1. With someone who lives overseas (or way across town)
2. With someone who lives directly across the street
3. With someone you met at traffic school who cannot afford anymore points on their license
4. With someone who is married, or as they like to write on Match.com, “separated, and waiting for the divorce to become final.” (yeah, right!)
5. With someone your mother wants you to meet
6. With your Shrink
7. With the Rabbi in Florida who presided over your father’s funeral
8. With the fix up from the friend who knows a friend who knows a friend who knows you
9. With the UPS delivery person
10.With your ex (for a good reason) whom you tracked down on Facebook
I should know. I’ve tried most of them. Have you? Please add to the list.
Illustration: It’s Right to Draw Their Fur [1]by Dave Eggers