Reality Check

As Brian leafed through his notes, one of the other guests had a question.

"Do we both have to pick each other?"

"Yes. Your name must be on her list, and she must be on yours."

Brian went back to his room to decide which five ladies to choose. When he got there, he saw a folder on his bed. Inside the folder, he found pictures of all fifteen ladies with names on them. A little extra help for his decision.

Without looking at the pictures, he already had two or three in mind. He was not basing his decision on looks, but rather on personality and character. He also had to try to guess who would choose him. With that in mind, he leafed through the folder and eliminated the two most attractive ladies.

An hour passed, and Brian had it narrowed down to seven. He was wishing he could call a couple of them to find out a bit more about them. Alas, contact was forbidden until five o'clock. He already had four definites. It was the fifth he couldn't decide on.

Yet another hour passed, and still he could not decide. He had narrowed what was left from three to two. He tried flipping a coin to decide, but couldn't agree with the choice. 4:30 came and still no choice. The two had so much in common. How to choose? Finally, he chose based on who lived closer to North Dakota.

His decision made, he wrote down the five names. Roxanne DaRe was a twenty-seven year old pediatric nurse from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jennifer Harrison was a thirty-three year old store manager from Los Angeles, California. Tina Wright was a thirty-one year old secretary from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Amanda Stone was a twenty-eight year old EMT from Salt Lake City, Utah. The last name was Samantha.

Samantha returned to her room to decide on the five men to choose. She saw the same folder, only this one containing the fifteen men's pictures.

She had already chosen three from her notes. She set those three pictures aside to concentrate on the other twelve. She matched each picture to her notes.

From her notes, she eliminated five, narrowing it down to seven. From the pictures, she cut three more. Down to four, but she still had to cut two more. Brian was one of the four left to choose from.

As the time drew closer, she was still indecisive. After a couple drinks, her head was a bit clearer. Eventually, she made her final two cuts. Unfortunately, Brian was one of the two cuts.

She wrote down her five choices. Bradley Hewitt, a thirty year old stock broker from New York, New York. Patrick Holloway, a twenty-eight year old chiropractor from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Jeremy Lancaster, a twenty-five year old fireman from San Antonio, Texas. William St. John, a thirty-three year old tax accountant from Roanoke, Virginia. The last was Andrew Voytek, a thirty-five year old news reporter from San Diego, California. Andrew was the final choice over Brian.