The last time he’d visited his sister, Jill and her husband Gary, Jill told him about a website which he should use to meet potential women and not feel committed. She said he should practice communicating with women. He wondered whether he would be obliged to have sexual adventures too but Jill said he could use email to find out what the women he chose wanted.

This had happened six months ago and he had written to a number of females and actually met half a dozen. He was attracted to trim, fit women. He discovered that, although shy, he managed to chat more easily than he’d expected. Perhaps it was because they too wanted to meet someone and share parts of their lives. In his experience women he approached in bars and night clubs were difficult to communicate with. They seemed to think me...

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