"What you could try,' said Rosa, 'is answering a few ads.'
Hetty sipped a diet drink. 'I had thought about it. But what sort of sad geeks put ads in newspapers? Or answer them, come to that?'
'Geeks like you,' said Rosa robustly. 'Have you any idea how many people there are like you out there, Het? Single but not satisfied with being single? Men and women. Men especially. Thousands of them. It's a modern phenomenon."
'I'm not dissatisfied. Pass me that paper.' She turned to the page.
Rosa pointed. 'How about: "Educated male, divorced, blue eyes, slim, good appearance, tactile, sensual, wide interests, WLTM- that's would like to meet - similar, very warm female, for fun times" ?"
Hetty grimaced. 'Tactile and sensual, eh? Wants a very warm female - what's the code there?'
'Making it clear. He wants sex.