The other title I was thinking instead of this Leonard Cohen's lyric was the
"Old man what the hell you gonna kill next? Old timer who you gonna kill next?"
anyway I chose the first; now let's explain myself.
My uncle is a 50 years old guy with two failed marriages on his back.
He works as an engineer in commercial ships; he travels a lot. He speaks english and spanish
but just enough to understand his colleagues and the flowers he meets in various ports.
(this is important for the story: I mean the language part). Lately he is very depressed, I guess
these two failures with the previous wives, the loneliness, and the lack of kids have
hit him hard. Now he tries to find company, someone to communicate on a dating site. I have to say
that this is not very common in my country and especially for someone in his age.
Here is how am getting involved in the story. Someone contacted him on this website; her name was Maria and
she works for the army. Maria (if she is real) seems very lonely but open to communicate and I guess that's
why she wrote him one big email, saying things about her life, her experiences, and asking questions.
She also sent a picture (that I didn't see). The problem was that my uncle didn't feel comfortable enough to
respond in English and he asked me to reply for him... And I mean to write the entire email by myself.
I don't have to say how awkwardly I felt when I heard this. But I then I thought that If I don't do it and
judge his request I would completely lose his trust so I wrote a mail response to Maria..
Since it's almost(?) science fiction I would post it also. In the email I speak like I am my uncle.. an engineer ..
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