Weblogs: The dangers of dating a lawyer

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Another great email from my law school friend. This one demonstrates the perils of dating an attorney. I myself have never dated a lawyer.

From: "Dana [redacted]"
Date: June 12, 2004 8:44:11 PM PDT
Subject: FW: Invoice 6/12/04

Just to give you an idea of what dating life is like in June 2004 -- This is an email I received from a guy who I went out with ONE TIME from Jdate -- No worries, I am definitely sending him a money order -- not a check with my home address on it!! Calgon, take me away!!

Subject: Invoice 6/12/04
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:15:59 EDT

Dear Dana:

On June 5, you agreed to accept dinner, paid for in full, by me, based on your stated offer that we would go out again. In that you have ignored all overtures to said follow up meeting, you are hereby considered in breach of contract.

To that end, you are being invoiced for 50% of the cost of the dinner,
pursuant to the offer. For the record, the offer presented you with the
option of not going out again and paying for half of the dinner, or going out again and not paying at all. You accepted these terms, choosing to go out again, as stated above, but have since failed to deliver your end of the agreement. In that this was merely a promise to meet, and not a promise to marry, the agreement is binding under New York law and does not require a written agreement (i.e. statute of frauds).

Furthermore, this is absolutely not a joke.

Your share is 50% of $74.51 which is a total of $37.25. Payment in full is expected within 30 days.

You may remit to:
Andrew [redacted]
[redacted] Greenwich Street, #4d
NY NY 10012