A friend and I were talking at a cocktail party this week and he said
“Are you seeing anyone? I would like to introduce you to a friend at work”
I took him by the hand and said- “I can’t tell you how much I love that so much more than me saying to you
“Do you know anyone?”
My mom and I have been talking about how our whole lives we have known women who have said, within the first breath of a conversation, “Do you know anyone?”
And I think I might rather die than ever ask that to anyone who will listen.
Besides isn’t the question “Do you know anyone who would be my type? Who you could see with me, who you think is special and interesting and, hey -doesn’t this go without saying- is no longer married in any way”
It is never just “anyone”.
Do you know anyone sounds desperate and ready to sweep the floor with a big broom with hope that any dust kicking around down there might get picked up.
So if you ever hesitate to say this to me or any other single person – DON”T. It means in your busy life you have considered us well and thought of us for someone you like and hold in high regard.
If we are busy with someone, we will be flattered. If we are free, then it will be interesting.
Consider it a very UN- random act of kindness.