Things have been flirty with this woman and I for two years, how ever we have both been seeing other people or busy and not wanting to deal with relationships/dating. Finally we are apparently both in a place where a date was proposed by me and accepted by her.
I have star wars tattoos on my neck. I just called and her voice mail message was just the Imperial March from Star Wars. I had no idea, so i laughed to myself and said “this could be interesting”
I want to know things that have happened to you, when planning romantic encounters that have just made you laugh and go “this could be interesting”
I once dated a gal whose brother was a star wars frea… er, fan. One day when I was out with her family, he started in with the star wars trivia questions:
Brother: “In Star Wars*, what was the code Hans Solo used to open the door for everyone else when 10 bazillion stormtroopers where shooting at him?”
Me: <blank stare>
Brother : “c’mon, you know it, this is an easy one!”
Me: <blank stare>
Brother : “It’s easy!”
Meanwhile, her family is indulging him by actually offering their answers rather than letting him know he is a complete boor.
Brother : “It was 57934**.” He then goes on and recites the exact lines.
It was the last time I saw her.
He probably called it Star Wars Episode 4. I know better, it was the first one, so it’s Star Wars 1.
** I’m making that up. But I’m positive he didn’t make up the answer.
Hi, It’s Sean. Let’s meet at 6:30 at this establishment for a cocktail then look at the art that we made plans to look at. If the weather is nice (which it has been for Kansas City) we’ll hang out on the roof afterwards. Call me back (left the number)
The plans were to gallery hop for first friday then share a bottle of wine on the roof of the warehouse i live in.
She called back 2 hours later
Yet, Work called 1 hour later to tell me I had to come in and serve tables that night. So there will be no gallery hopping. boooooo!
Sorry this thread sucks
I get alot of this shit because of my neck ( i have both insignia tattooed there). I serve tables and every yahoo feels they need to talk to me about star wars. I politely tell them that I hate the movies, and if they want to talk about the movies they are out of luck and then start rambling on about the books. They shut up real quick
One time during my senior year of high school I asked a co-worker out. She and I had been getting along and she was cute and all. Anyway, I suggested we go see “Rocky IV” which was currently in theaters. She seemed very excited and was really looking forward to going.
However, unbeknownst to me, she had mis-heard me and thought we were going to see Rocky Horror, as in the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Later on in the week when she was talking about what she was going to wear and what she was going to bring, I thought man she’s whacked! (I had barely heard of Rocky Horror and was not familiar with all the trappings of that movie experience). Needless to say, when she figured out I was talking about a boxing movie, uh, well, it was awkward.
Holy crap. Can we make that a sticky so that the next person who wants to start a “I need relationship help” or “I like this girl but don’t know how to ask her out” thread can just refer to the absolute most perfect first date phone message ever?
That’s how it is done people. No agonizing for days over the perfect place to go, no obsessing over whether 1 rose or 12 dozen daisys are the right number of flowers for a first date, and, even though they are both heavy duty SW fans, note how he made no mention of watching the double suns set on Tatooine, or that the wine would be Skywalker Vineyards Private Vinters Reserve bottled long long ago in a galaxy far far away, etc., etc.
Hmph. Like this would prevent a dozen “yeah but” posts to cover every imaginable (sic) scenario – “yeah but, I don’t drink”; “yeah but, there’s no roof to hang out on”; “yeah but, it’s monsoon season”; etc.
“Hello [first name], it’s [your name]. Let’s meet at [time of day] at [location] for [beverage] then we can [activity] that we made plans to do. If the weather is nice we’ll [outdoor activity] afterwards. Call me back at [you telephone number].”
Of course, then we’d get the kind of results MadLibs always give:
“Hello Shitforbrains, it’s Boogerface. Let’s meet at half past a monkey’s ass at Armpit for some peepee then we can eat some bugs that we made plans to do. If the weather is nice, we’ll scratch our buts outdoors afterwards. Call me back at 555-your mother.”
Which, coincidentally, is about the level of message quality some of our more “relationship challenged” Dopers seem to be leaving.
I think seven’s post should be stickied. You may debate what should be said, but there can be no question that this should not. divemaster, you should have worn a corset and fishnets to Rocky IV. That would’ve impressed her.
There is another Skywalker. Sean.
