# Oh Dear, apparently I'm a bad date. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897 "2007-01-21T23:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/121 "2007-01-28T02:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Geez, I hope that prayer is not needed for your date. [/QUOTE] Well, it couldn’t hurt… ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/122 "2007-01-28T06:22:44Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Well, time to put everything I’ve learned from the quiz and this thread into action I’m going on a date. wOOt! [/QUOTE] At least somebody in this thread is getting some actual, real life dating action. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/123 "2007-01-28T06:25:24Z")
**Alice** , so how did it go? The teeming millions want to know. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/124 "2007-01-28T10:35:34Z")
Well, it’s 3:30 AM here and I’ve just gotten home, so I think it went pretty well. I guess we’ll see if he calls, after all my “bad date” gaffs like turning of my cell phone, combing my hair and putting on a clean shirt, and asking about his interests. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/125 "2007-01-28T13:17:37Z")
You are _so_ screwed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/126 "2007-01-28T19:33:22Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] turning of my cell phone, combing my hair and putting on a clean shirt, and asking about his interests. [/QUOTE] Just go get 6 cats and be done with it. 😉 ---
**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 28, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/127 "2007-01-28T19:36:50Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] You are _so_ screwed. 😉 [/QUOTE] Well, she _did_ get home at 3:30 am, and our mothers always told us that nothing good happens after 11 o’clock. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/128 "2007-01-28T22:23:20Z")
Christ, why does the flirtfest have to end when I’m AWOL? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/129 "2007-01-29T04:33:59Z")
Well, he’s called twice today, so I guess I wasn’t the worst date ever… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/130 "2007-01-29T07:26:09Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Well, he’s called twice today, so I guess I wasn’t the worst date ever… [/QUOTE] Shit, **alice** , I _wasn’t_ kidding when I said that any guy who wasn’t interested in you was gay. Even if by some freak of nature, you were the absolute _greatest_ bitch (which I know you’re _not_) to ever walk the Earth, your beauty would be enough to give men pause. As it is, I can say that you are a good “soul” and I would count myself the luckiest man alive were I to wind up with someone **half** the woman you are, no matter what she may look like. **alice** , don’t worry about not having men in your life, don’t even worry about not having life in your men. When you meet the man (the lucky bastard) you’re going to settle down with (and you **will** ), the bliss you will feel will erase everyone who has come before. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/131 "2007-01-29T15:42:48Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] **alice** , don’t worry about not having men in your life, don’t even worry about not having life in your men. When you meet the man (the lucky bastard) you’re going to settle down with (and you **will** ), the bliss you will feel will erase everyone who has come before. [/QUOTE] ?? Well, ok then… ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/132 "2007-02-02T19:07:14Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] [QUOTE=tuckerfan] alice, don’t worry about not having men in your life, don’t even worry about not having life in your men. When you meet the man (the lucky bastard) you’re going to settle down with (and you will), the bliss you will feel will erase everyone who has come before. [/QUOTE] ?? Well, ok then… [/QUOTE] He’s fallen in inarticulate-geek-love with you, **alice**. Don’tcha know, when a lonely for too long nice guy falls in love, he assumes he can’t have her and instead contents himself with the idea she’ll find someone amazing, possibly more so than he is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/133 "2007-02-02T19:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Zeriel] He’s fallen in inarticulate-geek-love with you, **alice**. Don’tcha know, when a lonely for too long nice guy falls in love, he assumes he can’t have her and instead contents himself with the idea she’ll find someone amazing, possibly more so than he is. 😉 [/QUOTE] :: nods :: Seen that happen all too often. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/134 "2007-02-02T19:29:50Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] …I would count myself the luckiest man alive were I to wind up with someone **half** the woman you are,… [/QUOTE] [Scary Movie 3] Would that be the top half, or the bottom half? [/Scary Movie 3] ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/135 "2007-02-02T20:13:47Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] [Scary Movie 3] Would that be the top half, or the bottom half? [/Scary Movie 3] [/QUOTE] Left half, actually - then you get a little bit of everything to play with… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/136 "2007-02-02T20:18:43Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Left half, actually - then you get a little bit of everything to play with… [/QUOTE] ha! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/137 "2007-02-02T21:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=Zeriel] He’s fallen in inarticulate-geek-love with you, **alice**. Don’tcha know, when a lonely for too long nice guy falls in love, he assumes he can’t have her and instead contents himself with the idea she’ll find someone amazing, possibly more so than he is. 😉 [/QUOTE] Judging by the replies in this thread, he isn’t the only one. The only thing that is keeping me from moving to Calgary to weld for a living and woo **Alice** is the fact that I can’t weld. Well that and the fact that my wife would not think too highly of the idea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/138 "2007-02-02T22:00:35Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Left half, actually - then you get a little bit of everything to play with… [/QUOTE] :: runs out of thread screaming :: ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/139 "2007-02-03T00:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] :: runs out of thread screaming :: [/QUOTE] I guess she’d be all right if we did it the other way… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897/140 "2007-02-03T07:22:55Z")
[QUOTE=Zeriel] He’s fallen in inarticulate-geek-love with you, **alice**. Don’tcha know, when a lonely for too long nice guy falls in love, he assumes he can’t have her and instead contents himself with the idea she’ll find someone amazing, possibly more so than he is. 😉 [/QUOTE] Actually, I was thinking of some of my own experiences, in which after I split up with a gal, I’m convinced that I’ll never meet anyone more remarkable than her, but then (unfortunately, years later, usually) I _do_. However, I _will_ concede that your explaination isn’t totally off the mark. And **BMalion** , it wouldn’t matter to me which half. I’m not _that_ picky. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897.md?page=8)