From “Checkbox Commitment,” my latest Jewish Week singles column…

In high school, my friends and I used to pass notes to each other. The notes could be anywhere from one sentence to several pages, depending on how prolific (or bored) we were feeling. Often, we talked about boys — who we liked, who we couldn’t believe liked us and who broke our hearts by telling us that they liked our friends. Occasionally, a note would read: “Do you like [name of boy]? Check one box.” You’d consider the boxes (“yes,” “no,” and “maybe”) and make a selection. That action of checking a single box was the ultimate commitment of the moment: it could determine your romantic pursuits for the foreseeable future.

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