# Only 2 dates, but Valentines Day is Friday. What to do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185 "2025-02-11T19:47:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/81 "2025-02-15T17:33:52Z")
Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought that this might be a Barney Stinson dilemma? _Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I’ve only lined up two dates!_ @Moriarty: Well done on the texts back and forth. Good luck with your incipient romance. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/82 "2025-02-17T08:45:37Z")
Perfect text! Perfect response. Take a rose. How lovely. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/83 "2025-02-19T20:23:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought that this might be a Barney Stinson dilemma? _Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I’ve only lined up two dates!_ You are not the only one. I clearly watched too many sitcoms growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/84 "2025-02-19T21:11:31Z")
The sitcom hijinks took a turn. > [@So I found out the girl I just started dating used to do porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-out-the-girl-i-just-started-dating-used-to-do-porn/1014481): > > Fuck my life. This is all kinds of emotionally exhausting. So, if you followed my last thread, I just started seeing a woman. She’s 32, has 2 kids, and we’ve been on 2 dates. Both ended really well; a great kiss. And in the interim, she’s been texting me regularly. I did notice that she wore no makeup, and her glasses, both times. Not a big deal - she’s quite gorgeous - but I had seen pictures of her on social media wearing makeup and contacts. Hmm. Due to her shared custody of the kids… ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/85 "2025-02-19T23:01:06Z")
Oh wow, thanks for sharing. That thread really blew up. Are you going to keep seeing her, OP? (Sorry, will read through the other thread later!) It’s a lot to take in for you, I bet… ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/86 "2025-02-20T16:09:51Z")
I don’t remember that plot line from any episode of _Happy Days_ ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/87 "2025-02-20T18:37:38Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > I don’t remember that plot line from any episode of _Happy Days_ But maybe the parody, _Horny Days_? **rimshot** Anyway, this plot twist makes _this_ line in my OP > [@Moriarty](#): > > I haven’t even seen her naked, despite my best efforts at x-ray vision _particularly_ hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185/88 "2025-02-23T23:28:19Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Anyway, this plot twist makes _this_ line in my OP > > > [@Moriarty](#): > > > > I haven’t even seen her naked, despite my best efforts at x-ray vision > > _particularly_ hilarious. Pretty sure that was a Seinfeld plot, with a very slight difference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185.md?page=4)