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Paul sat in front of his computer reading the webpage promising to deliver the love of his life. He pondered was he some sort of loser needing to use an online dating service to find a date. Every time he attempted to ask a girl for a date he would either panic, not ask for a date or ended up just making small talk until she would just walk away. He felt the same uneasy feeling welling up while sitting there contemplating whether he should join or not. He drew a deep breath, reached for his wallet, drew out his charge card and took the plunge.

He used the search feature to find ladies in his age range and within traveling distance of the town he lived in. Finally he came across an ad that asked "Do you like art and dusty old book stores?" As he read over "Petunia's" vitae he felt a flutter and knew this is a woman he had to meet. He nervously composed a short introduction e-mail saying he was interested and how he liked to visit museums had a love of art and old books. He read over the e-mail several times before clicking on the send button.

Over the next few days Paul would turn on his computer and his heart would beat rapidly as he would login to the dating webpage. He would let out a long sigh when he saw he had no mail. Each day he would stare at the computer screen and started to feel more of a loser than he already was feeling. He decided he would not login at all over the weekend when he shut of his computer that Friday night.

Saturday Paul decided to take a jog in the park on such a lovely spring day. Every where he trotted along the path were young men and women either jogging together, walking while holding hands or just lying in the grass together soaking up the warmth of the sun. His loneliness was beginning to become overpowering even while out in the daylight with other people around. He decided to sprint back to his apartment.

After showering, Paul turned on the CD player and loaded a few of his favorite soft rock tunes. The music only made him long even more to find a soul mate. He went to the pantry and pulled out a bottle of cabernet and poured himself a glass and walked back to the living room and picked up a magazine. As he turned to sit in the easy chair his eyes looked at the computer sitting there with a darkened screen. He remembered he promised himself he would not turn it on over the weekend. A wave of urgency washed over him and he could no longer resist as he tossed the magazine on the easy chair and pulled out the computer desk chair

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