“Alice, I can’t come to another one of yours office parties! “  Bette said annoyed. She leaned back in her chair, resting her back.

“Why not, they are hit…come on Bette, don’t be such a puss…” Alice winced on the other end of the phone line.

“Because Alice…” Bette straightens herself…”I had slept with half of the employers and the rest of them hate me, because I hit on their girlfriends…”

 “You are getting old, that’s all…” Alice challenged her

“I’m not…” Bette said defensively…

“Anyway you know better, but still you’re getting old….hey, guesses what I got for Dana…” Alice said cheerfully…

“Um…a vibrator…?” Bette said chuckling.

“Fuck no…Porter stop thinking with your vajai-jai…Do you remember the other day, when we passed along this beautiful antique shop?”

“Yes…Oh no, don’t tell me…you didn’t!” Bette said in disbelieve

“Yes I did actually…I bought this beautiful 24 carat diamond ring for my girl…”

“You are insane…”               

“I’m in love…It’s our 3th anniversary” Alice said with smile on her face…”Maybe you should try too?”

“What, buying a diamond ring?”

“No potato head…dating…find someone enough brave to put up with your shit…”

“You know I don’t do this…dating thing. It’s a waste of time. To find someone and pampering them, then they’re taking all you got and running away with the fitness instructor…”

“Not all of them are like her you know…some of them are nice and gentle. They love you and cherish you because of you…you have to just find her. Sometimes the gold is where you don’t expect to be, you just have to dig…”

“Trust me I dig enough…in a lot of…” Bette starts but Alice cut her off

“No…god, shut up, I don’t want to know where you have been digging…”  

“Listen I got to go…I’ll call you if I change my mind…!” Bette said looking at the clock. It was near 6pm. too late to be at work but too early to go home. Alice was right; she desperately needed someone who would stay for breakfast, who will be there no meter what and will love her because of her….

“Ok…think about it…and don’t forget you aren’t 25 anymore…you need stability, Bette. Ground up, the fantastic sex on exotic places was good when you were… younger….”