A few days ago I placed a personals ad. The following email exchange then took place:
QuoteOn 8/2/11 12:58 PM, Easy Duzit <eduzit714@gmail.com> wrote:
Is it OK if I am tall, dark, handsome and well hung?
I am 6' 3" and about 235.
Do you like massage and erotic massage as well as the other activities you listed?
Let me know if you are interested.
EZ
QuoteOn Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Hi! Yes, it is OK. :) Tell me more about yourself... age, location and marital status? :) Here are a couple of me.
QuoteOn 8/2/11 2:04 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> Hi [Nigel's real name],
>
> From the description I thought that this might be you. I almost answered the post with your name. I hope that you are feeling better than when last we spoke. You look younger. :-)
>
> Since I do have a sense of what you are looking for and know a bit about you, I will get right to what I wish to offer you.
>
> Loving touch in the form of massage
> Affirmation of your beauty (not in a rote way, but you will definitely know)
> Careful and expert attention to your physical wants and needs (I will check in as we go along)
> Plenty of space to sort out the rest of your life when you need it
> Someone to talk to who will listen attentively and speak from the heart
> A graceful and loving exit if and when the time comes
>
> and a beer...
>
> Let me know if you have any interest....
>
> No is a fine answer. Yes would be the one I prefer.
>
>
> Tony
At this point I am thinking this is a guy named Tony that I went on one date with right after my breakup, who was really nice but I was in no place to be dating so I didn't see him again. I am slightly thrown by the... weirdness... but figured he seemed pretty great when I met him before, so why not go on another date?
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:21 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Hi Tony! Yeah, I lied about my age; figured I might as well, since everyone is always surprised by my real age. :) I am gradually recovering from my heartbreak, but not quite enough to want to date "for real" yet.
But, yes, I would be interested in spending time with you...
QuoteOn 8/2/11 2:27 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> I was not calling you on that beautiful. I was just teasing you a bit. Calendar age is clearly the lie where you are concerned.
>
> Beer first or would you prefer to sip one while I rub the tension away?
>
> Are you near Lloyd Center? I thought you were west of town for some reason.
>
> I live near Mt. Tabor.
QuoteOn Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:33 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
I'd actually like to just meet up for a beer first, to re-establish a rapport... perhaps Thursday? Did you move from the SW area? I thought you were way out there, Tabor isn't so far. I'm midpoint between Alberta Arts and Lloyd.
QuoteOn 8/2/11 2:36 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> No, I have lived in my house for 10 years.
>
> Thursday is good for me. I will probably be on my bike if the weather is good.
>
> I am happy to ride out your way some on the way home if you have a place in mind.
QuoteOn Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:53 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Hey! You are not the Tony I thought you were. :) I met a guy named Tony about five months ago and had a really nice time, but was too much of a wreck over the situation with my off-and-on-ex to even try to date so I've been waiting. I've never actually met you, have I?
That's OK, I will on Thursday. :)
QuoteOn 8/2/11 4:08 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> I was going to spare you this but you stood me up the day after your birthday on a lunch date.
>
> It was clear that you needed some time and space.
>
> No hard feelings and I am glad that we reconnected.
>
> But yes... we have never met.
QuoteOn Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:15 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Did I ever get a face picture of you? Can I get one before we meet, please? Simply because I am skeptical of men who won't show me what they look like...
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On 8/2/11 8:26 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> Please read our previous email thread if you have not done so. It was associated with your email address [nigel@nigelshouse.org].
>
> If you decide that you do not wish to meet me on Thursday, please give me as much prior notice as possible so that I can make other plans.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
QuoteOn Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:02 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
I only have my side of the conversation in my sent mail folder, and not yours (although reading through what I sent you, I did at least discover that I didn't stand you up, but sent you an email cancelling that morning) and it looks like you didn't send me a face pic then either? I must have really been falling apart! I normally wouldn't make a date with anyone whose face I hadn't seen. And other details, like age, marital status, etc.
When we were conversing earlier today I was thinking you were the Tony I met in March... but you're not, so that changes things a bit. :)
Anyway, if you can provide me with those, great, if not, I'll cancel and wish you luck in your search!
QuoteOn 8/2/11 10:03 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> I think that you are probably more trouble than you are worth.
>
> Good luck
QuoteOn Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:10 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Yeah, I'm awfully picky. :) Thanks, good luck to you as well!
QuoteOn 8/2/11 10:13 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> Being selective is good. That is not what I am talking about.
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On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:17 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
And I bet you're a senior citizen. Sorry, elderly douchebags don't make the cut. I have enough dates lined up for now that I don't feel any need to deal with manipulative shitfuckers like yourself, so go take out your dentures and choke on a dog dick, grandpa. :)
QuoteOn 8/4/11 2:34 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> I had a feeling that you had a really unstable ugly side, but I do like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I see that there isn't any doubt at this point.
>
> I am probably the nicest person that has emailed you. I am exactly what I say I am. I can see that this has not been your experience previously.
>
> I can also run rings around you even without an ACL in my right knee (blew it up 4 weeks ago). I am 8 years, 1 month and 8 days older than you.
> There is something about your persona that attracted me. I particularly liked that you worked with glass in the way that you do. I am sorry that life has kicked you in the teeth as many times > as it has.
>
> I hope you find a nice person who treats you well.
>
> Go in peace.
>
> Tony
QuoteOn 8/4/11 3:00 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
That's not my ugly side... that's my "laughing at random internet creep who lied about me standing him up and thinks I'm too much trouble because I wanted to know his age, marital status, and what he looks like" side.
As for the nicest person who has emailed me... no. So far, the information I have shows that you're a Craigslist regular, are dishonest (lied about me standing you up), manipulative (went for the overly-familiar approach, when that didn't work went for the negative hit approach) and evasive (won't give age, marital status, or show face) all of which are red flags for you being an old, ugly, married rapist who trolls Craigslist constantly looking for younger women he can trick into meeting at bars where he can slip them a roofie.
And one big reason my life is quite lovely is because I listen to my intuition on these things. I'd rather be wrong than put myself in a bad situation.
Just thought I'd do the public service of letting you know that, other than the occasional low-self-esteem trainwreck, that's how you come across to women. And that's why, while I have a raft of handsome 30-somethings to meet and will be hiking Mt. Adams with a steady within a month, you'll still be on Craigslist trying pathetically to cheat on your wife.
And remember, I have nothing to hide, but I do have your IP address. :)
What a creep.
:mittens:
:lulz:
I'd have shut his ass down on the first dick-and-erotic-massage email.
Nigel toys with them and mangles them slowly, like a cat. :lulz:
Yeah, the massage and erotic massage in the very first message kind of made me go :vom: .
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 12:40:49 AM
Yeah, the massage and erotic massage in the very first message kind of made me go :vom: .
Damn... I'm great at both, but I wouldn't even
go there on a first email....
I like that he offered massage AND erotic massage.
Can you imagine the first date, going along with the masterplan:
"You like that?"
"Oh yeah, that's great!"
Hands move more...erotically.
"Um, no thanks I'd like to stick with the non-erotic massage."
"Well, I figured..."
"Shaddup. And could you work my SCL a little harder? I've been on the computer a lot this week."
"Ok."
IT GETS BETTER! :lulz:
QuoteCanceling the day of a date in a weird way, not remembering sending the first email and sending me another email later counts as standing me up from my perspective. You got hammered the night before and could not make our date. Maybe I should call it flaking out instead. You have a point.
I am 48. It is fine if you want 30 somethings. That is not me. On the other hand few if any are my equal at what I do well. My 30 something self was outstanding. My 40 something self is better. There is a stage of development in our 40s where men start to literally see the world differently. There is a new and different appreciation for beauty that was not possible before. There are subtleties to what we know and understand that we were not capable of previously. Your 30 somethings may grow into this.
I do use the CL forum as do you. You answered my ad in the first place because what you were looking for at the time looked something like me and yes I am a pervert that you could introduce to the family. I am pretty sure you are as well.
We have exchanged more than 40 emails. I have looked into what you do a bit. I am very good at understanding others and how they think so I am somewhat familiar with you.
I usually do not spend this much time chatting via email. Usually I just meet a person for coffee or a drink within a very few emails. We can usually tell in 10 to 20 seconds if this is a thing or not. I am not to everyone's taste. Not everyone is to mine. I am to some. I have dated women from late 50s to 19 over the past few years. A few have been traffic stopping. Some have been less so. They all had something that I liked about them. The 19 year old was a special case about four years ago sent to me by another gf in her 30s. She just wanted to learn to have a good orgasm and how to teach her boyfriend how to give her one. I saw her about 10 times. The last couple of times she brought her boyfriend. The late 50s now 60 woman is still a friend, but she has a new husband. I held her hand during cancer and helped her feel safe with men again. She was in a 30 year very abusive marriage. I think that these were the only really vulnerable women that I have seen. Most of them just wanted someone who is warm, good company and good at sex. I left them all better off and happier than I found them except one. She fell in love with me. I still have deep feelings for her. I was not willing to bring her child into my house as he would terrorize and make my son miserable. She agrees that this would happen and understands. My son will be at home another ten years. I let her go to find someone she can build a life with. Neither of us is over this.
I only know what a roofie is (is that how you spell it?) because my last gf got me watching Dexter.
I am not cheating on my wife. I would be happy to introduce you to her. I introduce all of the women that I date to her. She is life long friends with a few of them. She is fabulous in her way. We have been separated for 5 years. We own a house together and some other things and are not in any hurry to do the divorce paperwork. We are still very close friends and do a lot of things together. Today is our 21st wedding anniversary. I do not think that we will have a 22nd as I am hoping to sell the house next year and be able to do a clean financial split. If not, neither of us are terribly concerned. We have two children. I have a daughter in college. I do hope that the men in her life treat her the way that I treat the women in mine and that she is happy.
I am pretty sure that your relationships with your exes are not such that you can double date. :-)
I had a third date for lunch with a very nice woman today. I am probably off the market for the present.
I find that CL works well for me. I have had some adventures along the way and have met some very nice people. I have met others that are not as nice. From my perspective it is mostly about eliminating people that I do not want to be with or do not want to be with me. I think that we have done a good job of this.
I do wish you well. If I see you around, I will introduce myself. Please don't hit me or use words like shitfucker. :-)
There is enough, love, sex and good things in the world for all of us. I do hope you get what you are looking for.
I can guarantee that you do not have my IP address. I have been a network engineer for more than 20 years. You are funny though.
Your IP address claim made me decide to hack you a bit deeper. You might want to consider your own information security. The below took me less than three minutes. Most people could probably get this in less than an hour.
[Nigel's address and former phone #]
Please do not freak out on me, but it is probably best if you clean up a few things. That was really too easy.
Tony
:aaa:
Holy fucking creeper from the nth dimension.
KILL IT WITH FIRE.
What an asshole.
I like how he insinuates that you don't have any exes that you are friendly enough with to go on doubles dates with.
And yeah, totally agree with Alty. CREEPER, KILL IT WIF FIRE.
Also stalking ftw. :horrormirth:
QuoteFrom my perspective it is mostly about eliminating people that I do not want to be with or do not want to be with me. I think that we have done a good job of this.
QuoteFrom my perspective it is mostly about eliminating people that I do not want to be with or do not want to be with me. I think that we have done a good job of this.
QuoteFrom my perspective it is mostly about eliminating people that I do not want to be with or do not want to be with me. I think that we have done a good job of this.
The fact that he remembers being stood up by her - if that indeed what it was, and he considered her sending of an e-mail to be... not cancellation? what? - and then went out of his way to tell her what she was missing, that he normally doesn't go out of his way like this to talk to women, that he dated anywhere from 19(!) to 50s (as if AGE has anything to do with anything, other than make guys look like creepers if they don't have anything in common and so on), continues to insult Nigel, AND THEN GOES PI HUNTING, all of that, is just... I mean, I can't even put a name to that.
If Roger is the King of Nutterville, Nigel must be the Dark Empress of CREEPY STALKERS.
Full on TOTAL creeper. Ew.
I congratulated him on "hacking" me, as my address and land line are POSTED ON MY WEBSITE. And in the phone book. Any fucktard who knows my first name can find my address in seconds.
Also, there was some irony to his insinuation that I'm not friendly with my exes, because at the very moment I received that email I was sitting in my ex's back yard, drinking a beer and telling him about this creeper.
:lulz:
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 05:35:45 AM
The fact that he remembers being stood up by her - if that indeed what it was, and he considered her sending of an e-mail to be... not cancellation? what? - and then went out of his way to tell her what she was missing, that he normally doesn't go out of his way like this to talk to women, that he dated anywhere from 19(!) to 50s (as if AGE has anything to do with anything, other than make guys look like creepers if they don't have anything in common and so on), continues to insult Nigel, AND THEN GOES PI HUNTING, all of that, is just... I mean, I can't even put a name to that.
If Roger is the King of Nutterville, Nigel must be the Dark Empress of CREEPY STALKERS.
I think I am. I remember getting my first one when I was 13, and I've had several per year since then.
Oh also, he lied about his age. He's 49 and works for Foley & Lardner. His middle name is *retracted*.
He must think I'm terribly stupid.
It's all good, Nigel. One day, when we're neighbors, I can be your crazy stalker. Better it be someone you know you can trust, rite?
DIMO CAN HAZ UR ADDRESS AND IS SNEAKING THRU UR GARBAGE CANS
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 05:41:01 AM
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 05:35:45 AM
The fact that he remembers being stood up by her - if that indeed what it was, and he considered her sending of an e-mail to be... not cancellation? what? - and then went out of his way to tell her what she was missing, that he normally doesn't go out of his way like this to talk to women, that he dated anywhere from 19(!) to 50s (as if AGE has anything to do with anything, other than make guys look like creepers if they don't have anything in common and so on), continues to insult Nigel, AND THEN GOES PI HUNTING, all of that, is just... I mean, I can't even put a name to that.
