# Did I make a stupid mistake? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530 "2013-12-31T01:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Stoned\_stoner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/41 "2013-12-31T22:18:18Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Was this exchange conducted via text? Because that may be your first problem right there. It was over Yahoo! Messenger. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/42 "2013-12-31T22:20:55Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > …a spider you’d raised from a pup in your shower. 😉 I have been told this by actual chicken-farming people. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stoned\_stoner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/43 "2013-12-31T22:30:33Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > I’m just trying to come up with a scenario in which it’s relevant that this all happened specifically on a January 13th. > > \*“. . . but when they arrived at my apartment I was, tragically, not there to greet them, having sojourned out to procure a costume for Martin Luther King Day, a mere 6 days hence.” > > ". . . but when they eventually showed up, I had gone to an impromptu candlelight vigil for [Patrick McGoohan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan), who, needless to say, had died earlier that day. (Ironically, my ex was a big fan of both _The Prisoner_ AND obsolete lighting sources; she would have loved it!) > > “. . . Sadly, their knocking was drowned out by the fireworks I was setting off in the backyard to celebrate the Liberation Day of Togo. (Eyadéma forverer!)” > > " . . . but, of course, it was the feast day of St. Hilary of Poitiers, so … well, you know the rest."\* Wow, Where do you get your excellent vocabulary? Anyway, how ironic, Patrick McGoohan died the exact same day and year. I saw him in Braveheart later that year in a film studies class I was taking. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/44 "2013-12-31T22:30:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > On second, careful reading, I still don’t know why the OP’s girlfriend broke up with him… Really? I’ve known the OP for exactly one post and I want to break up with him. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/45 "2013-12-31T22:50:27Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > …(Eyadéma forverer!)… My daughter-in-law liked those green soybean pods as snacks, but I never cared for them. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/46 "2013-12-31T23:03:00Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > DRAMATIS PERSONAE > […] OK, but where’s the scene with the hot twins? You can’t just get us all anticipating hot twins and all we get is Third Wheel and a bra. That’s like false advertising or something. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/47 "2013-12-31T23:46:53Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > - > > ". . . but when they eventually showed up, I had gone to an impromptu candlelight vigil for [Patrick McGoohan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McGoohan), who, needless to say, had died earlier that day. (Ironically, my ex was a big fan of both _The Prisoner_ AND obsolete lighting sources; she would have loved it!) > \* OP should have told his GF, “I am not a number, I am a free man!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/48 "2014-01-01T07:05:44Z")
> [@Stoned\_stoner](#): > > To answer your question, she apparently did dump me because of that particular misunderstanding, since I didn’t show up when she arrived to meet me. But you’re right, time to put the past behind me. I doubt very much that this was the only reason she dumped you (not to be mean or anything) - when someone wants to stay with someone else, they figure out a way to get past a misunderstanding like this. Hell, when I met my husband for the first time, he was in the restaurant and I was in the lounge, and it appeared that we were both late for that meeting. We somehow moved past what was indeed just a misunderstanding. As you say, time to put the past behind you. I hope you’re dating someone now who communicates better with you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/49 "2014-01-01T16:43:28Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > When someone says: “When you coming to town?” and they Answer: “Waiting for a friend.” That’s pretty much the equivalent of: > “How high can you count to?” > “Potato” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530/50 "2014-01-02T12:29:51Z")
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