Confessions of the Lovelorn #113

A British aristocrat and an American soldier from Brooklyn seem like oil and water—she despises loud, boastful Americans, and he's exactly the type she can't stand—but when they're thrown together at a grand dance, assumptions begin to crack. As Lady Diana discovers there's more to Corporal Joey Simpson than his brash exterior, both must confront what they thought they knew about each other and their countries.

Betty Jane, a lonely newcomer to the city, reluctantly accepts a blind date arranged by a coworker—and the disastrous evening with the brash Joe leaves her swearing off such meetings forever. When an intelligent new friend named Alice offers to set her up with someone from her own cultured circle, Betty Jane's doubts give way to hope, and a second chance at a blind date with Ted Andrews becomes something entirely unexpected.

When Dotty meets a promising new guy and gets romantic advice to play it cool, she takes "casual" to heart—treating their first date with studied indifference, even as he pulls out all the stops to impress her. But dismissing his efforts and acting unimpressed might not be the winning strategy her friend promised.

Larry's search for the perfect woman takes an unexpected turn when he realizes his ideal match resembles his mother more closely than he'd care to admit—a realization that becomes awkwardly apparent when he brings his new wife home to meet his boss in "Just Like Mother!" This wry 1960 tale from *Confessions of the Lovelorn* #113 playfully explores what happens when a man's exacting standards about beauty and brains lead him straight into the arms of domesticity, only to land him in a hilariously uncomfortable dinner party.

A timid florist in New York has quietly pined for the handsome Dr. Chester March as he makes his regular flower orders for another woman—until she encounters him at a Colorado sanitarium, where they become the only young people around and he begins to show genuine interest in her. As their connection deepens over stolen moments and dancing, she dares to hope he might finally be hers, but a chance overhearing threatens to shatter everything she's allowed herself to believe.