If Roger is the King of Nutterville, Nigel must be the Dark Empress of CREEPY STALKERS.
I think I am. I remember getting my first one when I was 13, and I've had several per year since then.
This further confirms my theory that a best friend of mine is a young Dark Empress herself.
Quote from: Cuddlefingers on August 05, 2011, 05:51:00 AM
It's all good, Nigel. One day, when we're neighbors, I can be your crazy stalker. Better it be someone you know you can trust, rite?
:lulz:
If you google eduzit714 you quickly find that he is a member of at least a couple of "escort" forums. So he frequents prostitutes. Charming.
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:01:55 AM
If you google eduzit714 you quickly find that he is a member of at least a couple of "escort" forums. So he frequents prostitutes. Charming.
:lulz:
Such a winner.
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 05, 2011, 06:03:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:01:55 AM
If you google eduzit714 you quickly find that he is a member of at least a couple of "escort" forums. So he frequents prostitutes. Charming.
:lulz:
Such a winner.
Clearly, he has awesome of such magnitude that I should be regretting not going out with him.
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:05:18 AM
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 05, 2011, 06:03:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:01:55 AM
If you google eduzit714 you quickly find that he is a member of at least a couple of "escort" forums. So he frequents prostitutes. Charming.
:lulz:
Such a winner.
Clearly, he has awesome of such magnitude that I should be regretting not going out with him.
His sexual prowess is to prowessful that he pays women to 'date' him because they would be too intimidated.
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 05, 2011, 06:06:17 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:05:18 AM
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 05, 2011, 06:03:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:01:55 AM
If you google eduzit714 you quickly find that he is a member of at least a couple of "escort" forums. So he frequents prostitutes. Charming.
:lulz:
Such a winner.
Clearly, he has awesome of such magnitude that I should be regretting not going out with him.
His sexual prowess is to prowessful that he pays women to 'date' him because they would be too intimidated.
:lulz:
He even had sex with a 19-year-old once! That is so very impressive and not skeezy!
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 05:16:13 AM
IT GETS BETTER! :lulz:
QuoteCanceling the day of a date in a weird way, not remembering sending the first email and sending me another email later counts as standing me up from my perspective. You got hammered the night before and could not make our date. Maybe I should call it flaking out instead. You have a point.
I am 48. It is fine if you want 30 somethings. That is not me. On the other hand few if any are my equal at what I do well. My 30 something self was outstanding. My 40 something self is better. There is a stage of development in our 40s where men start to literally see the world differently. There is a new and different appreciation for beauty that was not possible before. There are subtleties to what we know and understand that we were not capable of previously. Your 30 somethings may grow into this.
I do use the CL forum as do you. You answered my ad in the first place because what you were looking for at the time looked something like me and yes I am a pervert that you could introduce to the family. I am pretty sure you are as well.
We have exchanged more than 40 emails. I have looked into what you do a bit. I am very good at understanding others and how they think so I am somewhat familiar with you.
I usually do not spend this much time chatting via email. Usually I just meet a person for coffee or a drink within a very few emails. We can usually tell in 10 to 20 seconds if this is a thing or not. I am not to everyone's taste. Not everyone is to mine. I am to some. I have dated women from late 50s to 19 over the past few years. A few have been traffic stopping. Some have been less so. They all had something that I liked about them. The 19 year old was a special case about four years ago sent to me by another gf in her 30s. She just wanted to learn to have a good orgasm and how to teach her boyfriend how to give her one. I saw her about 10 times. The last couple of times she brought her boyfriend. The late 50s now 60 woman is still a friend, but she has a new husband. I held her hand during cancer and helped her feel safe with men again. She was in a 30 year very abusive marriage. I think that these were the only really vulnerable women that I have seen. Most of them just wanted someone who is warm, good company and good at sex. I left them all better off and happier than I found them except one. She fell in love with me. I still have deep feelings for her. I was not willing to bring her child into my house as he would terrorize and make my son miserable. She agrees that this would happen and understands. My son will be at home another ten years. I let her go to find someone she can build a life with. Neither of us is over this.
I only know what a roofie is (is that how you spell it?) because my last gf got me watching Dexter.
I am not cheating on my wife. I would be happy to introduce you to her. I introduce all of the women that I date to her. She is life long friends with a few of them. She is fabulous in her way. We have been separated for 5 years. We own a house together and some other things and are not in any hurry to do the divorce paperwork. We are still very close friends and do a lot of things together. Today is our 21st wedding anniversary. I do not think that we will have a 22nd as I am hoping to sell the house next year and be able to do a clean financial split. If not, neither of us are terribly concerned. We have two children. I have a daughter in college. I do hope that the men in her life treat her the way that I treat the women in mine and that she is happy.
I am pretty sure that your relationships with your exes are not such that you can double date. :-)
I had a third date for lunch with a very nice woman today. I am probably off the market for the present.
I find that CL works well for me. I have had some adventures along the way and have met some very nice people. I have met others that are not as nice. From my perspective it is mostly about eliminating people that I do not want to be with or do not want to be with me. I think that we have done a good job of this.
I do wish you well. If I see you around, I will introduce myself. Please don't hit me or use words like shitfucker. :-)
There is enough, love, sex and good things in the world for all of us. I do hope you get what you are looking for.
I can guarantee that you do not have my IP address. I have been a network engineer for more than 20 years. You are funny though.
Your IP address claim made me decide to hack you a bit deeper. You might want to consider your own information security. The below took me less than three minutes. Most people could probably get this in less than an hour.
[Nigel's address and former phone #]
Please do not freak out on me, but it is probably best if you clean up a few things. That was really too easy.
Tony
He wants you to meet with him and his wife, and bring an ex boyfriend or two. So he can show yur exes how to give ORGAZMZ.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS.
QuoteFREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE KS.
You rang?
Also, Nigel, please tell me you're going to fuck with him a bit more please please PLEASE tell me you are.
Freeky,
Living vicariously through badasses. :wink:
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:08:57 AM
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 05, 2011, 06:06:17 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:05:18 AM
Quote from: COL Coyote on August 05, 2011, 06:03:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:01:55 AM
If you google eduzit714 you quickly find that he is a member of at least a couple of "escort" forums. So he frequents prostitutes. Charming.
:lulz:
Such a winner.
Clearly, he has awesome of such magnitude that I should be regretting not going out with him.
His sexual prowess is to prowessful that he pays women to 'date' him because they would be too intimidated.
:lulz:
He even had sex with a 19-year-old once! That is so very impressive and not skeezy!
I would feel dirty. :lulz:
This is going to be my ex in *doing math* about ten years.
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 06:12:06 AM
Also, Nigel, please tell me you're going to fuck with him a bit more please please PLEASE tell me you are.
Freeky,
Living vicariously through badasses. :wink:
Oh, I am. As long as he'll keep writing lengthy tomes extolling how amazing he is every time I poke, I plan on continuing to waste his time.
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:18:14 AM
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 06:12:06 AM
Also, Nigel, please tell me you're going to fuck with him a bit more please please PLEASE tell me you are.
Freeky,
Living vicariously through badasses. :wink:
Oh, I am. As long as he'll keep writing lengthy tomes extolling how amazing he is every time I poke, I plan on continuing to waste his time.
YES. HELL YES.
HELL
FUCKING
YES
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 06:11:05 AM
QuoteFREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE KS.
You rang?
:spittake:
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 06:19:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 05, 2011, 06:18:14 AM
Quote from: Jenkem and SPACE/TIME on August 05, 2011, 06:12:06 AM
Also, Nigel, please tell me you're going to fuck with him a bit more please please PLEASE tell me you are.
Freeky,
Living vicariously through badasses. :wink:
Oh, I am. As long as he'll keep writing lengthy tomes extolling how amazing he is every time I poke, I plan on continuing to waste his time.
YES. HELL YES.
HELL
FUCKING
YES
This stuff needs to be compiled in a book. Or at least a blog. :lulz:
:lol: One day, I'll be as awesome as the Dark Empress.
I want to see this thread grow. Not because I'm a fan of schadenfreude, but because Nigel's adventures make me feel like I'm less of a weirdo magnet and because these interactions are fascinating.
What a weirdo, why would someone make up stories like an ex bringing a 19 year old to have sex with them.
He must be a very loney man.
I've removed his middle name, even that and his place of business is enough to cause me trouble if it came to it, I know it doesn't seem too specific but when a lot of places have contacts up for their employees its something that could bite me on the ass.
Quote from: Faust on August 05, 2011, 12:23:26 PM
What a weirdo, why would someone make up stories like an ex bringing a 19 year old to have sex with them.
He must be a very loney man.
I've removed his middle name, even that and his place of business is enough to cause me trouble if it came to it, I know it doesn't seem too specific but when a lot of places have contacts up for their employees its something that could bite me on the ass.
No worries.
There are several more emails, none of them quite as funny as that last one but I'll post them anyway after I do my shipping.
QuoteOn Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:27 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Being easy to find is the price I pay for success in my art; my address is on my website, as well as the phone book.
But of course, I'm not trying to hide.
Yep, I was hung over that morning and I went back to bed after emailing you, but the reason I canceled was because somehow you talked your way around sending a face pic and I wasn't comfortable with that. I later woke up groggy and disoriented, and thought I'd slept through the date.
I am, actually, good friends with all but one of my exes. I'm having a beer in the back yard of one right now while he puts a finish coat on some paneling. We were just talking about dating, because I'm on my way to a date in 15 minutes.
The rest of your resume is lovely. Have a nice life.
QuoteOn 8/4/11 5:52 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> Your address is not on your website or embedded in the underlying code, but I think that the person who wrote the code loves or loved you or what you do or both.
>
> It is written with heart.
>
> I am sure you were more than worthy.
>
> Be safe and enjoy your hiking. :-)
>
> Tony
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On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
It's on my website, you just didn't find the page. It's a requirement for my merchant account. Not only that, but my domain registration info is out there for the world to see. And that's not even considering that you can look me up in the PHONE BOOK. It's not brain science.
You are right; my ex-husband coded my website. We're in the middle of a redesign now, because it's pretty dated.
And right again; I don't have your IP. I didn't actually bother to check it after I had what I thought was the information I was after. If your middle name isn't Q----, then there's a different Tony, age 49, working in IT for F---- & L------.
As I said before, have a lovely life.
Quote[On 8/4/11 10:30 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> Swing and a miss, but thank you for playing.
QuoteOn Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:34 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Oh well, it was a fair try. :) Hope you're enjoying your escort services!
QuoteOn 8/4/11 10:35 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> I give it away for free. :-)
QuoteOn Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
Haven't met a man yet who charged for it, but it's a little pitiful when they have to pay for it.
QuoteOn 8/4/11 10:41 PM, Easy Duzit wrote:
> That is true, but the good thing is that most women want to be happy in the arms of a charming man.
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> There are some exceptions that want to drive themselves to misery. They particularly like having the last word. Even if they lack imagination, grace or style.
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> I do avoid them as much as possible.
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> You really don't like being told that you are not good enough do you?
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On 8/4/11 10:48 PM, [Nigel] wrote:
> I thought it was funny. I deleted it and was going to leave it unanswered, but I have an ongoing "Stupid dating stories" project and when I posted this one, a lot of people clamored for more so I dug it out again to see if I could squeeze any more funny out of it. Thank you for providing so much material! My readers really love it.
>
> I'm sure the women you pay for sex do a good job of making you believe they're happy. They are professionals, after all.
I haven't heard back from him since that. :lulz:
:lulz: :lulz:
Victory, the spoils of war are yours!
Would you dance with the Dark Empress by the pale monitor light?
If yes, click submit. If pissing yourself in fear, hit esc and run.
especially in the last few messages, I feel his tone of voice got a very AKK-like quality ... very typical blend of condescending, ego and put-downs.
Quote from: Triple Zero on August 05, 2011, 07:32:50 PM
especially in the last few messages, I feel his tone of voice got a very AKK-like quality ... very typical blend of condescending, ego and put-downs.
Oh hell yes. Everything about him screams "Dunning/Kruger effect".
Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn, burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn, burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn, burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn, burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn.....coup de grâce!
:lulz:
Looks like I won that round. Dead silence from Mr. Douchebag. :lulz:
On Tuesday I had a date to meet a guy who, it turned out, wanted me to be a plaything for he and his girlfriend. I politely declined, but here's the thing: when I walked into the bar, there was a tall, very attractive, graying, balding man at the bar closing out. We looked at each other, and I kept sneaking glances as I went up to order a drink. He said hi, and I was too gobsmacked to do more than stammer a hello in return.
I spent the rest of the evening regretting my bashfulness. I could have been hanging out with THAT guy!
So, I placed an I Saw You ad in the Mercury on the off-chance he'll see and respond to it, and my new project is to get comfortable making conversation with strangers in bars. I feel like it's an important social skill that I'm not good at, at all.
If you're feeling too shy to force a conversation with a stranger at the bar, here are two good strategies:
1) If your drink is not red wine and/or they're wearing dark and inexpensive clothing, accidentally spill a little of your drink on them, then in the ensuing embarrassed conversation insist that they let you buy their next drink/take them out for a drink sometime to make up for it.
2) If you think the drink-spilling routine might backfire, try accidentally stepping on his foot.
