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  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member


    And, yes, I've learned a LOT about the opposite gender from this board. Kinda depressing, though.

    Somehow I think I have just been insulted. :tongue:
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Sometimes when I read these posts I think it's ironic that we are asking a bunch of single how to communicate with a potential suiter. It's kind of like going to a bar and asking for help with a drinking problem.
    I'd say I have a lot more experience communicating with potential suitors than someone that's been married for more than a few years. All they know how to say is "Yes dear," "No, that doesn't make you look fat," and "You are right and I am wrong."

    That's what I was thinking. While I'm sure married people have lots of insight on general relationship issues, if I have questions about dating, I'm not going to ask someone who hasn't dated in years (or decades).
  • dbrightwell1270
    dbrightwell1270 Posts: 1,732 Member
    Sometimes when I read these posts I think it's ironic that we are asking a bunch of single how to communicate with a potential suiter. It's kind of like going to a bar and asking for help with a drinking problem.

    Your post implies an assumption that single people are single because because they have poorer relationship building skills. That's not necessarily the case :wink:

    I wrote my post after a whole string of posts about the planning and preparation that goes into a first date and what seemed like a bunch of rules for handling situations. To the extent that those rules, plans and preparation have not led to the assumed objective of not being single, I think it is a reasonable assumption.
  • JanieJack
    JanieJack Posts: 3,831 Member
    Somehow I think I have just been insulted. :tongue:

    Oh dear... it's poor form to go around appearing to insult the one guy who gives you compliments, lol! :blushing:
    So glad you fellows aren't thin-skinned :wink:
  • JanieJack
    JanieJack Posts: 3,831 Member
    I wrote my post after a whole string of posts about the planning and preparation that goes into a first date and what seemed like a bunch of rules for handling situations. To the extent that those rules, plans and preparation have not led to the assumed objective of not being single, I think it is a reasonable assumption.

    Yeah, I've read a lot of "I, the guy, go through all this effort to properly plan a date only to discover she's "one and done." Seems to me all parties would be better off going with minimal planning and just relaxing. Go into it to have fun, not to make everything perfect. You can stress out over planning perfectly, dressing perfectly, saying the right things (and being careful to avoid saying the *wrong* things) and STILL end up never seeing the guy/gal again.
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    Somehow I think I have just been insulted. :tongue:

    Oh dear... it's poor form to go around appearing to insult the one guy who gives you compliments, lol! :blushing:
    So glad you fellows aren't thin-skinned :wink:

    I had to fun with ya. :flowerforyou: :laugh:

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