Merged in one only

I met Mario sixteen years ago. We were classmates in high school.  I liked to laugh about his jokes and he helped me out in English class. The graduation day was the last time I saw him. Seven years later, I got a forward with his e-mail address within the "to" addresses. I was surprised because it had been so long that I hadn't heard anything about him and besides, I wasn't sure that he was the same Mario González I knew. I wrote to say hi and very quickly I got a reply. 

Singleness and Real Estate

I've lately been thinking about that period of my life when I was single and there was not any perspective of marriage yet. I remember how difficult it was to have another birthday and keep being single.