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I wonder if I should ask her out?

How do I bring it up?
        Where do I ask her to go?
What if she is not as interesting as she looks?
        I really don't know anything about her!
What if I like her, do I really have time for a girlfriend now?
        I don't think so,
                but I really want a loving companion!
What if this desire for romantic companionship
        is hiding the fact that I really don't want          to date her?
What if after the first date,
        or after we get into a serious committed relationship,
I discover that this relationship is not the right one,
then how do I tell her?
That is always so messy!
How will I know if it is real love?
How will I know if she is the one to spend the rest of my life with?
What if it gets into all that argument, struggle, and pain?
What if she does not want to go out with me?
What if she rejects me here in front of everybody?
That will be so embarrassing!
What if she says maybe,
then always finds an excuse not to?
I hate it when they do that!
What if we do go out and I really like her,
or fall in love with her,
then she does not want to go out with me any more?
That will really hurt!
I do not like the way she does her hair anyway.

The first five seconds are always so noisy.