It might have been douchebag following you and deliberately making eye contact.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 07, 2011, 10:36:08 PM
If you're feeling too shy to force a conversation with a stranger at the bar, here are two good strategies:
1) If your drink is not red wine and/or they're wearing dark and inexpensive clothing, accidentally spill a little of your drink on them, then in the ensuing embarrassed conversation insist that they let you buy their next drink/take them out for a drink sometime to make up for it.
2) If you think the drink-spilling routine might backfire, try accidentally stepping on his foot.
I actually think I don't need an opener, as much as I need to be able to
respond like a normal human being when a cute guy says "hi", instead of squeaking, wetting my pants, and running away.
Quote from: navkat on August 08, 2011, 01:20:06 AM
It might have been douchebag following you and deliberately making eye contact.
If douchebag looked like that, he wouldn't be afraid to send women a picture of his face.
Quote from: Nigel on August 08, 2011, 07:52:26 AM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 07, 2011, 10:36:08 PM
If you're feeling too shy to force a conversation with a stranger at the bar, here are two good strategies:
1) If your drink is not red wine and/or they're wearing dark and inexpensive clothing, accidentally spill a little of your drink on them, then in the ensuing embarrassed conversation insist that they let you buy their next drink/take them out for a drink sometime to make up for it.
2) If you think the drink-spilling routine might backfire, try accidentally stepping on his foot.
I actually think I don't need an opener, as much as I need to be able to respond like a normal human being when a cute guy says "hi", instead of squeaking, wetting my pants, and running away.
Or, just find cute guys who enjoy squeaking and pants-wetting.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 08, 2011, 12:48:53 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 08, 2011, 07:52:26 AM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 07, 2011, 10:36:08 PM
If you're feeling too shy to force a conversation with a stranger at the bar, here are two good strategies:
1) If your drink is not red wine and/or they're wearing dark and inexpensive clothing, accidentally spill a little of your drink on them, then in the ensuing embarrassed conversation insist that they let you buy their next drink/take them out for a drink sometime to make up for it.
2) If you think the drink-spilling routine might backfire, try accidentally stepping on his foot.
I actually think I don't need an opener, as much as I need to be able to respond like a normal human being when a cute guy says "hi", instead of squeaking, wetting my pants, and running away.
Or, just find cute guys who enjoy squeaking and pants-wetting.
Now there's a strategy! As long as I don't run away.
Sadly, I don't have any really entertaining stories to tell, but after my brief date with a guy who is 20 years older than me (he smelled like grandpa) I went to the Nest to practice meeting people at a bar. I was stunned by how easy it was to strike up conversations! All I did was bring a book and sit down and read. There was also a movie playing.
I met not one single guy I would even consider going home with, although I think the two guys at the end of the night who told me all about the downtown sex club they work in thought I was going to go home with them. Of course, they probably also thought I was wasted, as I'd started the evening with vodka soda in a pint glass and switched to plain soda water halfway through, so they'd seen me guzzle about five of what they thought were vodka sodas. They seemed totally surprised when I stood up and said I was heading out. Skeezes. What I wonder is, what girl is impressed by guys who work at a sex club? Does that ever work for them? Barf.
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 05:46:23 PM
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
And that's how we get pinealists, kids.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 05:48:30 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 05:46:23 PM
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
And that's how we get pinealists, kids.
He takes himself WAY too seriously to be a pinealist. He was sporting some Inigo Montoya facial hair and sketching in a book with charcoal.
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 06:54:26 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 05:48:30 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 05:46:23 PM
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
And that's how we get pinealists, kids.
He takes himself WAY too seriously to be a pinealist. He was sporting some Inigo Montoya facial hair and sketching in a book with charcoal.
And why didn't you latch onto this guy? Hell, he's bound to be headed for great things. Imagine the joy you'd feel as he mopes in the basement, complaining that nobody understands his "work". You can hold his hands and explain how the world is being terribly unfair.
Then you can whack him over the head with a glass dildo, shave half his beard off, and dump him behind a biker bar.Dok,
Fuck you, I'm
sick!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 06:59:57 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 06:54:26 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 05:48:30 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 05:46:23 PM
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
And that's how we get pinealists, kids.
He takes himself WAY too seriously to be a pinealist. He was sporting some Inigo Montoya facial hair and sketching in a book with charcoal.
And why didn't you latch onto this guy? Hell, he's bound to be headed for great things. Imagine the joy you'd feel as he mopes in the basement, complaining that nobody understands his "work". You can hold his hands and explain how the world is being terribly unfair.
Then you can whack him over the head with a glass dildo, shave half his beard off, and dump him behind a biker bar.
Dok,
Fuck you, I'm sick!
I already had one of those, his name was Blue Winterhawk.
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Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 05:46:23 PM
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
And that's how we get pinealists, kids.
He takes himself WAY too seriously to be a pinealist. He was sporting some Inigo Montoya facial hair and sketching in a book with charcoal.
And why didn't you latch onto this guy? Hell, he's bound to be headed for great things. Imagine the joy you'd feel as he mopes in the basement, complaining that nobody understands his "work". You can hold his hands and explain how the world is being terribly unfair.
Then you can whack him over the head with a glass dildo, shave half his beard off, and dump him behind a biker bar.
Dok,
Fuck you, I'm sick!
I already had one of those, his name was Blue Winterhawk.
But you didn't have my advice.
Think of those poor, underprivileged bikers, Nigel.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 07:03:17 PM
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 05:48:30 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 05:46:23 PM
I told one hilariously artsy college student about Discordianism and he said he'd look it up.
And that's how we get pinealists, kids.
He takes himself WAY too seriously to be a pinealist. He was sporting some Inigo Montoya facial hair and sketching in a book with charcoal.
And why didn't you latch onto this guy? Hell, he's bound to be headed for great things. Imagine the joy you'd feel as he mopes in the basement, complaining that nobody understands his "work". You can hold his hands and explain how the world is being terribly unfair.
Then you can whack him over the head with a glass dildo, shave half his beard off, and dump him behind a biker bar.
Dok,
Fuck you, I'm sick!
I already had one of those, his name was Blue Winterhawk.
But you didn't have my advice.
Think of those poor, underprivileged bikers, Nigel.
It makes me sad. :cry:
Quote from: Nigel on August 09, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
It makes me sad. :cry:
They gots nobody to dance with. :(
Wait.
Are there bikers in Portland?
ETA: Scooters don't count. This ain't Quadraphenia.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 07:10:15 PM
Wait.
Are there bikers in Portland?
ETA: Scooters don't count. This ain't Quadraphenia.
We've got the Free Souls of course, Brother Speed, Outlaws, Gypsy Jokers, a few Vagos, and a few years ago we got Mongols. There is, in fact, a biker bar not five blocks from my house. It's behind a black, unmarked windowless storefront and the bikers park in back.
Did you ever read about this? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32923524/ns/us_news-life/t/outlaw-bikers-crash-oregon-freeway/#.TkF61r9QXNo :lulz: I shouldn't laugh. But fuck, it's still funny.
Tonight I have a date with a very normal-looking lawyer who owns a condo in St. Johns. I'm not expecting any funny stories from this one. He'll probably be extremely nice and normal and respectful and we won't have much to talk about, and then I'll never see him again.
Tomorrow morning, though, I have a breakfast date with an extremely tall man from Gambia named Mordu, who says that my name means "cooking pot" in his language. I am a little more excited about that one, if only because he's tall, hot, and exotic.
Sadly, though, it is also likely to be not very funny.
WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU, NIGEL? :x
:lulz:
I'm sport-dating, at this point. I'm basically going out with ANYONE WHO ASKS. Just for shits and giggles. That's how I wound up on a date with a 60-year-old last night.
Did I mention that tonight's lawyer is blond and blue-eyes, and owns a condo?
In St. John's?
And the place we're going tonight is called "Leisure"?
(It has the upside of having a fabulously hot bartender, and also Space Cowboy poured the concrete countertops, which is why I've been there before.)
(Anyone who asks who does not trigger my skeeze alarm)
Quote from: Nigel on August 10, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
(Anyone who asks who does not trigger my skeeze alarm)
That's probably a good plan.
But a lawyer that's single at our age is either a coke freak, or he's gay and looking for a beard.
Also, ask him what he thinks of the Tea Party. Lawyers are either HUGELY liberal or HUGELY conservative. The conservative ones are a pain in the arse.
Dok,
Knows lawyers.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 10, 2011, 02:40:08 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 10, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
(Anyone who asks who does not trigger my skeeze alarm)
That's probably a good plan.
But a lawyer that's single at our age is either a coke freak, or he's gay and looking for a beard.
Also, ask him what he thinks of the Tea Party. Lawyers are either HUGELY liberal or HUGELY conservative. The conservative ones are a pain in the arse.
Dok,
Knows lawyers.
I think this is a liberal one, so he probably bought a condo because he couldn't afford a house. Also, he's six years younger.
But ya know, hey. Maybe he'll be fun. ?
Or at least maybe he'll pay for my sandwich.
Quote from: Nigel on August 10, 2011, 03:10:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 10, 2011, 02:40:08 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 10, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
(Anyone who asks who does not trigger my skeeze alarm)
That's probably a good plan.
But a lawyer that's single at our age is either a coke freak, or he's gay and looking for a beard.
Also, ask him what he thinks of the Tea Party. Lawyers are either HUGELY liberal or HUGELY conservative. The conservative ones are a pain in the arse.
Dok,
Knows lawyers.
I think this is a liberal one, so he probably bought a condo because he couldn't afford a house. Also, he's six years younger.
But ya know, hey. Maybe he'll be fun. ?
Or at least maybe he'll pay for my sandwich.
That's still setting off my alarm bells. He'll be clawing at his nostrils like he's got a weasel up his nose, mark my words.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 10, 2011, 03:17:16 AM
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Quote from: Nigel on August 10, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
(Anyone who asks who does not trigger my skeeze alarm)
That's probably a good plan.
But a lawyer that's single at our age is either a coke freak, or he's gay and looking for a beard.
Also, ask him what he thinks of the Tea Party. Lawyers are either HUGELY liberal or HUGELY conservative. The conservative ones are a pain in the arse.
Dok,
Knows lawyers.
I think this is a liberal one, so he probably bought a condo because he couldn't afford a house. Also, he's six years younger.
But ya know, hey. Maybe he'll be fun. ?
Or at least maybe he'll pay for my sandwich.
That's still setting off my alarm bells. He'll be clawing at his nostrils like he's got a weasel up his nose, mark my words.
OK, the skinny:
He WAS in environmental law. The long hours and broke-ass pay burned him out, so when he was offered a job as manager of a minor baseball league, he took it. Later, he took an offer for an administration job for a large university, and now mostly he does fundraising for scholarships at this university.
He is pretty damn normal. He says he keeps ending up with all these super-straightlaced Christian girlfriends, and it's frustrating because it's not what he wants.
I can already tell that if I keep seeing this guy he will fall in love with me. Not because I'm tooting my own horn, but because I know the signs. I'm WEIRD. He will fall in love with the fantasy of my novelty, and never really know or see me for who I am.
I'll probably see him again. Just because he was nice, and observed good boundaries without ever having to be taught a lesson.
But in the morning I have the date with the man from Gambia, that should be fun. Also I need to email the indian dude back. Tomorrow night I also have a date, and there are two more waiting to be planned, and then after that I think I'm done with this round of dating, and will move to Phase Two: Learning to Flirt in Bars. Also after that I might launch into Phase Three: Joining Team Sports. Except that kickball looks dumb and dragonboating (the only team sport I'm really interested in) is mostly lesbians... GREAT for flirting, but getting laid, not as much my cup of tea.
Gambia guy was nice. Everyone is nice.
Tonight's date canceled so I'm trying to wheedle E.O.T. into letting me come over with beer and pester him for a while.
This morning right before I woke up I dreamt that I woke up next to Mr. Language. Then I remembered how he rubs his legs together before he falls asleep, like a giant cricket.
that sounds like your having fun at least.
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
WAIT! All these dates have been dutch?
This explains why I don't date. If I have to buy my own food then I shouldn't have to fight off sticky fingers....
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 07:51:59 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
WAIT! All these dates have been dutch?
This explains why I don't date. If I have to buy my own food then I shouldn't have to fight off sticky fingers....
I wouldn't let them pay even if they wanted to, because then they'd REALLY feel entitled. Fuck that.
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 08:04:10 PM
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Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
WAIT! All these dates have been dutch?
This explains why I don't date. If I have to buy my own food then I shouldn't have to fight off sticky fingers....
I wouldn't let them pay even if they wanted to, because then they'd REALLY feel entitled. Fuck that.
I understand that. It's a shame that dating has descended into what it is today. You can't even accept a drink anymore. It's a sad thing, dating used to be fun!
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 08:06:31 PM
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Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
WAIT! All these dates have been dutch?
This explains why I don't date. If I have to buy my own food then I shouldn't have to fight off sticky fingers....
I wouldn't let them pay even if they wanted to, because then they'd REALLY feel entitled. Fuck that.
I understand that. It's a shame that dating has descended into what it is today. You can't even accept a drink anymore. It's a sad thing, dating used to be fun!
I can only imagine.
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop. getting the girl to do the dishes if the man cooks for her at his place, then bring him slippers and a pipe, oh and maybe iron my shirt while you're at it.
Fixed, because traditional gender roles go both ways.
- Triple Zero,
DUTCH.
Quote from: Triple Zero on August 11, 2011, 08:25:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop. getting the girl to do the dishes if the man cooks for her at his place, then bring him slippers and a pipe, oh and maybe iron my shirt while you're at it.
Fixed, because traditional gender roles go both ways.
- Triple Zero,
DUTCH.
