The scene opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that he has been alone for five years. He has been assigned the task of leading a group of people to a beauty product fair, where he will meet new people. The narrator laments that he does not have a "steady girl friend" to help him in his quest for new acquaintances. He admits that he did not take any lovers after he broke up with his ex-lover. He says that they lived together for 5 years, but that they broke up, too, and that he is now five years since the end of their relationship