Sunday, February 17, 2008  What's the Difference?  Years before
my friend Bee divorced her husband she met a guy named Cary who
became her workout buddy.  They spent loads of time together
biking, running and otherwise training for races.  At the time,
Bee confessed to feeling attracted to Cary but she assured me
that they were just friends.  [I done told y'all that jest ain't
right!]  It's been about a year since Bee's divorce and when I
saw her last week she told me that she and Cary were dating.
"Oh, that's a SHOCKER!" I laughed.  "What do you mean?!" she
balked.  "C'mon, Bee. You've always been attracted to him. This
was inevitable... just a matter of time."  "I don't know," she
said.  She paused.  "He told some of our mutual friends that
we're dating and I was surprised that he said so, I mean,
there's not much difference between being his friend and
dating... if that is what we're doing. We're both seeing other
people too."  "Well," I probed, "have you been kissing Cary?
That would make it different."