Matchmaker, Matchmaker

A few years prior to this event I joined a youth group sponsored by a family association in San Francisco’s Chinatown.  The group was created by my dad and a few of his friends. Due to a language barrier and possibly a hint of apathy of the members, I was actually voted into the executive board of the group. Here I met this soon to be married woman whom I thought I had a chance with had she not been joined to the hip with her fiancé.  During my tenure as president, she was voted as vice president and I became friends with her and her fiancé.

Nina and Michael were the ideal couple. As I watch their relationship blossom through the years I often wondered if I would ever have the bond they seemed to have developed. Their witty exchanges and the way they complimented each other, even during their little arguments, was something I wouldn’t mind having for myself. I guess it must have been evident to Nina since she approached me after one of the dinners prior to the meeting. When she had the chance to be alone with me on the way back to the association building, she started with the line “have I got the girl for you”. Apparently she had a similar line for a fellow co-worker during a special marathon run the two participated in. Nina’s co-worker and I agreed to a meeting at Nina and Michael’s condo. Nina’s co-worker lived in a unit in the same complex which made it easy for her to drop in.

The double date was to take place on the 24^th day in May.