goddess credentials

A couple of you made the observation on Tuesday's post that Zahava must be some sort of goddess after having been such a good sport about my shameless public leering at Caroline Glick's glamorous new headshot. 

Well, I've decided to give you another glimpse at Zahava's goddess credentials:

During our dating days, Zahava had many occasions to ask me the typical new couple question, "Tell me again how you know [so and so]?".  It is a testament to both her self-confidence and patience that she calmly accepted my unvarying answer, "Um, we used to date" without kicking me in the shins and simply walking away.

After awhile, whenever I would introduce her to anyone who happened to be female, Zahava started automatically asking, "Let me guess... you two used to go out, right?"

Before you get the wrong idea... it wasn't as if I cut such a huge swath through the population of eligible women in the greater New York area.  It's just that two opposite mathematical forces were being exerted upon my collection of friends:

1.  From age of 22 to 29 my circle of 'guy friends' was both small and static. Almost all of them were musicians... and my gig schedule in the evenings and on weekends didn't really lend itself to enlarging that social circle.  In fact I actually lost touch with some of the guys I used to be close with during this period because we didn't play for the same bands! So instead of being 'static', one could even say this group was actually shrinking.

2.  During that same period, pretty much the only social interaction I had outside of my small circle of musician friends was through dating.   Since I remained friendly with almost everyone I dated, my circle of female friends and acquaintances continued to steadily grow while my circle of male friends stayed static... or perhaps even dwindled. 

Net result:  I ended up with a disproportionately large number of female friends... and a relatively modest number of male friends.

I have to say that Zahava has remained a very good sport about meeting my ex's (thus the 'goddess' title).  But to be honest, my wife can't complain too loudly... since as I've written before, one of my old girlfriends introduced us!