29 Signs of Compatibility

David met Sarah online. It was on one of those online matchmaker sites, the ones where you had to answer over a hundred questions about yourself. Are you a morning person? Do you like animals? Is sex important to you?

He didn’t really know anything about online dating. He just signed up one evening after he found out via an office-wide email that Charlotte, the really sweet brunette from Accounts Payable, was having a wedding shower. He never did notice that ring on her finger. He never did talk to her, at all.

David figured he would give it a shot. “29 Signs of Compatibility,” right? This had to be a Sure Thing.

He contacted the first person that came up on the list. Sarah, he thought. She seemed nice. 28 out of 29, according to the results. So he sent her a message.

They corresponded for weeks. She seemed sweet, smart, and funny. She sent a photo of herself, and David liked what he saw.

It all happened so quickly. She travelled to meet him, and they had sex that first night. Soon they were married, during a sudden spontaneous jaunt in Las Vegas.

Sarah brought David to meet her family the week after. Instead of meeting him with suspicion and skepticism, her parents welcomed him, glad to finally meet their new son-in-law.

“Hey David, meet my sister Charlie that I was telling you about,” said Sarah.

David turned around, and his eyes opened wide.

“Hi! I’m Charlotte, but the family calls me Charlie.”

He discovered the missing 1 out of 29. And it would make him hate her for the rest of their married lives.