STILL HAPPY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

CATHLEEN AND RICH TODAY

Cathleen first appeared in TALES FROM THE FRONT in 1986. It was a column about bad lines and one really good one.

To recap: One night, Cathleen and a friend were hanging out at a bar, “two dateless wonders in our early 30s.”

“At 5:30 p.m., the place was empty. One young guy, clearly younger than us, circled. We figured he was working on his approach. Finally, he swooped in and said ‘You girls sure like to guzzle that wine.’ We sent him away with a ‘go work on your opening lines, son. You have work to do.’

“At 10 p.m., we were still there guzzling that wine. Now the place was wall-to-wall people, but not a soul had spoken to us in four and a half hours. Then I spied Mr. Peepers in a brown leisure suit (I am not making this up) spin through the revolving door. As he catapulted into the crowd, I said to my friend, ‘See that guy yonder? He’s going to find us.’ Sure enough, 10 minutes later, he had fought his way over. He was huffing and puffing, smoothing back the very thin hair on his head. His line: ‘You girls look like mountain climbers!’”

Cathleen’s luck needed to change and it did. She was walking into the dry cleaners. Rich was walking out. She saw him and was thinking, "Why don't I ever meet guys like that?" when suddenly he said the line to beat all lines:

"Aren't you Cathleen?"
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