Not sure what point you're trying to make, but in the US the traditional course of courtship starts with the man buying dinner, and then the woman at some point reciprocates by inviting him over and cooking an amazing meal which usually costs at least as much as dinner out.
In this way, the man displays that he is a capable provider, and the woman displays that she is a capable nurturer. Not that this is what people are thinking when they do it, but that's the unconscious motivation.
Feeding a mate is an important part of courtship, as it happens. Read Helen Fisher for the explanation.
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
No wonder I have to fend off disillusioned hipster girls every time I go somewhere without ECHGF. They must be able to smell the difference in the pheremones. Or just the fact that I actually have some of those.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 11, 2011, 08:51:30 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop.
No wonder I have to fend off disillusioned hipster girls every time I go somewhere without ECHGF. They must be able to smell the difference in the pheremones. Or just the fact that I actually have some of those.
Yes; it's because the majority of "men" in Portland exude a watered-down stale coffee odor instead of actual male pheromones.
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 08:46:27 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on August 11, 2011, 08:25:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 11, 2011, 06:17:34 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 11, 2011, 06:04:53 PM
No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop. getting the girl to do the dishes if the man cooks for her at his place, then bring him slippers and a pipe, oh and maybe iron my shirt while you're at it.
Fixed, because traditional gender roles go both ways.
- Triple Zero,
DUTCH.
Not sure what point you're trying to make, but in the US the traditional course of courtship starts with the man buying dinner, and then the woman at some point reciprocates by inviting him over and cooking an amazing meal which usually costs at least as much as dinner out.
Ahaa! Thanks for pointing out there's actually a reciprocal part to the tradition. I honestly never heard it mentioned before and thought the US tradition was just the one-sided "on a date, the man pays for everything". [which may clarify my hereby-withdrawn point]
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No. I hate dating. It's like almost everything I don't like rolled into a two-hour vignette.
If nothing else, take enjoyment in a free meal and order a good wine :wink:
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
Getting a man to pay for dinner in Portland is as improbable as finding a three-eyed unicorn in a kangaroo suit at the bus stop. getting the girl to do the dishes if the man cooks for her at his place, then bring him slippers and a pipe, oh and maybe iron my shirt while you're at it.
Fixed, because traditional gender roles go both ways.
- Triple Zero,
DUTCH.
Not sure what point you're trying to make, but in the US the traditional course of courtship starts with the man buying dinner, and then the woman at some point reciprocates by inviting him over and cooking an amazing meal which usually costs at least as much as dinner out.
Ahaa! Thanks for pointing out there's actually a reciprocal part to the tradition. I honestly never heard it mentioned before and thought the US tradition was just the one-sided "on a date, the man pays for everything". [which may clarify my hereby-withdrawn point]
I think that's the common conception. It's a really elaborate and interesting ritual, actually, when you deconstruct it. It is, actually, all across societies, almost imperative that there is a courtship phase in which the male feeds the female... it seems to be hardwired into us... followed by a reciprocal phase in which the female displays her ability to nurture in a domestic setting by caring for the male. It's cute. :) During the initial "feeding" phase, it's significant for the woman to accept the feeding, because if she symbolically "rejects" it by paying her own way, it is usually subconciously perceived as a rejection of the male's courtship efforts, and that introduces an additional barrier to continuing the courtship.
So, ladies, if you like the guy and want to see him again, don't offer to pay half.
BTW, reading about this shit is making going to bars a fascinating experience. Did you know that the female is almost always the initiator? Most of us are raised with the belief that the male usually makes the first move, but in humans it's usually the female who signals her interest and invites the male to approach with an eyebrow flash. This, BTW, really goes a long way to explain why women get so irritated by uninvited sexual advances.
Still :lulz: -ing at the exchanges on the first page
I didn't know about the "woman cooks for man" part of the ritual. I thought it went "The man takes the woman out for a nice dinner. They immediately realize it's not going to work and spend the next two months being awkward around each other."
I need to hit the meat market a bit more, but I don't have a wingman right now. And if I go to a bar alone it just feels awkward.
Maybe I need to start blasting people with creepy messages over craigslist. Something to the effect of "DO YOU WANT TO SEE A HANDCUFF TRICK?" (hey, it worked for John Wayne Gacy) Also: How can I best communicate heavy breathing via e-mail?
I've never even been on a dinner date pre-dating
i got invited once but then he canceled AND THAT WAS THAT. O WELL.
Quote from: Cramulus on August 11, 2011, 09:58:18 PM
Also: How can I best communicate heavy breathing via e-mail?
The generally accepted and widely understood emoticon used for this is a digital photograph of your genitals.
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Still :lulz: -ing at the exchanges on the first page
I didn't know about the "woman cooks for man" part of the ritual. I thought it went "The man takes the woman out for a nice dinner. They immediately realize it's not going to work and spend the next two months being awkward around each other."
I need to hit the meat market a bit more, but I don't have a wingman right now. And if I go to a bar alone it just feels awkward.
Maybe I need to start blasting people with creepy messages over craigslist. Something to the effect of "DO YOU WANT TO SEE A HANDCUFF TRICK?" (hey, it worked for John Wayne Gacy) Also: How can I best communicate heavy breathing via e-mail?
:lulz:
Craigslist is worse than useless unless you're looking for a roommate or a ride-share.
Right now, my social strategy involves going to a bar with a book. It's kind of amazing how well this is working, at least in terms of talking to people. Apparently nothing says "HEY COME TALK TO ME" more than a solitary, unsocial activity like reading a book in public.
I've me people just sitting at a bar. Some days it's a wash (for dating, sometimes I just like to sit in a loud place think and drink) but if you don't do it you miss out on those moments where you connect with total strangers for reasons that exist only in that moment.
Quote from: Alty on August 11, 2011, 10:54:44 PM
I've me people just sitting at a bar. Some days it's a wash (for dating, sometimes I just like to sit in a loud place think and drink) but if you don't do it you miss out on those moments where you connect with total strangers for reasons that exist only in that moment.
Yeah, this part of it is actually kind of fun. More fun than actually "going on dates".
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Also: How can I best communicate heavy breathing via e-mail?
The generally accepted and widely understood emoticon used for this is a digital photograph of your genitals.
i almost spat chai at the keyboard.
:lulz: :lulz: Trip, nailing it in one...
Soooooo
I had a date Friday night, with a guy who seemed nice enough. I had met him one night at the Nest when I went alone to watch the movie (Grease) and read a book. He got my phone number, and after a couple of text exchanges, I agreed to meet him for a date at 9:00. All I knew about him was that he had formerly worked as a doorman at Club Sesso (which he claimed was otherwise "not his scene"), and that his girlfriend had dumped him in a particularly spectacular way involving Club Sesso.
I arrived at nine, in a white dress and red heels, with my hair up. No sign of my date, so I went to the patio and sat at the end of a table that was already occupied by two rather fantastic looking dark-haired men. One was mid-30's and very conventionally handsome, while the other looked perhaps late 30's, and was a bit gaunt and weathered. The weathered one was talking about wanting to sail to Hawaii, and the conventional one was telling him why that's a terrible idea.
9:15, no date. I decided to text him and tell him that I was in a white dress and my hair was up.
9:30, Conventional starts telling one of the funniest stories I've ever heard, about finding his tortoise in the back yard gleefully eating a pile of dog shit. A random hippie, wearing its hair in a bun, moves to our table to listen in.
9:45, I get a call from Cordelia the Enucleator asking where I am, so I tell her and she shows up. Conventional leaves, and the Enucleator is sitting across from Weathered, who is engaging her in what sounds like a fascinating conversation about fish and wildlife biology and eyeballs. The hippie, who I will call Bun, is distracting me from paying attention because he is engaging in bizarre, obnoxious behavior, and the oddest thing about it is that the unremarkable people he came with seem to be fawning over him like he's some kind of high priest or some shit. Then at one point, he orders Weathered to get him a drink, and Weathered DOES IT WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE. At this point I am openly nudging Cordelia to watch Bun, who is rolling his eyes at perfectly interesting things people say, and at one point tried to convince me that Weathered was full of shit, and HE knows the Truth because he used to fight wildfires. Or some shit.
Anyway.
Around 10, Bun looks at me and says of the conversation between the Enucleator and Weathered, "This conversation just isn't interesting AT ALL." So I say "Really? So what's interesting to you? Say something. Entertain me." but he, of course, has nothing to say. It doesn't take long before the Enucleator and I are openly mocking Bun, who gets up and moves to a table with much younger people who will presumably be easier to impress with his boredom and contempt. I finally had a chance to ask Weathered about his job, which sounds utterly fascinating, and then MY DATE SHOWED UP.
:roll:
Weathered took his goodbyes, and then I sat (with Cordelia, thank goodness) and my vastly-less-interesting date, who, at the end of the evening, suggested that our next date be at Club Sesso. I said "Yeah, not so much. I'm more into boring things, like you know, having a beer and a conversation". Then we left the end.
Who the fuck asks a girl to go to a SEX CLUB on the second date? WHAT THE SHIT. :?
Anyway. I spent bits of yesterday regretting not having had a chance to ask Weathered about his job, but thinking that since he lives in the neighborhood, maybe I'd run into him again. And then last night, I got a last-minute call to hang out at the Nest with my ladies, so I went, half-thinking I might see him there. The patio was closed, so we went to the Alleyway instead, and about an hour after we got there I looked over and HOLY HOT SHIT there he was coming through the door
And the best part is
I got butterflies.
I said hi to him and we chatted a tiny bit, and he waved at me when I was in the bar. He was with friends, I was with friends, and at one point he came over to my table to say hi, and we talked about Eagle Creek and rain and hiking. And then I got tired and had to go and he never did ask for my phone number. :(
I have a crush on a wildlife biologist!
It is a tiny crush that might not go anywhere. I don't even know him. I just want to hear about his job!
Hunt him down. Hit him with a club. Drag him to your lair.
Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 21, 2011, 06:15:36 PM
Hunt him down. Hit him with a club. Drag him to your lair.
This has always been my policy. :lol:
Sounds like it's worth a shot, Nigel. Hope you see him around again. :)
Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 21, 2011, 06:15:36 PM
Hunt him down. Hit him with a club. Drag him to your lair.
I am hoping that he will take me with him to look at fish. :)
I don't think he understands that I am seriously interested in what he does and I'm not just being polite or faking it because I think he's hot. When I was a kid I wanted to be a saltwater biologist. Also, science is SEXY, and scientists, especially biologists and chemists, are some of the most passionate, alive,
human people I know. I think it's because rather than having all these intellectually-derived ideals about how human beings
should be, they understand and accept the way we are, and work with it instead of against it.
I don't think I can stand ever dating a philosopher or psychologist again.
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Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 21, 2011, 06:15:36 PM
Hunt him down. Hit him with a club. Drag him to your lair.
I am hoping that he will take me with him to look at fish. :)
I don't think he understands that I am seriously interested in what he does and I'm not just being polite or faking it because I think he's hot. When I was a kid I wanted to be a saltwater biologist. Also, science is SEXY, and scientists, especially biologists and chemists, are some of the most passionate, alive, human people I know. I think it's because rather than having all these intellectually-derived ideals about how human beings should be, they understand and accept the way we are, and work with it instead of against it.
I don't think I can stand ever dating a philosopher or psychologist again.
Find him. And then start asking him about random fish stuff?
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Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 21, 2011, 06:15:36 PM
Hunt him down. Hit him with a club. Drag him to your lair.
I am hoping that he will take me with him to look at fish. :)
I don't think he understands that I am seriously interested in what he does and I'm not just being polite or faking it because I think he's hot. When I was a kid I wanted to be a saltwater biologist. Also, science is SEXY, and scientists, especially biologists and chemists, are some of the most passionate, alive, human people I know. I think it's because rather than having all these intellectually-derived ideals about how human beings should be, they understand and accept the way we are, and work with it instead of against it.
I don't think I can stand ever dating a philosopher or psychologist again.
Find him. And then start asking him about random fish stuff?
I'm totally gonna do that! I'm gonna be all "HEY FISHY BOY, TELL ME ABOUT THE FISHIES!"
Quote from: Nigel on August 21, 2011, 06:46:23 PM
I am hoping that he will take me with him to look at fish. :)
I don't think he understands that I am seriously interested in what he does and I'm not just being polite or faking it because I think he's hot. When I was a kid I wanted to be a saltwater biologist. Also, science is SEXY, and scientists, especially biologists and chemists, are some of the most passionate, alive, human people I know. I think it's because rather than having all these intellectually-derived ideals about how human beings should be, they understand and accept the way we are, and work with it instead of against it.
I don't think I can stand ever dating a philosopher or psychologist again.
Haters gonna hate.
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Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 21, 2011, 06:15:36 PM
Hunt him down. Hit him with a club. Drag him to your lair.
I am hoping that he will take me with him to look at fish. :)
I don't think he understands that I am seriously interested in what he does and I'm not just being polite or faking it because I think he's hot. When I was a kid I wanted to be a saltwater biologist. Also, science is SEXY, and scientists, especially biologists and chemists, are some of the most passionate, alive, human people I know. I think it's because rather than having all these intellectually-derived ideals about how human beings should be, they understand and accept the way we are, and work with it instead of against it.
I don't think I can stand ever dating a philosopher or psychologist again.
Find him. And then start asking him about random fish stuff?
I'm totally gonna do that! I'm gonna be all "HEY FISHY BOY, TELL ME ABOUT THE FISHIES!"
:lulz:
Even better, ask him detailed and specific questions about fish.
:lulz:
"So I hear that the salmon are running this time of year..."
