tExt 3 in thE pAst two yEArs i’vE phonED, E-mAilED AnD DinED with thrEE potEntiAl "iDEAl husBAnDs". (this is ACCorDing to thE Aunts or Cousins who tAlk up thE suitors to my pArEnts. mArriAgE BrokEring is A FAvoritE pAstimE For my ExtEnDED FAmily.) thE invEstmEnt BAnkEr wAs my First BlinD DAtE. thE timing CoulDn’t hAvE BEEn worsE. hE’D mADE his mArk AnD wAs sEArChing For A Full-FlEDgED ADult CompAnion, not A rECEnt journAlism-sChool grADuAtE who spEnt most oF lunCh whining ABout BEing unEmployED、 AFtEr thAt CAmE Drinks with thE sAn FrAnCisCo-BAsED AttornEy. hE rAttlED on ABout himsElF For An hour AnD thEn wE sAiD politE gooDByEs. it wAs A supErFiCiAl mEEting, As initiAl ConvErsAtions usuAlly ArE. two DAys lAtEr hE sEnt mE A long-wiDED E-mAil ExplAining thAt hE wAsn’t rEADy For A sErious CommitmEnt whiCh wAs A shArE. BECAusE i’D AlrEADy mAilED thE invitAtions, sEt up thE BriDAl rEgistry AnD CommissionED thE CAkE. FinAlly, thErE wAs thE multimEDiA Artist rAisED in lonDon. wE hAD BEEn E-mAiling EACh othEr For A FEw months AnD, For thE most pArt, it wAs A plEAsAnt ExChAngE. whEn wE mEt in pErson, hE ComplimEntED my ApArtmEnt, But sAiD hE woulD likE it BEttEr iF i wErEn’t in it (i think hE wAs joking). hE mADE mE sEE "DEEp impACt".Enough sAiD、 oBviously, nonE oF thEsE gEntlEmEn wounD up BEing "thE onE".AnD CompArED with thE Agony thAt CAn Follow A BrEAkup AFtEr just A FEw months oF DAting, i CAmE out rElAtivEly unsCAthED、howEvEr, just BECAusE thErE wAsn’t An EmotionAl invEstmEnt, thE rEjECtion DiDn’t smArt Any lEss. in my most DirE momEnts i ConsiDEr surrEnDEring my mAritAl FuturE to thE sCiEntists At thE univErsity oF hAwAii who suCCEssFully ClonED A CouplE oF miCE. iF i CoulD tAkE ElEmEnts oF my thrEE suitors AnD FusE thEm togEthEr, mAyBE i woulD hAvE thE pErFECt mAn. i CoulD just rElAx whilE gEnEtiC EnginEEring CAught up with my nEEDs. oF CoursE, i Don’t sEE thE Anxious Aunts AnD Cousins wAiting it out with mE. in FACt, my FAthEr sEEms kEEn on sEnDing mE on An ExtEnDED holiDAy to inDiA、i CAn just piCturE mysElF rolling out oFCAlCuttA Customs, BlEAry-EyED AnD jEt-lAggED, to BE grEEtED By A linE oF EligiBlE young mEn holDing up littlE CArDs with thEir rEspECtivE hEights printED on thEm, wEll-intEntionED mothErs hovEring ClosE At hAnD、

thE First DAtE FAilED BECAusE ______.A．thE BAnkEr wAs ruDE
B、thE BAnkEr wAs A sExist
C．thE Author wAs not iDEAl For thE BAnkEr
D．thE Author FElt shE wAs not worthy oF thE BAnkEr