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From: [email protected]
Subject: Internet dating
Dear Caro
What a shame about the deli folding. I know you loved that job. You must be really fed up, but your email about the personality test on that internet dating site really made me laughâgood to know you havenât lost your sense of humour in spite of everything that skunk George did to you! All I can say is that compared to Grandmèreâs matchmaking schemes, internet dating sounds the way to go. Perhaps we should swap lives??!
Lotty
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From: [email protected]
Subject: Swapping places
What a brilliant idea, Lotty! My life is a giddy whirl at the moment, what with temping at a local insurance company and trying to write profile for new dating site (personality test results too depressing on other one) but if youâd like to try it, youâre more than welcome! Of course, living your life would be tough for meâliving in a palace, having (admittedly terrifying) grandmother introducing me to suitable princes and so onâbut for you, Lotty, anything! Just let me know where and when and Iâll have a stab at being a princess for a change ⦠ooh, thatâs just given me an idea for my new profile. Who says fantasy isnât good for you???
Yours unregally
Caro XXX
PRINCESS SEEKS FROG: Curvaceous, fun-loving brunette, 28, looking for that special guy for good times out and in.
âWhat do you think?â Caro read out her opening line to Stella, who was lying on the sofa and flicking through a copy of Glitz.
Stella looked up from the magazine, her expression dubious. âIt doesnât make sense. Princess seeks frog? Whatâs that supposed to mean?â
âIt means Iâm looking for an ordinary guy, not a Prince Charming in disguise. I thought it was obvious,â said Caro, disappointed.
âNo ordinary guy would ever work that out, I can tell you that much,â said Stella. She went back to flicking. âYou donât want to be cryptic or clever. Men hate that.â
âItâs all so difficult.â Caro deleted the offending words on the screen, and chewed her bottom lip. âWhat about the curvaceous bit? Iâm worried it might make me sound fat, but thereâs not much point in meeting someone whoâs looking for a slender goddess, is there? Heâd just run away screaming the moment he laid eyes on me. Besides, I want to be honest.â
âIf youâre going to be honest, youâd better take out âfun-lovingâ,â Stella offered. âIt makes it sound as if youâre up for anything.â
âThatâs the whole point. Iâm changing. Being sensible didnât get me anywhere with George, so Iâm going to be a good time girl from now on.â
She would be like Melanie, all giggles and low cut tops and flirty looks. Melanie, who had sashayed into Georgeâs office and knocked Caroâs steady, sensible fiancé off his feet.
âI canât say what Iâm really like or no one will want to go out with me,â she added glumly.
âRubbish,â said Stella. âSay youâre kind and generous and a brilliant cookâthat would be honest.â
âGuys donât want kind, even if they say they do,â Caro said bitterly, remembering George. âThey want sexy and fun-loving.â
âHmm, well, if you want to be sexy, youâd better do something about your clothes,â said Stella, lowering Glitz so that she could inspect her friendâs outfit with a critical eye. âI know youâre into the vintage look, but a crochet top?â
âItâs an original from the Seventies.â
âAnd it was vile then, too.â
Caro made a face at her. With the top she was wearing a tartan miniskirt from the nine-teen-sixties and bright red pumps. She was the first to admit that she couldnât