Love with the Proper Stranger

Have you ever seen the movie Love with the Proper Stranger with Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen?  She’s a Macy's clerk and he is a musician.  They have a one-night stand and she gets pregnant.  She tracks him down.  He doesn’t remember her at first.  She wants his help in finding someone who could perform the abortion.  This is 1964 and abortions were illegal, but attainable if you knew a guy who knew a guy.  They spend the majority of the movie trying to raise money for the abortion. There are moments in the film when their defenses are down and they look at each other and they see possibilities.  They are kind and considerate to each other.  It’s not an easy relationship considering how it started, but they demonstrate that even strangers can exhibit humanness, frailty, and compassion to each other.  It's the movies.  Of course they fall in-love.  It’s Steve McQueen!  Handsome, adorable smile, t-shirts and turtle necks.  I’m not exactly sure what a “proper stranger” is.  All people who are on-line seeking partners are looking for that humanness.  Someone to validate them.  Someone to say, "Yes, you are worthy of love."  The men I've met on-line are strangers and at times my desire for human connection has clouded my judgment.  I see what I want to see and have ignored the signs of deceit.  Thank goodness for my friends who looked out for me and pointed out the truth when I was too naive to see.