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In any case, he can show off his dinner table manners by eating slowly with his mouth closed, he thought.

Joe instinctively began to put small morsels of food in his mouth and then would lay down his cutlery and then look up at Karen, this he did almost repetitively.

“So”, Joe started saying, brimming with a sense of renewed confidence as he rested his arms on the edge of the table.

“What kind of things do you like to do… do you like to listen to music…”.

Karen looked up and smiled, “yes, I do, but don’t get the chance to listen to that much music”.

Joe mused for a while and understood what she meant.

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“Yes, I know what you mean, you get a sudden burst of energy to listen to music but you just cant seem to keep it going like others can.

They can have music plugged into their ears all day long and have music while they work. I can’t seem to do that”.

“Yes, exactly”, said Karen with some enthusiasm and a nod.

“It has its place when you want to, just like TV”.

“Do you like watching movies, what kind of movies do you like”, Joe continued just to keep the conversation going.

“My favorite movie of all time, which I saw the other day, The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews”.

“For some reason, I could watch that movie a thousand times and never get bored”.

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Joe thought for a moment, because he knew people’s interest and taste in movies can music can reflect something of their own inner character.

He thought it was very fitting that Karen should like this movie, just because her personality was of a child-like innocence and a strong connection to the family affairs.

“I am guessing..”, Joe paused for a second, “that you are more close to your father”.

Karen looked at Joe in amazement and blurted, “wow, you can tell this, just by knowing me this short time!”

Joe realized he scored a brownie point here, it was a matter of guess on his part but somehow deep inside he felt this was the case with Karen, but he didn’t know why.

He on the other hand was more close to his mother.

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Joe pictured in his mind that Karen’s father was an exceptionally loving person towards her and her mother was a little bit aloof and cold.

He wandered for a second how these thoughts suddenly popped into his head but he had always believed in the ‘spiritual and unknown’ forces all around us.

In fact he had some theories of his own but he knew it was a subject matter that most people would dismiss in an instant.

His mind went back to Karen and decided to interject, “well it was a 50/50 chance guess of getting it right”, he said while smiling.

Karen smiled back and said “So who are you closer to, then”.

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“Actually, I am closer to my mother”, said Joe and continued, “could you tell that about me?”, looking curiously at Karen as he spoke.

Joe thought for a moment how Karen would respond to this, because Joe always liked touching on the subject of character analysis, he found the subject very interesting.

“Not sure, because I am the only sibling in the family, I don’t have a brother to help me compare”.

It was not the question that Joe was expecting but nevertheless it was an intelligent response, the thought.

“Tell me”, Joe started, “what do you think of the website that we just met, are you having any luck with Jumpdates.com”.

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