Hypothetically

Let’s say that you have this dude’s business card.

And you did not obtain this dude’s business card.

One of your mother’s cronies obtained this dude’s business card because maybe your mother is concerned because you’re almost 30 and have no marriage prospects and she tells her crony this – possibly frequently – and then the crony, never being the type to shy away from a challenge, delivers. Delivers this dude’s business card. To your mother. Who delivers it to you.

Except that she doesn’t really deliver it to you. Mom shows it to you and the two of you look him up on Facebook (he looks nice and also not like he kills people or abuses animals) but she fails to actually give you the card.

But you remember his name because you’re really smart. So, you could Facebook him this week. (After polling the readers of your blog about what, exactly, you could say that would be both witty and charming and not awkward.)

Or you could wait until next week when you, serving in your role as Best Daughter Ever, are dogsitting and could scour the house until you find that damn business card. And then you’d have the option of calling him (you’re totally awkward on the phone, by the way) or you could email him (again with the help of your brilliant and awesome community of blog readers). All assuming you can find the business card. Which you probably can.

And, if not, your mother’s crony did make a backup copy because when she delivers, she really delivers.

But it kind of seems like you have a window of opportunity between when this card was obtained (approximately 10 days ago) and when you must contact him even though you’d maybe like to wait another couple of weeks so that you could forget about your indiscretions of the previous week and maybe get your hair done. Just in case.