# How best to turn them away? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653 "2008-01-23T12:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/61 "2008-01-24T04:43:47Z")
Tell her she is too old for you. If that’s not enough, just confide that > [@dazed and confused](#): > > that’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age. ---
**Author:** ![ThirdCultureKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@ThirdCultureKid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdCultureKid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/62 "2008-01-24T05:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] During first date conversation: “Cite?” (Repeat as necessary) [/QUOTE] It might be an indicator of the dates I go on that this comes up with unfortunate frequency. But if he can come up with one, he deserves a gold star! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/63 "2008-01-24T15:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] > [@Cat In A Top Hat](#): > > What first came to my mind was “I’m dying of a communicable disease.” No, that’ll ring some pity bells, and you’ll hook the wannabe nurses. [/QUOTE] How about, “I’m trying to _catch_ a disease. Have you had any interesting sores or rashes lately?” ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/64 "2008-01-25T06:12:00Z")
Well, here in LA if you say you have a screenplay in production and would like some input from her she will run, as she is sure you are going to try to steal ideas from the screenplay she has in production. Or, “This new relationship with you will save me a fortune in hookers.” Or, “I assume you are into pain, are you not?” Or, “Let’s skip the dinner out. I think my Viagra is starting to kick in.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/65 "2008-01-25T07:53:18Z")
“What do I like about you? Well… the pastor said I’ve got to give going straight a shot or I’m going to burn in hell. If I squint, with your figure you kind of look like a guy…” Inviting a girl (one you don’t know to share your hobbies) to a trekkie convention or to watch your live role playing thingie seemed to work real well for some guys I knew in college too. Sadly, they weren’t trying to drive girls away. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/66 "2008-01-25T21:55:44Z")
Win a $2 bet to eat a trout’s eyeball raw. It worked for me when I was a camp counseler…except that then then tomboy girl thought I was the coolest thing EVAH! But the tomboy girl didn’t force her way next to me on the bus and rub my leg, so that wasn’t a real problem. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/67 "2008-01-25T23:02:16Z")
You’re good, but there’s this thing your mom does with her tongue… ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/68 "2008-01-25T23:27:52Z")
“…I play Magic: The Gathering…” ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/69 "2008-01-25T23:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=Student Driver] “I’m poor.” [/QUOTE] “I’m a grad student.” works well, too. (past that, fortunately, but still speaking from experience!) ---
**Author:** ![Caira\_Rand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Caira\_Rand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caira_Rand)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/70 "2008-01-26T00:44:32Z")
during a night out to dinner ask if she thinks the watress would give you a bj in the bathroom while gf has some hair pie lying on the floor soaked with pee tell her its a huge turn on and has allways been a fantisy to do something like that ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653/71 "2008-01-26T01:04:37Z")
If you have good health insurance: “You have small tits for such a fat girl.” Or possibly good life insurance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-turn-them-away/434653.md?page=3)