Find some totally arcane fish question. Impress This One! :lulz:
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Quote from: Nigel on August 21, 2011, 06:46:23 PM
I am hoping that he will take me with him to look at fish. :)
I don't think he understands that I am seriously interested in what he does and I'm not just being polite or faking it because I think he's hot. When I was a kid I wanted to be a saltwater biologist. Also, science is SEXY, and scientists, especially biologists and chemists, are some of the most passionate, alive, human people I know. I think it's because rather than having all these intellectually-derived ideals about how human beings should be, they understand and accept the way we are, and work with it instead of against it.
I don't think I can stand ever dating a philosopher or psychologist again.
Haters gonna hate.
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(http://taddelay.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/freudcigar2002.jpg?w=200&h=278)
:lulz: That should be an emote.
I want him to take me out in the field and show me his research.
But, fish don't live in fie--oh, I get it :fap:
No, seriously, I want him to show me what he does with fish!
There is no way for that not to sound like a come-on, but really. I would like to see what he does, and also I would like to know what he's doing it for.
Quote from: Nigel on August 22, 2011, 11:55:57 PM
No, seriously, I want him to show me what he does with fish!
There is no way for that not to sound like a come-on, but really. I would like to see what he does, and also I would like to know what he's doing it for.
SCIENCE!!!!!!!! ?
Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 23, 2011, 01:39:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 22, 2011, 11:55:57 PM
No, seriously, I want him to show me what he does with fish!
There is no way for that not to sound like a come-on, but really. I would like to see what he does, and also I would like to know what he's doing it for.
SCIENCE!!!!!!!! ?
FFS, I hope so. :lol:
BTW in the Tarot (rider/waite), the Page of Cups has a fish in his cup. Mainly for being interesting. It's a secret. He has a fish in his cup, ironically. The Page of Cups got a fish in his cup before everybody was doing it.
Quote from: Triple Zero on August 23, 2011, 02:18:27 AM
BTW in the Tarot (rider/waite), the Page of Cups has a fish in his cup. Mainly for being interesting. It's a secret. He has a fish in his cup, ironically. The Page of Cups got a fish in his cup before everybody was doing it.
:lol:
Quote from: Triple Zero on August 23, 2011, 02:18:27 AM
BTW in the Tarot (rider/waite), the Page of Cups has a fish in his cup. Mainly for being interesting. It's a secret. He has a fish in his cup, ironically. The Page of Cups got a fish in his cup before everybody was doing it.
Fuck, what the hell? :lulz:
Just noticed it one day, then did some searches to find out its symbolic significance. There's multiple explanations of course, but the above (paraphrased) was the one I liked best so I'm going with that.
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Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 23, 2011, 01:39:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 22, 2011, 11:55:57 PM
No, seriously, I want him to show me what he does with fish!
There is no way for that not to sound like a come-on, but really. I would like to see what he does, and also I would like to know what he's doing it for.
SCIENCE!!!!!!!! ?
FFS, I hope so. :lol:
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Quote from: Triple Zero on August 23, 2011, 02:23:35 AM
Just noticed it one day, then did some searches to find out its symbolic significance. There's multiple explanations of course, but the above (paraphrased) was the one I liked best so I'm going with that.
I like it true. Also, on a metaphorical level, Fishy Boy totally is the messenger that brought me tidings of interest, related to the condition of my heart.
Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 23, 2011, 02:25:50 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 23, 2011, 01:43:40 AM
Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 23, 2011, 01:39:21 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 22, 2011, 11:55:57 PM
No, seriously, I want him to show me what he does with fish!
There is no way for that not to sound like a come-on, but really. I would like to see what he does, and also I would like to know what he's doing it for.
SCIENCE!!!!!!!! ?
FFS, I hope so. :lol:
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/9118/dcscience.gif)
:lulz:
So um
I picked up a guy at a truck stop last night.
No, actually, it's classier than that, but still, that's basically what happened. I went to the Ponderosa Lounge at Jubitz to see the last Git Rights show because Michael Shawn is moving to Austin, and when I walked in there was this man. He was just standing there on the other end of the bar (one of those huge square bars like casinos have), like he had a right to be there or something. HOT HOT HOT. And that thing happened where our eyes met across the room. I was like, holy shit! So we just stared at each other while some random dude bought me a drink, and then I went and danced, and there he was over there so I went and stood next to him as bold as can be. It turned out that he's a friend of Michael Shawn's, which figures because Michael Shawn is also HOLY FUCKING HELL HOT.
And then we went to the afterparty at the Kenton and then we went to his house. Which is where I woke up.
He is a boat carpenter and he has a floating workshop (he showed me pictures of his work, it's beautiful). Conveniently, he lives about five blocks from my house.
I have never in my life picked up a guy in a bar. Granted, we have mutual friends and we were both there to see said mutual friends, but still. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
Hello, summer.
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 12:19:26 AM
So um
I picked up a guy at a truck stop last night.
No, actually, it's classier than that, but still, that's basically what happened. I went to the Ponderosa Lounge at Jubitz to see the last Git Rights show because Michael Shawn is moving to Austin, and when I walked in there was this man. He was just standing there on the other end of the bar (one of those huge square bars like casinos have), like he had a right to be there or something. HOT HOT HOT. And that thing happened where our eyes met across the room. I was like, holy shit! So we just stared at each other while some random dude bought me a drink, and then I went and danced, and there he was over there so I went and stood next to him as bold as can be. It turned out that he's a friend of Michael Shawn's, which figures because Michael Shawn is also HOLY FUCKING HELL HOT.
And then we went to the afterparty at the Kenton and then we went to his house. Which is where I woke up.
He is a boat carpenter and he has a floating workshop (he showed me pictures of his work, it's beautiful). Conveniently, he lives about five blocks from my house.
I have never in my life picked up a guy in a bar. Granted, we have mutual friends and we were both there to see said mutual friends, but still. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
Hello, summer.
So you met Jesus?
Quote from: Donald Coyote on August 29, 2011, 06:37:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 12:19:26 AM
So um
I picked up a guy at a truck stop last night.
No, actually, it's classier than that, but still, that's basically what happened. I went to the Ponderosa Lounge at Jubitz to see the last Git Rights show because Michael Shawn is moving to Austin, and when I walked in there was this man. He was just standing there on the other end of the bar (one of those huge square bars like casinos have), like he had a right to be there or something. HOT HOT HOT. And that thing happened where our eyes met across the room. I was like, holy shit! So we just stared at each other while some random dude bought me a drink, and then I went and danced, and there he was over there so I went and stood next to him as bold as can be. It turned out that he's a friend of Michael Shawn's, which figures because Michael Shawn is also HOLY FUCKING HELL HOT.
And then we went to the afterparty at the Kenton and then we went to his house. Which is where I woke up.
He is a boat carpenter and he has a floating workshop (he showed me pictures of his work, it's beautiful). Conveniently, he lives about five blocks from my house.
I have never in my life picked up a guy in a bar. Granted, we have mutual friends and we were both there to see said mutual friends, but still. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
Hello, summer.
So you met Jesus?
:lulz: Yes, I believe I did.
Jesus looks a little like a cross between George Clooney and a young Don Johnson.
OMG HAWT HOT SOOOO HOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAOOOOOOTTTT!!!!
ALSO, PARTAY TIEM FOR NIGEL. VICTORY, SPOILS ARE YOURS!
ETA: THESE ARE YOUR SPOILS OF WAR!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpl5mOAXNl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLph6ePNkGQ&ob=av2e
ETA2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8KlZF5Jc8&feature=fvst
...I'm sorry, but was that Keith Allen walking about in the blue shirt in the
Vindaloo song? 'Twas quite catchy. Footballer's anthem, innit?
The Vindaloo song was wondrous!
Man, Mortal Kombat. Brings back memories.
Wow, I guess it's probably predictable but today I have a big dose of melancholy... I'm missing M.L. really hard. It makes sense, because meeting the shipwright is another step away from him, but it's still pretty achy.
I'm sorry, tell me more about this sexy shipwright please. :D
Hmmm welll... he plays guitar in a honky-tonk band and has longish gray hair and BRIGHT blue eyes. I don't even know enough about him to say much, considering we just met! He likes William Shatner and sometimes thinks about going to drum circles and deliberately beating out of time, or going to poetry slams and reading purposefully awful poetry, except that nobody would get it. I played him "Yes you can, in Spokane" and he loved it.
Hopefully he'll call me today.
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
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Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
Yeah, I've considered that likelihood.
Right now I really don't know what I'd do. I know what I SHOULD do, but not what I would do.
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:09:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
Yeah, I've considered that likelihood.
Right now I really don't know what I'd do. I know what I SHOULD do, but not what I would do.
You already know my opinion, because I also know that the moment he was sure shipwright boy was out of the picture, he'd rediscover his undying love of that 20-something girl.
Give this guy a shot, if he's interested. He has, among other things, a job AND a musical/artistic interest.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:18:12 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:09:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
Yeah, I've considered that likelihood.
Right now I really don't know what I'd do. I know what I SHOULD do, but not what I would do.
You already know my opinion, because I also know that the moment he was sure shipwright boy was out of the picture, he'd rediscover his undying love of that 20-something girl.
Give this guy a shot, if he's interested. He has, among other things, a job AND a musical/artistic interest.
As far as I know, the 20-something is long since out of the picture entirely. Basically, he thought that he could snap his fingers and hook back up with her, she was furious and offended, and they haven't spoken since. But yeah, same basic principle applies.
The way I see it, if I keep seeing the shipwright my goal should be to keep it quiet enough for long enough that by the time M.L. even realizes, I'll be well and truly over him.
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:24:39 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:18:12 PM
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Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
Yeah, I've considered that likelihood.
Right now I really don't know what I'd do. I know what I SHOULD do, but not what I would do.
You already know my opinion, because I also know that the moment he was sure shipwright boy was out of the picture, he'd rediscover his undying love of that 20-something girl.
Give this guy a shot, if he's interested. He has, among other things, a job AND a musical/artistic interest.
As far as I know, the 20-something is long since out of the picture entirely. Basically, he thought that he could snap his fingers and hook back up with her, she was furious and offended, and they haven't spoken since. But yeah, same basic principle applies.
The way I see it, if I keep seeing the shipwright my goal should be to keep it quiet enough for long enough that by the time M.L. even realizes, I'll be well and truly over him.
This is an excellent idea, Nigel. Also with regards to him being all over your facebook, tell him again that you need a no-contact thingy still, and if that doesn't work don't log into your personal account for a few days at a time, if that's possible. Seriously, you don't need him anymore. You've got bigger fish to fry and better things to do than play silly games with men who can't put the effort into fixing their problems.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:18:12 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:09:21 PM
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Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
Yeah, I've considered that likelihood.
Right now I really don't know what I'd do. I know what I SHOULD do, but not what I would do.
You already know my opinion, because I also know that the moment he was sure shipwright boy was out of the picture, he'd rediscover his undying love of that 20-something girl.
Give this guy a shot, if he's interested. He has, among other things, a job AND a musical/artistic interest.
This.
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:24:39 PMThe way I see it, if I keep seeing the shipwright my goal should be to keep it quiet enough for long enough that by the time M.L. even realizes, I'll be well and truly over him.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SMART PLAN, NIGEL. IM WRITING IT IN CAPS TO SHOW HOW MUCH I AGREE WITH IT
Thanks, guys!
I feel like the combination of not seeing/talking to M.L. and also (I hope) spending time with the shipwright will be exactly what the doctor ordered.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
THIS.
But whatever you do, don't look back. Keep your head high, and move on like I did.
Quote from: Her Royal Suuness on August 29, 2011, 05:46:49 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 29, 2011, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
Here's a pic: http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263108_153199021420522_153195698087521_331529_5671877_n.jpg
Not bad.
$10 says if you start dating him, Mr Language will suddenly change his mind.
Dok,
Knows guys, being one.
THIS.
But whatever you do, don't look back. Keep your head high, and move on like I did.
And Suu is an expert on relationships. :lulz:
Dok,
Will, of course, ask you to refrain from remarking on HIS shit, which is totally different for reasons that do not concern you.
No, fuck no. But to be honest, you guys here have actually helped me A LOT, especially you, Roger.
Quote from: Her Royal Suuness on August 29, 2011, 05:52:49 PM
No, fuck no. But to be honest, you guys here have actually helped me A LOT, especially you, Roger.
We doktors aim to please. :)
QuoteDon't get me wrong.
I miss our friendship terribly. You were my best friend as well as my lover, and we had things together... effortless kinds of communication at times... that felt mystical. I miss that. But I miss too many other things. I miss falling asleep and waking up next to you. I miss conspiring with you. I miss laughing with you. I miss the feeling of partnership, of potential, of being your support system and you being mine. I miss making love with you. I miss the dream of traveling with you, and of being the home you return to. Sometimes it feels impossible that we are not a team, because teaming up with you felt right, and your absence from my life leaves such a void. It is true that life is easier without you in some ways, but I don't know if it offsets the things I miss.
All of these are the reasons that I can't be your friend. I won't even try, at this point, to say the right words, whatever they are. This is just the way things have to be.
Yesterday I blocked my ex-boyfriend on Facebook. Again. Then I went for a two-mile run, trying to tire out the sorrow.
Blocking him seems childish in a way, but it is more than anything an admission that I'm not over him, not getting over him, and that there is no hope for us to be a couple again, now or ever, because the conditions of my exile require getting over him for there to be hope.
It's a double bind, a catch-22. There is nowhere to go with it. So I give up, and I give in to being hopelessly in love with him, and I give in to the permanence of being separated from him. I give in completely to his absence from my life. I admit my helplessness over the yawning void where it still feels his body and words should be. Time has not yet mitigated how much I miss him; at some point, he became something very like my best friend, and I have lost that as well as the other intimacies we shared. Sometimes it feels impossible.
