*previously: when Ian and Ingrid got kicked out // when Laney met Andreas // where Andreas went // Jessica's disappointing birthday
Laney was finally ready to date. She had spent two prime years of her life longing for an impossibility. She had built up Andreas in her mind as her ideal, her one and only, when in reality, they were only close for a couple of months. It sounded so silly when she thought about it that way.
So she would try to date. She'd already struck out with the local dating pool, which was full of married men and eighteen-year-old college students. No thanks. Next step, online dating.
Laney made herself a profile and sent it out into the world. She discovered that even a moderately attractive, bumbling woman would be flooded with responses within minutes. At first she was flattered until she read some of the messages and soon became annoyed. Ranging from the mildly lame, "Damn, you fine! Hit me up girl!" to a very detailed account of what exactly some Romeo would like to slide between her milky jugs.
Beyond that, Laney found three eligible bachelors. Ronnie messaged her first, but she thought him too forward and a bit smarmy. Darwin sounded nice, but came with a dead wife and nine-year-old daughter—Laney felt guilty for passing. Wesley was educated, well spoken, career-minded, and interesting, if maybe a little snobbish. Laney would rather deal with snobbish than vulgar.
So she wrote back to Wesley.
