Thanks for taking the time…

I’ve wanted to know you for months now, and recently finally got the chance. We have so much in common and I feel like we could be great friends but I am afraid to trust you for fear of getting burned, as I have been in the past. I hope you read this because I can’t tell you this without sounding cliche – but I feel like we are two shy people trying to be careful, and I hope that we can overcome this cautiousness and create a beautiful friendship. —From your new-found friend

This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2010.