{"id":8874,"date":"2009-05-04T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8874"},"modified":"2009-05-07T13:53:56","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T21:53:56","slug":"my-interview-with-elizabeth-fournier-author-of-all-men-are-cremated-equal-77-blind-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8874","title":{"rendered":"My Interview With Elizabeth Fournier – Author of ‘All Men Are Cremated Equal: 77 Blind Dates’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth’s book ends on a happy note — she gets married at age 37<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the timeline from Elizabeth:<\/p>\n

35 – dumped alcoholic fiance<\/div>\n
36 – started dating new fiance<\/div>\n
37 – engaged<\/div>\n
38 – married<\/div>\n
39 – pregnant<\/div>\n
40 – baby<\/div>\n

Luke: "Why do you think you didn’t marry earlier?"<\/p>\n

Elizabeth: "The right guy didn’t come along. I always had a boyfriend. I had about ten boyfriends for about a year each. I was always the woman who hung in the relationship for as long as possible to make things work until I got dumped and I got my heart broken. I never thought I deserved anything perfect. I thought you could work it out. I’ve dated all types of individuals. I didn’t marry because I didn’t have that feeling that it was the right person. All women I know who have a happy partnership or marriage, they all say the same thing, that person just feels right. It just feels like home. I never had that before."<\/p>\n

"Women are a little bit disposable in this society. My husband is seven-and-a-half years younger. I think he does truly desire and love me but hey, there’s always the chance that I’ll be looking really old in ten years and he might be looking pretty youthful. I hope that won’t be a problem."<\/p>\n

Luke: "I was thinking while I was reading your book that first dates are a horrible way to meet people as opposed to you happen to fall together doing an activity you both love."<\/p>\n

Elizabeth: "Yes. It felt like an interview."<\/p>\n