Friday, February 15, 2013   Love Stories  May Valentine's Day
never, ever end: 50 Great American Love Stories, one for each
state of the country. And here are a few additional, not-great
love stories.  A man and a woman saw each other regularly at a
bar and both thought the other was attractive, but they were too
shy to say anything, and they worried a little that if things
didn't work out they'd have to give up the bar. But then one day
the man did go up to the woman, and it turned out they did get
along, so they traded information, and later he asked her out to
dinner. It went well, and then they went out again after that,
and they eventually slept together. Then it fizzled, and she
ended things. He was upset, because he'd liked her, but what are
you going to do. They didn't talk about who would "keep" the
bar, though, but then a couple weeks later they were both there
again. She was talking with a friend, and the man went up to say
hi. He didn't know what to say afterward, though, and neither
did she, and