A Blind Date Serenade

Why did it come to this? It's true that I'm over thirty and don't have a decided partner. It's true that... I'm somewhat of a coward and can't be very proactive... Yet suddenly my mother said to me: "If you remain alone, we won't be able to face our old age with peace of mind..." The person in the photograph my parents offered me was, in fact, the man—the very reason I had inadvertently come out right before graduating from university...