Last night, after being inebriated at The Deen, and while winding down at Metro City, a stranger walked up to me.
Stranger: Are you Marcus?
Me: Yeah.
Stranger: I’m a reader – The Virgin Undergraduate.
The above didn’t sound as weird as it is to read. 
The V.U. is a long time reader and commenter. And my first reaction was, “Wow, HEY!” And he tells me that my post – “Dating, it’s character building” – struck a chord with him and was sort of influential with his actions recently with a girl.
As fond as I am of my own writing, heh … I don’t think of it as life-changing in any way whatsoever. So what he told me was probably the best compliment a blogger can get.
Prior to bumping into him, I was already enjoying myself a lot on my first night out since coming back from Singapore. The compliment ended the night on a high note. Nice bumping into you, the V.U. and thanks for the beer! And by the way, with regards to relationships, I’m still learning as I go along.
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no worries marcus. it was certainly that post that enboldened me with the reckless abadon to just tell her everything. thank you mate.
Anway, i blew it, and she flew back home for good this afternoon. despite all the farewell pleasantries about keeping in touch and how the friendship will remain the same, but i guess deep down inside we both know it can never be.
and yes, you might not have believed me last night when i told u it was my first rejection, it really was, cos’ that was my first ever confession =)
so technically when it comes to rejections, you are no longer a virgin. Like I said, at least you’ve told her and more or less resolved it. If not you’d be wondering “what if”. Now you can move on.
I had a freaky encounter in a bar with some guy who was totally eavesdropping on our conversation (I know, shut up, I love to eavesdrop too)
But my friend heard him say to HIS friend that “She must be that blogger chick”. Now seeing as how I was the only one out of my group who had a blog at the time, he must have been referring to me. Gah!
We took off after that. I’ve had the odd blog stalker and have no desire for another.
How awesome though that you inspired someone, and he related so much to what you wrote.
Steph: I agree that the whole stalker dynamics would change if it’s a female blogger and a male stalker. I hope that they didn’t mistake you for “Sam and the City” @SMH.
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