Now, though, at least I can speak freely about him, and about myself, without the constant knowledge that he may be reading, interpreting, finding covert messages hidden within my status updates. Maybe someday my hands will stop shaking. And maybe someday, after hopelessness has worn its way through the soles of my running shoes, I'll be ready to move on and fall in love with someone else, someone completely different, completely unique, and completely wonderful in ways that could not possibly be any more unlike the man who previously occupied that space in my heart.
Quote from: Nigel on September 07, 2011, 09:25:19 PM
Yesterday I blocked my ex-boyfriend on Facebook. Again. Then I went for a two-mile run, trying to tire out the sorrow.
Blocking him seems childish in a way, but it is more than anything an admission that I'm not over him, not getting over him, and that there is no hope for us to be a couple again, now or ever, because the conditions of my exile require getting over him for there to be hope.
It's not.
There's a reason they put that feature in there, and it's not just for blocking abusive or annoying people.
Your reason for blocking him is perfectly legitimate, and there's NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING IT.
Think of it as a spam filter, or how some people here don't read the recipes subforum, it's part of how the system works and there's nothing wrong with it. You're using a feature of FB so you won't be confronted with his actions every time you log on because it makes you feel terrible, that's a perfectly legitimate way to use the block feature. It's nothing personal. Well, it
is personal, but not in that way, you don't have to view it as an attack, heaping him in with the category of people that you'd block for other reasons (being obnoxious or abusive, or other), view it as a way so YOU are filtering what you do and don't see on FB.
Additionally, don't think (oops I dont want to tell you what to think, sorry), he'll think "hey she blocked me, so she DOES care"--that doesn't make sense. Either he'll understand (you've given him enough hints) or he'll think "WTF SHE BLOCKED ME?!" in which case, fuck him. But to somehow wrap it in to "hey that means she cares" is just genuinely fucked up, and I know you think he might, but really, he probably doesn't.
You're doing well, Nigel :)
Thanks Trip. I'm trying.
You deserve better Nigel.
I think you made the difficult but healthy decision and it will pay in spades farther on down the road.
I hope so.
Right now it feels like cutting him out of my life completely is the only road to happiness, as sad as it makes me and as much as I miss him.
I had to do the same thing with my last ex. It hurt. Things will get better.
Thanks, Coyote.
Quote from: Net on September 07, 2011, 11:01:23 PM
You deserve better Nigel.
I think you made the difficult but healthy decision and it will pay in spades farther on down the road.
This.
Quote from: Nigel on August 29, 2011, 12:19:26 AM
So um
I picked up a guy at a truck stop last night.
No, actually, it's classier than that, but still, that's basically what happened. I went to the Ponderosa Lounge at Jubitz to see the last Git Rights show because Michael Shawn is moving to Austin, and when I walked in there was this man. He was just standing there on the other end of the bar (one of those huge square bars like casinos have), like he had a right to be there or something. HOT HOT HOT. And that thing happened where our eyes met across the room. I was like, holy shit! So we just stared at each other while some random dude bought me a drink, and then I went and danced, and there he was over there so I went and stood next to him as bold as can be. It turned out that he's a friend of Michael Shawn's, which figures because Michael Shawn is also HOLY FUCKING HELL HOT.
And then we went to the afterparty at the Kenton and then we went to his house. Which is where I woke up.
He is a boat carpenter and he has a floating workshop (he showed me pictures of his work, it's beautiful). Conveniently, he lives about five blocks from my house.
I have never in my life picked up a guy in a bar. Granted, we have mutual friends and we were both there to see said mutual friends, but still. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.
Hello, summer.
:lulz: That's awesome.
but calling Jubitz a truck stop is sort of like calling the Vatican a church.
And yeah, I know you really dug ML but seriously, you are WAY the fuck out of his league.
I found this thread via Google and the format is all fucking weird.
Anyway, I am trying to contain myself and not text Mr. Language for a bit, because things went (I thought) really well last night and I am helping him move on Sunday and I think the odds are in my favor if I can just chill the fuck out and not try to rush things.
If all goes well, I will help him move, and then he will bring Mr. Bones to sit in Santa Muerte's lap, loan him a book, and send him on his merry way. We may hang out again a time or two. Then after he is settled in to his new place, we will Talk About It.
If that talk goes well, I'm going to invite him to a weekend at Port Townsend.
If you find a thread through Google and it's weirdly formatted, look for ";wap" at the end of the URL. Delete it (";wap") to get out of "cel-phone/wireless display mode".
Quote from: Telarus on September 29, 2011, 03:30:40 PM
If you find a thread through Google and it's weirdly formatted, look for ";wap" at the end of the URL. Delete it (";wap") to get out of "cel-phone/wireless display mode".
Thank you! Very cool.
I have a date tonight which I am not very excited about, and another date on Tuesday which I am not very excited about, but if either date is funny at least I'll have a good story.
Tomorrow I am helping M.L. move, which I am very excited and nervous about. He is a spaz when he's stressed and it will be my job to not cry.
Last night, though, I met this guy. And, sometimes when you meet someone there's just this feeling. A feeling of awesome. It would be very strange to think I might meet someone new on the very eve of reconciliation with M.L., but there was a feeling of awesome, similar to the feeling I got when I first laid eyes on Space Cowboy.
This is the dude, and his kid:
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/260480_10150232497102521_671367520_7005055_911294_n.jpg)
Today he friended me on Facebook. Oh my!
Nice. And he makes cute kids, too. :)
The kid was almost freakishly cute. He's 7 now.
I've only been a redhead for a couple of days, and it's already working for me!
Quote from: Nigel on October 02, 2011, 02:02:59 AM
The kid was almost freakishly cute. He's 7 now.
I've only been a redhead for a couple of days, and it's already working for me!
You go. girl. Knock 'em dead!
So I messaged a guy on OKC a couple of weeks ago, and we proceeded to chat a bit, exchanged phone numbers (all very normal so far, right?) and texted a bit. He was a bit of a heavy texter, but nothing too out of hand. I met him for sushi Tuesday night, the whole date lasted about an hour and at the end he walked me to my car and we shook hands.
I am just bumping this thread because later, I'm going to post the entire contents of the ensuing text conversation over the course of the following two days, which was FUCKING COMPLETELY INSANE OMG.
Dammit, I can't import my SMS anymore because I seem to have deleted the app I was using and can't find it and don't want to pay $10 for a new one.
For context, remember, one hour date, sushi, handshake. No deep conversation or anything. I told him that I was sorry, but that I didn't want to go on a second date because I want to get back together with my ex and that I figured he'd rather hear than than just be ignored or blown off with some bullshit excuse. His first response was perfectly normal; he thanked me for being honest and said that he wouldn't try to talk me out of it. I thanked him and said I appreciated that. And then, a couple of hours later, MASSIVE WALL OF TEXTS. It went on for HOURS. I did reply after the first spate, to clarify that my decision was not about sparing his feelings, but about what I want.
It is worth bearing in mind that I was not answering his questions or encouraging him, and in fact barely replied during this whole crazyfest except to tell him that there is nothing for him to do, and that I don't want any further communication.
I wish I could copy & paste the whole series of texts, but it includes such gems as:
"OK. What do you want me to do?"
"Is it OK if I ask where I would stand if this wasn't an issue?"
"Even knowing this I'd still like to risk the chance of it not working out to see if it does."
"You might forget and let your guard down and stop pushing away."
"I guess I'd like to talk but it wouldn't be cool to make you listen."
"When something went south I'd just bail. New town, new girl, new whatever. I don't want to do that now."
"I'm starting to feel like my opinion in this doesn't really matter."
"So are we not gonna talk to each other anymore? I'm sorry but this sucks."
"Hell, I just wanted to go to a movie with you, but I guess if you want to be done with me I don't have much other choice."
"If there's a chance we can work past this I can't just pass it up."
"I just mistakenly assumed that how I felt mattered in this situation and could be discussed, but I see I was wrong. Whatever, nevermind."
"It's probably about time I got it through my thick skull that opening myself up to people is just a sure fire way to get let down."
"I'm glad I got to meet you even though it ended like this."
You have obviously missed out on your One True LoveTM.
Quote from: Donald Coyote on October 08, 2011, 07:42:13 PM
You have obviously missed out on your One True LoveTM.
Oh, I don't think she's completely missed out yet. He sounds like the kind of guy who will be available for quite some time, should she realize how wrong she was to
run screaming break it off.
Nigel, I'm seriously beginning to believe that you and my best friend are different incarnations of the same person. The sort of crap you are describing with Mr. Tidal Wave of Texts is practically a daily fact of life for her.
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 07:29:53 PM
Dammit, I can't import my SMS anymore because I seem to have deleted the app I was using and can't find it and don't want to pay $10 for a new one.
For context, remember, one hour date, sushi, handshake. No deep conversation or anything. I told him that I was sorry, but that I didn't want to go on a second date because I want to get back together with my ex and that I figured he'd rather hear than than just be ignored or blown off with some bullshit excuse. His first response was perfectly normal; he thanked me for being honest and said that he wouldn't try to talk me out of it. I thanked him and said I appreciated that. And then, a couple of hours later, MASSIVE WALL OF TEXTS. It went on for HOURS. I did reply after the first spate, to clarify that my decision was not about sparing his feelings, but about what I want.
It is worth bearing in mind that I was not answering his questions or encouraging him, and in fact barely replied during this whole crazyfest except to tell him that there is nothing for him to do, and that I don't want any further communication.
I wish I could copy & paste the whole series of texts, but it includes such gems as:
"OK. What do you want me to do?"
"Is it OK if I ask where I would stand if this wasn't an issue?"
"Even knowing this I'd still like to risk the chance of it not working out to see if it does."
"You might forget and let your guard down and stop pushing away."
"I guess I'd like to talk but it wouldn't be cool to make you listen."
"When something went south I'd just bail. New town, new girl, new whatever. I don't want to do that now."
"I'm starting to feel like my opinion in this doesn't really matter."
"So are we not gonna talk to each other anymore? I'm sorry but this sucks."
"Hell, I just wanted to go to a movie with you, but I guess if you want to be done with me I don't have much other choice."
"If there's a chance we can work past this I can't just pass it up."
"I just mistakenly assumed that how I felt mattered in this situation and could be discussed, but I see I was wrong. Whatever, nevermind."
"It's probably about time I got it through my thick skull that opening myself up to people is just a sure fire way to get let down."
"I'm glad I got to meet you even though it ended like this."
CHRIST. If it weren't for the fact this guy seems batshit crazy, I'd say SCIENCE! and LULZ are in order.
Seriously, this guy reacted like we'd been dating for months. Holy shit! I just really hope he gives up and goes and fixates on someone else.
Cainad, I suspect you're right. Something about me screams HEEEEEEY CRAZY OBSESSIVE FREAKS! THIS IS THE LADY FOR YOU!
This is why I keep quitting dating. Every couple of months I forget and try again. But either 99% of single men are psychos, or I just manage to attract the psycho ones.
At least it's cheap entertainment.
Edited out link due to paranoia that he'll google his username and find this thread...
Daaaaamn.
Did you try "Dude, I only spent one hour with you in a sushi bar. Leave me alone." ?
Nothing more, no qualifiers or clarifications, just a succinct pointer to his relative insignificance and a clear request.
(wouldn't normally volunteer advice like this but since you're working on the personal-boundaries thing: yes this is exactly how straightforward you can--and sometimes need to--be with men. we're "simple" like that)
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 08, 2011, 08:32:59 PM
Daaaaamn.
Did you try "Dude, I only spent one hour with you in a sushi bar. Leave me alone." ?
Nothing more, no qualifiers or clarifications, just a succinct pointer to his relative insignificance and a clear request.
(wouldn't normally volunteer advice like this but since you're working on the personal-boundaries thing: yes this is exactly how straightforward you can--and sometimes need to--be with men. we're "simple" like that)
Something very like that, yes. Which was followed by a dozen or so "BAAWWWWWW BUT I REALLY FELT A CONNECTION AND I HAVEN"T FELT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND I WANT I WANT I WAAAAAAAAAAANT" texts.
Remember the last guy? The one I went on one date with, who then sent me the insane emails and I had to tell him that if he ever contacted me again I would go to the police?
I've learned to be straightforward and use little words.
Also I thought "I don't want to see you again because I want to get back together with my ex", followed by "I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for myself" was pretty cut and dried.
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 08:38:35 PM
Also I thought "I don't want to see you again because I want to get back together with my ex", followed by "I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for myself" was pretty cut and dried.
Absolutely.
I have no idea why you seem to attract the crazy obsessive ones. Sucks though. Hope this one's harmless.
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 08, 2011, 09:00:33 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 08:38:35 PM
Also I thought "I don't want to see you again because I want to get back together with my ex", followed by "I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for myself" was pretty cut and dried.
Absolutely.
I have no idea why you seem to attract the crazy obsessive ones. Sucks though. Hope this one's harmless.
Me too! I gave his phone # to my best friend, should be enough to track him down if I disappear. :)
Also, his profile has been removed from OKC. Weird.
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 09:03:58 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 08, 2011, 09:00:33 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 08:38:35 PM
Also I thought "I don't want to see you again because I want to get back together with my ex", followed by "I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for myself" was pretty cut and dried.
Absolutely.
I have no idea why you seem to attract the crazy obsessive ones. Sucks though. Hope this one's harmless.
Me too! I gave his phone # to my best friend, should be enough to track him down if I disappear. :)
Also, his profile has been removed from OKC. Weird.
Click the link while logged-out. It's still there. This would suggest that he blocked you on OKC.
