square dance."
"A square dance?" he says, in a you're-kidding tone.
"Don't say it like that," she says. "Let me talk to her." She gets on the phone. "Jane?" she says.
"Hi."
"It sounds dorky," Liz says, "but I went last year and it was really fun!"
It occurs to me that I might not like fun.

fromA Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank