‘That’s code for people like me: not too tall but could lose a few pounds – or more than a few pounds.’ ‘You don’t need to lose any weight,’ said Jo automatically. ‘And there’s no box for bubbly. A lot of them work by psychometric testing. You answer a whole series of questions and they set you up with a group of guys. You don’t list your vital statistics. This whole dating thing has changed. It’s more scientific, less of the “GSOH, loves hamsters and old movies”. Although they do use photos.’ Yeah, right, huge change there, Coco thought miserably, remembering how fat her calves had looked that morning when she’d put on her favourite swing skirt and had twirled to see it from behind. How had she not noticed this before? Thirty years of living and her ginormous calves had hidden themselves from her, hiding in plain sight. Another flaw. No, she and her flaws weren’t ready for this. Using a dating site was asking for trouble.
