So out of curiousity, is there any cultural meaning to a fork and spoon tied with twine?
rjung: Thank you! Someone finally understands what I was trying to ask. I suppose I should have just phrased it the way you did instead of go into personal details about my relationships. 
mipiace: yes … I think “dating limbo” is a good term for it. I’d venture to call it that too, heh. Definetely no silk boxers, but I can’t help but think this is a flirt.
sammy: I also agree with you. She should be more direct, so my hesitation is warranted. Baiting is certainly not out of the question, but yes, I said something similar to that pasta comment … they aren’t very useable for eating, so I said they’d make perfect diet utensils, heh.
Ha, ambiguous gift, no matter what you guess, she can say you were wrong. Or not.
The sporting effect has its attractive side.
Get or make a small wooden fork, or piglet, or anything, a couple inches if the spoon is 12-15 inches, and rubber band it to the middle of the spoon, and give the bundle back to her (don’t separate the spoon and fork).
Then it’s her turn, she can decide if you are saying, Let’s tie the knot and make a baby, or are joking, or what…
Mary,
Ah the beauty of ambiguity … always gives more than one escape route. A lovely arrangement! Point well noted, I agree 100% There’s really no way to derive the true intention.
I see where you’re going with putting the ball back in her court, though I don’t fully understand what you meant with that. What exactly would be the significance of returning it to her with a larger wooden fork attached? I ain’t lookin’ to tie the knot or make a baby, though we seem to love to draw out the mind games as long as possible. It’s what keeps our friendship so bizarre and interesting, hehe. And what on earth is a piglet?
piglet = baby pig
sheesh. best of luck to the two of you and your mutual mindgames. i can’t think of a bigger waste of time and effort, myself.
and on a final note, i am not aware of any cultural significance attached to a fork and spoon tied with twine, beyond the fact that the twine keeps them from getting separated so that one or the other does not get lost.
i’m sure you’ll now have a field day overanalyzing that. :rolleyes:
I find it funny how some people are taking this question more seriously than I am, LOL.
Oh, I didn’t mean a larger fork–a smaller one.
The “attach small figure” idea was based on this: you could read the tied fork-and-spoon as symbolizing a couple, and let’s say the spoon could be the woman, and so you attach a wooden 2-inch fork or baby to the midsection of the spoon, which could be read as a baby in utero…this would pong it back and increase the level of challenge. Or puzzle her and leave her guessing.
You may or may not want to introduce that particular challenge. Any further move by yourself would be up to you.
“Games” to me are messier than “sport”. Chase-me-catch-me is a good sport, or can be. A life of games can have some cost to the participants, and more to any offspring, but sport is for the purpose of making life more fun.
Well said! I couldn’t agree more. Finally, someone who understands. 