Quote from: Donald Coyote on October 08, 2011, 09:09:26 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 09:03:58 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 08, 2011, 09:00:33 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 08, 2011, 08:38:35 PM
Also I thought "I don't want to see you again because I want to get back together with my ex", followed by "I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for myself" was pretty cut and dried.
Absolutely.
I have no idea why you seem to attract the crazy obsessive ones. Sucks though. Hope this one's harmless.
Me too! I gave his phone # to my best friend, should be enough to track him down if I disappear. :)
Also, his profile has been removed from OKC. Weird.
Click the link while logged-out. It's still there. This would suggest that he blocked you on OKC.
Hm. I clicked it from my troll account, and a friend of mine told me the profile didn't exist for him either. Interesting.
Sure enough, still there. He just blocked my other account. Maybe because it says in my troll account's profile that she's getting back together with her bf, ha!
Quote from: Alty on August 11, 2011, 10:54:44 PM
I've me people just sitting at a bar. Some days it's a wash (for dating, sometimes I just like to sit in a loud place think and drink) but if you don't do it you miss out on those moments where you connect with total strangers for reasons that exist only in that moment.
This also has the advantage of, if they are boring, you can just go back to reading your book. I've found this also works quite well in coffee shops.
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 06:31:45 PM
Quote from: Alty on August 11, 2011, 10:54:44 PM
I've me people just sitting at a bar. Some days it's a wash (for dating, sometimes I just like to sit in a loud place think and drink) but if you don't do it you miss out on those moments where you connect with total strangers for reasons that exist only in that moment.
This also has the advantage of, if they are boring, you can just go back to reading your book. I've found this also works quite well in coffee shops.
Yeah, I'm definitely at this point all for going to a bar with a book instead of browsing the online personals.
I spent some time with my favorite fish biologist this way last night! And The Enucleator got his number, woop!
Today I'm gonna go check out the protest with Mr. Language. :) He keeps finding stuff to ask me to do with him, which makes me really happy.
Duuude.
I posted an ad tonight:
QuoteInternet troll seeks same - 40 (NE)
Date: 2011-11-12, 5:42PM PST
It makes me laugh. If you understand why I do what I do, then I want to meet you. I'm that loneliest of creatures, a girl troll, looking for my trollmate, IRL and online. Maybe I'm just a huge dick (LAWL) but I'm thin and prefer thin men within a few years of my age. There's something about having shared pop culture references that's kind of a big deal.
(Dyed) red hair/freckles/brown eyes. Big smile.
Of course I have pics. And if you ask whether I'm real, WAYSA?
And this is one of the replies:
Quotehey,, how goe,s it in the digital realm?? i,ma keep it short,,,, i,m real,, tired of trollin for the one who,s real also,, i,m 6ft1,, 180lbs,, yeah lean & fit,,, 46, u,d swear i was 35.. i,m single,, honest, easy going open-minded,, funny, i,m also and most importantly a daddy with sole custody of the most amazing 16mo. old lil boy ,,,,,,,, i work,, have my own home,,, here,s a cpl pics sorry the one of me is the only one on this computer i have others in my phone,, usually i,m takin pics of my lil guy,,...and although with him my life is full of love and happiness,, i,m lonely.. the lonliest of men it seems....dont make no sense... not into head games or bs,, so i,m in ne also,, and we could probably relate to alot of the same music, culture etc.... hope to hear back,,,
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. :kingmeh:
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 02:28:57 AM
Duuude.
I posted an ad tonight:
QuoteInternet troll seeks same - 40 (NE)
Date: 2011-11-12, 5:42PM PST
It makes me laugh. If you understand why I do what I do, then I want to meet you. I'm that loneliest of creatures, a girl troll, looking for my trollmate, IRL and online. Maybe I'm just a huge dick (LAWL) but I'm thin and prefer thin men within a few years of my age. There's something about having shared pop culture references that's kind of a big deal.
(Dyed) red hair/freckles/brown eyes. Big smile.
Of course I have pics. And if you ask whether I'm real, WAYSA?
And this is one of the replies:
Quotehey,, how goe,s it in the digital realm?? i,ma keep it short,,,, i,m real,, tired of trollin for the one who,s real also,, i,m 6ft1,, 180lbs,, yeah lean & fit,,, 46, u,d swear i was 35.. i,m single,, honest, easy going open-minded,, funny, i,m also and most importantly a daddy with sole custody of the most amazing 16mo. old lil boy ,,,,,,,, i work,, have my own home,,, here,s a cpl pics sorry the one of me is the only one on this computer i have others in my phone,, usually i,m takin pics of my lil guy,,...and although with him my life is full of love and happiness,, i,m lonely.. the lonliest of men it seems....dont make no sense... not into head games or bs,, so i,m in ne also,, and we could probably relate to alot of the same music, culture etc.... hope to hear back,,,
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. :kingmeh:
Or he's trolling you.
Quote from: Pope Pastor Wolf-Something-Or-Other on November 13, 2011, 03:36:56 AM
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 02:28:57 AM
Duuude.
I posted an ad tonight:
QuoteInternet troll seeks same - 40 (NE)
Date: 2011-11-12, 5:42PM PST
It makes me laugh. If you understand why I do what I do, then I want to meet you. I'm that loneliest of creatures, a girl troll, looking for my trollmate, IRL and online. Maybe I'm just a huge dick (LAWL) but I'm thin and prefer thin men within a few years of my age. There's something about having shared pop culture references that's kind of a big deal.
(Dyed) red hair/freckles/brown eyes. Big smile.
Of course I have pics. And if you ask whether I'm real, WAYSA?
And this is one of the replies:
Quotehey,, how goe,s it in the digital realm?? i,ma keep it short,,,, i,m real,, tired of trollin for the one who,s real also,, i,m 6ft1,, 180lbs,, yeah lean & fit,,, 46, u,d swear i was 35.. i,m single,, honest, easy going open-minded,, funny, i,m also and most importantly a daddy with sole custody of the most amazing 16mo. old lil boy ,,,,,,,, i work,, have my own home,,, here,s a cpl pics sorry the one of me is the only one on this computer i have others in my phone,, usually i,m takin pics of my lil guy,,...and although with him my life is full of love and happiness,, i,m lonely.. the lonliest of men it seems....dont make no sense... not into head games or bs,, so i,m in ne also,, and we could probably relate to alot of the same music, culture etc.... hope to hear back,,,
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. :kingmeh:
Or he's trolling you.
It's possible... however, if he is, he's been trolling Craigslist with ads that use commas instead of ellipses for the last week. Which is also a pretty amazing troll, but there's nothing else at all that indicates funniness.
I've gotten several responses from people who clearly think I mean "trolling Craigslist for dates", too.
And a raft of replies from 50-year-olds who tell me that "nobody believes they could be their age"
Dude, 10 is not "within a few" years of my age.
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 04:09:57 AM
And a raft of replies from 50-year-olds who tell me that "nobody believes they could be their age"
Dude, 10 is not "within a few" years of my age.
-snort-
Also, you should teach them what you mean by "teoll". Particularly the ones that are 50 or older.
OFUK. I WISH I LIVED IN PORTLAND. Then, Nigel could set up dates with all these folks and I could show up in her place. HOW'S THAT FOR A DATING TROLL? :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Murderbitch Deezy Mac C on November 13, 2011, 06:01:40 AM
OFUK. I WISH I LIVED IN PORTLAND. Then, Nigel could set up dates with all these folks and I could show up in her place. HOW'S THAT FOR A DATING TROLL? :lulz:
BITCHES WOULD BE UNAWARE, BUT GRATEFUL. AND UNAWARE OF THEIR GRATITUDE.
Quote from: Science me, babby on November 13, 2011, 05:41:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 04:09:57 AM
And a raft of replies from 50-year-olds who tell me that "nobody believes they could be their age"
Dude, 10 is not "within a few" years of my age.
-snort-
Also, you should teach them what you mean by "teoll". Particularly the ones that are 50 or older.
Oh I AM.
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 02:28:57 AM
Duuude.
I posted an ad tonight:
QuoteInternet troll seeks same - 40 (NE)
Date: 2011-11-12, 5:42PM PST
It makes me laugh. If you understand why I do what I do, then I want to meet you. I'm that loneliest of creatures, a girl troll, looking for my trollmate, IRL and online. Maybe I'm just a huge dick (LAWL) but I'm thin and prefer thin men within a few years of my age. There's something about having shared pop culture references that's kind of a big deal.
(Dyed) red hair/freckles/brown eyes. Big smile.
Of course I have pics. And if you ask whether I'm real, WAYSA?
And this is one of the replies:
Quotehey,, how goe,s it in the digital realm?? i,ma keep it short,,,, i,m real,, tired of trollin for the one who,s real also,, i,m 6ft1,, 180lbs,, yeah lean & fit,,, 46, u,d swear i was 35.. i,m single,, honest, easy going open-minded,, funny, i,m also and most importantly a daddy with sole custody of the most amazing 16mo. old lil boy ,,,,,,,, i work,, have my own home,,, here,s a cpl pics sorry the one of me is the only one on this computer i have others in my phone,, usually i,m takin pics of my lil guy,,...and although with him my life is full of love and happiness,, i,m lonely.. the lonliest of men it seems....dont make no sense... not into head games or bs,, so i,m in ne also,, and we could probably relate to alot of the same music, culture etc.... hope to hear back,,,
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. :kingmeh:
KILL HIM WITH FIRRRRRE
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 07:18:56 AM
Quote from: Science me, babby on November 13, 2011, 05:41:28 AM
Quote from: Nigel on November 13, 2011, 04:09:57 AM
And a raft of replies from 50-year-olds who tell me that "nobody believes they could be their age"
Dude, 10 is not "within a few" years of my age.
-snort-
Also, you should teach them what you mean by "teoll". Particularly the ones that are 50 or older.
Oh I AM.
:lulz:
I am currently talking to an attractive-seeming art student/woodworker who lives in a house and has a car. He is not put off by the fact that I have kids and is worried that the fact that he smokes will be a dealbreaker.
Hmmmmmm
I'll probably go ahead and meet this one. I'm prepared to be disappointed, but what the hell?
Wow. So after two pleasant dates, I went on a third date with the artist, bringing beer to his house to watch a movie because he was broke. He talked nonstop, including all through the movie, and didn't seem even slightly interested in getting to know anything about me. I skedaddled early and we did not make out. Figured it MIGHT just have been an off night for him though.
Then I went to Breitenbush, and then, the following exchange, which begins fairly normally:
Him:
QuoteHey Nigel. Are you back? Have a good time? Tomorrow? :-)
Me:
QuoteI had a great time! It was just exactly what I needed.
Tonight I am hanging out with my best friend before she goes to Mexico for her honeymoon. Talk to you soon!
A week later, him:
QuoteHas it been soon yet?
Me:
QuoteOh, there you are! I wasn't sure whether maybe you went somewhere for the holidays when I didn't hear back from you. How's it going?
Him:
QuoteEverything is well. I hope your week has been positive. It's Tuesday and I didn't know if you wanted to hang out...
My friends told me I made a mistake in "dating" protocol last time we hung out. I guess I was supposed to sex you up last time as it was our third date/hangout. Sorry. I figured that I would mind my manners since the time before I took it upon myself to fondle your boob.
Anyway, if you want to connect tonight (or soon) let me know. And, if you feel it, I can fulfill my duties from last time and "sex you up" if'n ya wanna. Otherwise, I will mind my manners.
WHOA WAIT WHAT???
Erm.. No. Just... "No, thanks, I'd rather stay home and fap, don't call me again."
Quote from: Nigel on December 21, 2011, 02:27:43 PM
Wow. So after two pleasant dates, I went on a third date with the artist, bringing beer to his house to watch a movie because he was broke. He talked nonstop, including all through the movie, and didn't seem even slightly interested in getting to know anything about me. I skedaddled early and we did not make out. Figured it MIGHT just have been an off night for him though.
Then I went to Breitenbush, and then, the following exchange, which begins fairly normally:
Him:
QuoteHey Nigel. Are you back? Have a good time? Tomorrow? :-)
Me:
QuoteI had a great time! It was just exactly what I needed.
Tonight I am hanging out with my best friend before she goes to Mexico for her honeymoon. Talk to you soon!
A week later, him:
QuoteHas it been soon yet?
Me:
QuoteOh, there you are! I wasn't sure whether maybe you went somewhere for the holidays when I didn't hear back from you. How's it going?
Him:
QuoteEverything is well. I hope your week has been positive. It's Tuesday and I didn't know if you wanted to hang out...
My friends told me I made a mistake in "dating" protocol last time we hung out. I guess I was supposed to sex you up last time as it was our third date/hangout. Sorry. I figured that I would mind my manners since the time before I took it upon myself to fondle your boob.
Anyway, if you want to connect tonight (or soon) let me know. And, if you feel it, I can fulfill my duties from last time and "sex you up" if'n ya wanna. Otherwise, I will mind my manners.
WHOA WAIT WHAT???
This is exactly the sort of shit that gives me hope for the human race.
Bearing in mind, of course, that I don't hope for the same things most people hope for.
I assume that your hopes involve a lot of blood and screaming and grinding and bone fragments.
Quote from: Nigel on December 21, 2011, 04:07:14 PM
I assume that your hopes involve a lot of blood and screaming and grinding and bone fragments.
Well, yeah, but that's not the whole picture.
There's also defenestration and dancing around wearing peoples' faces as a hat.
WHO'S LOOKING SWANKY IN HER NEW LEATHER FEDORA? COULD IT BE NIGEL?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2011, 03:13:04 PM
This is exactly the sort of shit that gives me hope for the human race.
