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SJ.COM All-purpose dating thread

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by mustangj17, Jul 24, 2008.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

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    The Big Ragu, Oct 21, 2009
    #1897
  2. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Nicely played, Ragu. ;)
     
    Double J, Oct 21, 2009
    #1898
  3. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Dude, ducky is WAY hotter than that guy.
     
    imjustagirl, Oct 22, 2009
    #1899
  4. ServeItUp

    ServeItUp Active Member

    People in committed relationships think because they've hit the jackpot, they know what's best for their single friends (Well I'm in a relationship so obviously I did something right). They figure what's good for them would be good for their friends, especially in terms of the types of people they think their friends should date. A girl thinks, 'I'll set her up with a guy just like mine,' despite some obvious compatibility issues, for example. Just a theory, and I'll admit it if I'm wrong.

    So, Ducky, did your friends at least have the sense to set you up with someone who knows either the infield fly rule or who Barney Stinson is?
     
    ServeItUp, Oct 22, 2009
    #1900
  5. luckyducky

    luckyducky Guest

    Generally, you're correct. One of those involved is smarter than that, but I know she won't stand up for it against the other two. I have a feeling I'm screwed.

    And I don't know ... he didn't get to his point of asking me to dinner very quickly on the phone, but he also didn't seem very interested in small talk and/or getting to know each other. Short call, maybe two/three minutes? And his "good idea" for a first-date dinner? Red Lobster. After I ruled out Olive Garden. I swear to God, if he busts out a coupon... ::)

    As for the guys-who-think-they-know-sports thing, I've previously determined that I should date sports nerds who love a sport that I don't know well ... like, say, hockey or soccer or golf. Gives it more balance. Not that I'll rule someone out for liking my favorite sports, I just don't take kindly to arguments over stupid rules. :D
     
    luckyducky, Oct 22, 2009
    #1901
  6. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Red Lobster is a win-win for you. If it sucks, it's endless shrimp time, so just eat a crapton of food and don't talk. If you like him, no one else will be paying any attention to you because THEY'LL be eating endless shrimp. :D
     
    imjustagirl, Oct 22, 2009
    #1902
  7. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Man, I wish I would have thought of that first.
     
    buckweaver, Oct 22, 2009
    #1903
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Tomorrow night for "date night" my girlfriend and I are going out for crepes. An honest-to-goodness fricking crepe place (why I won't make so much as a peep about anyone going to Red Lobster for a date). I am not shitting you.

    I am not sure if she expects me to wear a cardigan or not.

    How do crepes compare to endless shrimp in the pantheon of win-win situations?

    The upside is that it is relatively near a restaurant with the best gelato on earth. We'll head over there afterward and have our gelato in the bar area. No one believes me when I tell them that the "olive oil gelato" is the most amazing concoction I have ever tasted.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 22, 2009
    #1904
  9. luckyducky

    luckyducky Guest

    See, Ragu, that sounds like SUCH a better idea to me.

    I'm not one of the high maintenance girls that has to be wined and dined and romanced, but ... Red Lobster? Olive Garden? Does he have a palate? Does he know the area? So far, I think 'no' and 'no'. Fine, pick a cheaper place and something more relaxed, but a fricken' national chain (and for the record, endless shrimp is like $17. not real cheap)? Sigh.

    With a crepe place and gelato? There's personality. (Crepes are much better for breakfast or lunch, IMHO, though.)
     
    luckyducky, Oct 22, 2009
    #1905
  10. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Could have been worse; he could have suggested Waffle House.
     
    YGBFKM, Oct 22, 2009
    #1906
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The gelato place was where we went on our second date. It's a decent restaurant. Sort of perfect for a second date with a woman I could tell I liked and wanted to keep seeing. Nice, and a pretty popular place, but not too ridiculously upscale for a second date. The food was actually mediocre that time we went (first time I ever went there and had a so so meal), but the gelato--which I had never tried, because I was vegan for a long time--blew us away. I would never have been daring enough to try "olive oil gelato" without someone else ordering it. But we have been been back there maybe a half dozen times just to have that gelato. Same ritual. We pop in for desert, order it in the bar area, where people are waiting for their tables. And we ask for some sea salt (our server put us onto it). A few crystals on each spoonful of the olive oil gelato changes the taste in this really curious, but good, way.

    The crepes were her idea. We know each other well enough that it's really not a date; just an ordinary occurrence of a man and woman meeting up for crepes after work. It must happen a million times a week in cities all across America.

    By the way, I'd say any guy who takes a woman for crepes on a first date needs to have his head checked. Then again, Red Lobster doesn't make much of a statement to me. I have a million ideas in between the two that seem much "safer."
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 22, 2009
    #1907
  12. luckyducky

    luckyducky Guest

    Wrong part of the country. :)
     
    luckyducky, Oct 22, 2009
    #1908
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