RestaurantsMeetsNet Pt. 01: Introduction
Please be aware that this story is a "slow burn" Romance, so if you are seeking a quick-gratification story, this is NOT for you.
However, it does include some scenes of incest.
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This whole part can be skipped, if you so wish, as it does not contain any of the story line, only an explanation of my basic concept for the story, and the angst that developed during its creation.
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This tale started out being an amalgam of two 'spirally/swirly' ideas.
The first was a kind of vague idea about people meeting up through a sort of internet dating system.
And as I thought around that concept, I was considering mechanisms, and about the "hows" something could be done; the "whys" were obvious.
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Then the memory of Mumsnet took hold of me. So, I looked in on Mumsnet, and got a general idea how they did things; even when they used abbreviations and acronyms that meant nothing to me -- AIBU being an example (Don't expect me to do ALL the work here -- try sussing it out for yourselves -- if you don't already know).
But my ideas coalesced to a general story line; and the name that appeared out of the dark background of the screen in my mind was -- Coug
a
rNet!
Searching the web showed that, at that time, it was already in use! For various things, including by University of Houston.
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OK, then ... how about Coug
e
rNet (replacing the 'a' with an 'e')? But that had also been used.
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So, I came up with a working-title, based on the expanded idea that I could use meetings in restaurants (etc.) as the leaping-off place for each chapter, with each chapter being an encounter. The advantage was that it could also be relevant for "Silver Foxes", as well as "Cougars".
Over the years (honest!) that this story has taken to develop, its title has gradually morphed into what it is now.