Bearing in mind, of course, that I don't hope for the same things most people hope for.
I am so committing this to memory and using IRL.
... with no attribution :fuckmittens:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2011, 04:09:51 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 21, 2011, 04:07:14 PM
I assume that your hopes involve a lot of blood and screaming and grinding and bone fragments.
Well, yeah, but that's not the whole picture.
There's also defenestration and dancing around wearing peoples' faces as a hat.
WHO'S LOOKING SWANKY IN HER NEW LEATHER FEDORA? COULD IT BE NIGEL?
YAYYYYYYYY! A NEW HAT FOR ME! :fap:
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on December 21, 2011, 04:23:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2011, 03:13:04 PM
This is exactly the sort of shit that gives me hope for the human race.
Bearing in mind, of course, that I don't hope for the same things most people hope for.
I am so committing this to memory and using IRL.
... with no attribution :fuckmittens:
That's the sort of thing I'd expect from a Scottish border bandit. You haggis-chomping swine are all the same.
You could tell him that his friends is are wrong and a douchebag.
Freeky,
Ruining people's swanky hat parties since 1987
Edit for plural
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 21, 2011, 06:07:57 PM
You could tell him that his friends is are wrong and a douchebag.
Freeky,
Ruining people's swanky hat parties since 1987
Edit for plural
Nah, I was nice about it. I think he's just actually so disconnected that the fact that I was an
actual participant in the date escaped him.
QuoteI um. Am not really sure how to reply to this.
It seems like regardless of what's written in "The Rules" or whatever, the best thing to do is just pay attention to the other person and feel out (or even ask) what they want. There is no formula by which the ebb and flow of attraction can be calculated.
Oddly, although we connected pretty well the first two times we hung out, I didn't feel like we were connecting at all the last time, which I attributed to your having had an off night. It wouldn't have been a good time to initiate anything.
I must tell you that I would still like to get to know you, but I am skeptical of it leading anywhere but friendship, and am more than ever convinced that if I am to find partnership in my life it must be with someone who also has children.
Happy Yule... I have a big dinner to prepare today. I hope your holidays, if you celebrate any, are good.
-Nigel
Oh dear, he seemed nice at first but the "I guess I was supposed to sex you up before, can I sex you up now?" comment was awful.
I think your reply was perfect.
Thanks!
I was starting to pick up a clue that he might be totally socially retarded/possibly super self-absorbed when he waited a week to respond to my last email and then said "Is it soon yet?". It just struck me as an odd reaction to being told I was busy.
Also, I get the impression that he was already viewing Tuesday as "Date night", which partially makes sense because I had said that Tuesdays are a good night for me, but also so are Sunday and Monday, and three dates in is awfully soon to already be making assumptions about the other person's availability.
Of course, three dates in is also awfully soon to pull the "I'm broke, can we just watch a movie at my place" line, too. I should have picked up on that.
The whole "Is it soon yet?" Strikes me as a sort of tryingto-be-funny-while-initiating-conversation-again-in-a-row sort of thing, because that's a thing I might say, and only mean it because I'd been waiting for the other guy to initate conversation, but it's been a week and I DO like the guy who might have just forgot to text back, but feel awkward about not waiting until I've been spoken to first sort of thing.
It's a big indicator of social ineptitude, and probably low self esteem, and I'm probably way biased, but that's how I see it, and I'm just giving another view on it.
Also, you'd probably break the poor thing. :lol:
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 21, 2011, 10:59:47 PM
The whole "Is it soon yet?" Strikes me as a sort of tryingto-be-funny-while-initiating-conversation-again-in-a-row sort of thing, because that's a thing I might say, and only mean it because I'd been waiting for the other guy to initate conversation, but it's been a week and I DO like the guy who might have just forgot to text back, but feel awkward about not waiting until I've been spoken to first sort of thing.
It's a big indicator of social ineptitude, and probably low self esteem, and I'm probably way biased, but that's how I see it, and I'm just giving another view on it.
Also, you'd probably break the poor thing. :lol:
Except that I was the last person to email before that, and I ended my email with "talk to you soon!".
Since I was the last person to email, and I implied (I think?) that I would like to talk to him soon, it seemed like it was his move.
Maybe that was too subtle for him. :lulz:
Quote from: Nigel on December 21, 2011, 11:30:20 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 21, 2011, 10:59:47 PM
The whole "Is it soon yet?" Strikes me as a sort of tryingto-be-funny-while-initiating-conversation-again-in-a-row sort of thing, because that's a thing I might say, and only mean it because I'd been waiting for the other guy to initate conversation, but it's been a week and I DO like the guy who might have just forgot to text back, but feel awkward about not waiting until I've been spoken to first sort of thing.
It's a big indicator of social ineptitude, and probably low self esteem, and I'm probably way biased, but that's how I see it, and I'm just giving another view on it.
Also, you'd probably break the poor thing. :lol:
Except that I was the last person to email before that, and I ended my email with "talk to you soon!".
Since I was the last person to email, and I implied (I think?) that I would like to talk to him soon, it seemed like it was his move.
Maybe that was too subtle for him. :lulz:
Speaking as a socially inept person, that to me indicated that you would be sending a message again when you weren't busy. Which makes sense to me with his asking if it was soon yet, since he didn't know if you were still busy or not. I probably would have done similar.
Quote from: Nigel on December 21, 2011, 11:30:20 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 21, 2011, 10:59:47 PM
The whole "Is it soon yet?" Strikes me as a sort of tryingto-be-funny-while-initiating-conversation-again-in-a-row sort of thing, because that's a thing I might say, and only mean it because I'd been waiting for the other guy to initate conversation, but it's been a week and I DO like the guy who might have just forgot to text back, but feel awkward about not waiting until I've been spoken to first sort of thing.
It's a big indicator of social ineptitude, and probably low self esteem, and I'm probably way biased, but that's how I see it, and I'm just giving another view on it.
Also, you'd probably break the poor thing. :lol:
Except that I was the last person to email before that, and I ended my email with "talk to you soon!".
Since I was the last person to email, and I implied (I think?) that I would like to talk to him soon, it seemed like it was his move.
Maybe that was too subtle for him. :lulz:
It may have been, he may have taken "talk to you soon" as "I'll message you back when I'm not busy" whereupon he thought "so I'd better STFU until then" and proceeded in the way he did.
Thinking about it,
and keep in mind that this is just my interpretation, the whole "Hey, my friends say I ought to have sexed you up, so next time I guess I'll do that" seems more like he was sharing with you the hilarity that spewed forth from his friends mouth, because that is the way I would have phrased it. I do that with other things now, and most of the time people don't understand that I am making a humorous statement and taking the piss. Its a subtelty all of its own, which doesn't mean that he will pick up on your subtelty.
Even if I'm misinterpreting stuff here, look at it this way: At least he isn't obsessively texting you and making long term plans (or maybe he did and I got confused), right? :lulz:
Maybe that is how he took it. The only odd thing about him assuming that I was still busy is that the "busy was that I specifically told him that I was hanging out that evening with my friend because she was about to go to Mexico, which kind of implies that I would no longer be hanging out with said friend after that evening.
Also, it would be normal (am I wrong?) to acknowledge that email in some way, such as "OK, have fun with your friend!". I actually kind of think that either of you would have picked up on that even if you don't think you would have. It is incredibly instinctive to do a back-and-forth, and not answering me left the ball in his court... which it was why it seemed weird when he finally did reply a week later with "is it soon yet?"
I can totally see the attempt at humor, but it makes no sense in the context of me having been the last person to write.
Anyway, that's all minutiae... tiny details that made me feel things were a bit off, compounding my negative reaction of his offer to "sex me up".
Quote from: Nigel on December 22, 2011, 12:39:49 AM
Maybe that is how he took it. The only odd thing about him assuming that I was still busy is that the "busy was that I specifically told him that I was hanging out that evening with my friend because she was about to go to Mexico, which kind of implies that I would no longer be hanging out with said friend after that evening.
Also, it would be normal (am I wrong?) to acknowledge that email in some way, such as "OK, have fun with your friend!". I actually kind of think that either of you would have picked up on that even if you don't think you would have. It is incredibly instinctive to do a back-and-forth, and not answering me left the ball in his court... which it was why it seemed weird when he finally did reply a week later with "is it soon yet?"
I can totally see the attempt at humor, but it makes no sense in the context of me having been the last person to write.
Anyway, that's all minutiae... tiny details that made me feel things were a bit off, compounding my negative reaction of his offer to "sex me up".
SORRY, MY KNOWLEDGE OF DATING PROTOCOL IS VERY NARROW. I DID NOT REALIZE I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU ON DATE #3. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME. LET'S MEET ON SATURDAY AND I WILL SEX YOU TWICE. I NEED YOU TO BRING YOUR OWN ROOFIES, THOUGH, AS I AM DEAD BROKE.
KTHXBAI
Quote from: Nigel on December 22, 2011, 12:39:49 AM
Maybe that is how he took it. The only odd thing about him assuming that I was still busy is that the "busy was that I specifically told him that I was hanging out that evening with my friend because she was about to go to Mexico, which kind of implies that I would no longer be hanging out with said friend after that evening.
Also, it would be normal (am I wrong?) to acknowledge that email in some way, such as "OK, have fun with your friend!". I actually kind of think that either of you would have picked up on that even if you don't think you would have. It is incredibly instinctive to do a back-and-forth, and not answering me left the ball in his court... which it was why it seemed weird when he finally did reply a week later with "is it soon yet?"
I can totally see the attempt at humor, but it makes no sense in the context of me having been the last person to write.
Anyway, that's all minutiae... tiny details that made me feel things were a bit off, compounding my negative reaction of his offer to "sex me up".
In the context of the possible-joke (which fell flat), it is merely part of the joke.
I'm not saying that things aren't off there, and yeah it's all minutiae.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2011, 12:46:34 AM
Quote from: Nigel on December 22, 2011, 12:39:49 AM
Maybe that is how he took it. The only odd thing about him assuming that I was still busy is that the "busy was that I specifically told him that I was hanging out that evening with my friend because she was about to go to Mexico, which kind of implies that I would no longer be hanging out with said friend after that evening.
Also, it would be normal (am I wrong?) to acknowledge that email in some way, such as "OK, have fun with your friend!". I actually kind of think that either of you would have picked up on that even if you don't think you would have. It is incredibly instinctive to do a back-and-forth, and not answering me left the ball in his court... which it was why it seemed weird when he finally did reply a week later with "is it soon yet?"
I can totally see the attempt at humor, but it makes no sense in the context of me having been the last person to write.
Anyway, that's all minutiae... tiny details that made me feel things were a bit off, compounding my negative reaction of his offer to "sex me up".
SORRY, MY KNOWLEDGE OF DATING PROTOCOL IS VERY NARROW. I DID NOT REALIZE I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU ON DATE #3. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME. LET'S MEET ON SATURDAY AND I WILL SEX YOU TWICE. I NEED YOU TO BRING YOUR OWN ROOFIES, THOUGH, AS I AM DEAD BROKE.
KTHXBAI
Oh. Yes. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2011, 12:46:34 AM
Quote from: Nigel on December 22, 2011, 12:39:49 AM
Maybe that is how he took it. The only odd thing about him assuming that I was still busy is that the "busy was that I specifically told him that I was hanging out that evening with my friend because she was about to go to Mexico, which kind of implies that I would no longer be hanging out with said friend after that evening.
Also, it would be normal (am I wrong?) to acknowledge that email in some way, such as "OK, have fun with your friend!". I actually kind of think that either of you would have picked up on that even if you don't think you would have. It is incredibly instinctive to do a back-and-forth, and not answering me left the ball in his court... which it was why it seemed weird when he finally did reply a week later with "is it soon yet?"
I can totally see the attempt at humor, but it makes no sense in the context of me having been the last person to write.
Anyway, that's all minutiae... tiny details that made me feel things were a bit off, compounding my negative reaction of his offer to "sex me up".
SORRY, MY KNOWLEDGE OF DATING PROTOCOL IS VERY NARROW. I DID NOT REALIZE I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU ON DATE #3. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME. LET'S MEET ON SATURDAY AND I WILL SEX YOU TWICE. I NEED YOU TO BRING YOUR OWN ROOFIES, THOUGH, AS I AM DEAD BROKE.
KTHXBAI
This sets my heart all a-flutter. I wish someone would talk to me like that.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2011, 12:46:34 AM
Quote from: Nigel on December 22, 2011, 12:39:49 AM
Maybe that is how he took it. The only odd thing about him assuming that I was still busy is that the "busy was that I specifically told him that I was hanging out that evening with my friend because she was about to go to Mexico, which kind of implies that I would no longer be hanging out with said friend after that evening.
Also, it would be normal (am I wrong?) to acknowledge that email in some way, such as "OK, have fun with your friend!". I actually kind of think that either of you would have picked up on that even if you don't think you would have. It is incredibly instinctive to do a back-and-forth, and not answering me left the ball in his court... which it was why it seemed weird when he finally did reply a week later with "is it soon yet?"
I can totally see the attempt at humor, but it makes no sense in the context of me having been the last person to write.
Anyway, that's all minutiae... tiny details that made me feel things were a bit off, compounding my negative reaction of his offer to "sex me up".
SORRY, MY KNOWLEDGE OF DATING PROTOCOL IS VERY NARROW. I DID NOT REALIZE I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU ON DATE #3. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME. LET'S MEET ON SATURDAY AND I WILL SEX YOU TWICE. I NEED YOU TO BRING YOUR OWN ROOFIES, THOUGH, AS I AM DEAD BROKE.
KTHXBAI
Always such a sweet-talker...