# A platonic date you wish weren't

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908 "2012-08-08T22:39:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 12

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908/221 "2012-09-06T20:41:34Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Received the invitation today. Friend asked me about the situation, was surprised but understanding how I felt about the situation. BTW, what do I send it back in if they didn’t provide an envelope?

RSVP cards are often post-cards w/ addresses and postage already included on the flip-side of the card. It’s fairly tacky if it’s not pre-addressed/stamped.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908/222 "2012-09-06T20:46:08Z")

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**Bob** -Just flipped it over. Yup, preadressed/stamped.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908/223 "2012-09-06T21:50:02Z")

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If sitcoms have taught me anything, its that you must pursue this girl etv78! Pursue her like a wolf pursuing a lamb! It may take years of emails, flowers sent to her work, singing love songs outside her window, but eventually she’ll come around. You may need to build some kind of chamber that turns you into the “cool” version of you, but if that’s what it takes, do it. A wedding is perfect, its a big event and you can use it to declare your love publicly. I suggest passing a note to the DJ when the dancing starts to play your music and do a specific dance named after you that you invented. Bonus points if you can get others to background dance for you.

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908/224 "2012-10-27T19:45:25Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> She still lives in our hometwon, wedding on the Cape. (October, BTW)

So how did the wedding go, in the end?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-platonic-date-you-wish-werent/630908/225 "2012-10-29T05:19:20Z")

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> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#):
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> So how did the wedding go, in the end?

Was coming back to answer that very question! 😃 Was not AS soul-crushing as I feared. Yeah, it bummed me out to be alone, but I had fun nonetheless.

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