An Irishman's guide to dating an American girl

In my carefree days I met at least one young Irish lady who was careful that all her dancing partners were Irish and NOT of another nationality. One night at the City Center Ballroom in the spring of 1969, a girl whom I asked to dance hesitated for a moment as she looked to her friend for guidance. Then her friend whispered: "You can dance with him, he's Irish", and we had a great dance together.

During my many years of bachelorhood I've had a few 'romances' with young ladies who were born on U.S. soild (which some like to think makes the full-blooded Americans). The first of these was when I was a teenaged greenhorn and the lady involved was of Stottish and Irish parentage. Itwas SHE who suggested -in a not subtle way thatb we go on our first date. Many years later I met my future wife, a New England native of the Methodist faith whose ancestors arrived in the mid-1600s. She had recently been widowed and she invited me "to have tea with her". To make a long story short, we married 2½ years later. I should alsio mention that in dating or in any other situation, I never felt the need for booze or any or any other mind-altering drug.