A funny thing happened...

I got a mysterious facebook email yesterday. It was a name I didn't recognize: Laiali Singh. There was no picture, and virtually no information. The person wanted to be my friend. I started wondering if Berlin had caught on to my little stalking ploy, and was playing the same game. I was determined to outsmart him.

I emailed back.
"I apologize for being so rude but can you remind me where we know each other from? Was it through work? Sometimes people I have met through work contact me on facebook, but its something I prefer to keep personal."

A little later I got this response:

"Actually we did meet through work, but I understand you wanting to keep your Facebook personal, take care."

Now I am absolutely certain that I never met any Laiali Singh. Something is definitely up. And I didn't feel like letting it drop that quickly.

"Gosh, I really feel terrible, but I simply don't remember meeting you. And your name is so unusual I feel certain it would have stuck. Where do you work?"

To which Laiali replied:

"Oh this is so embarassing, but I think I must have mixed you up with another writefromtheheart. Take Care."

AHA!! Trying to back out of this aren't you?

"Oh no worries. I guess I like to think that I am the only writefromtheheart out there! I do have a friend named Belinda Singh in Berlin though - but I guess that's not you. Good luck!"

Now you might not know my *real name* but let's just say it's fairly unique. I can count on one hand the number of other women I have met face-to-face who share my name. I NEVER get mixed up with someone else. EVER. I also do not know anybody named Belinda Singh. I made that up. The point was it sounded a lot like the female version of Berlin's name, who is - as you know- living in Berlin. I figured if it was him he would realize that I had caught him.

The final reply:

"LOL. Take care!"

Ohhh. I so caught him. What else could he say to get out of this gracefully? Every word was digging him a bigger hole.

Now just for fun (and because I cannot let this go), I decided to send him an email from another fake email address that he doesn't associate with me. His email is just his initials followed by a number, so if he really had nothing to do with this, it would be easy to apologize, say I mistyped, and the email was meant for someone else. BUT I made sure, that if he really was the face behind Laiali, he would know it was me.

Belinda-
It was great to reconnect with you. Please tell Laiali I said hello! Hope all is fabulous in Berlin!
Solana


CHECKMATE. Do you think he'll ask for another game or throw the board at me?