Could George Costanza Have Avoided the Telephone Time Waster?
What’s up, Doc! I read your articles every week in askmen.com and I consider myself a follower of The “System.” I wonder if you could help me out. My brother’s girlfriend told me about this girl she works with. She told me that we had a lot in common, including the fact that we live in the same city. She sounded great, so I told my brother’s girlfriend to give her my phone number. The following evening, she called me. We seemed to hit it off right away. Things went great at first. Her Interest Level was high. I had what George Costanza from Seinfeld called “hand” – she would call me at least two times a day while I would call her every other day. Things went great until the one time I waited three days to call her, thinking that this was the way to go. When I asked her how she was doing, she said angrily, “You’d know if you’d call me.” From then on, I called her every day. My problem is this: it feels as though I have lost “hand.” We’ve been talking for two months now, but I feel that
