# Stupid Couples!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658 "2002-03-11T19:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/61 "2002-03-15T18:13:07Z")
[Rejection massively reduces IQ](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992051) ---
**Author:** ![LiquidLobotomy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@LiquidLobotomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiquidLobotomy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/62 "2002-03-15T21:45:44Z")
Oh my GOD!!! THAT EXPLAINS IT! Thanks SirRay! Why didn’t I see it before??? Oh wait, it’s because I’m stupid… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vivablur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vivablur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivablur)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/63 "2002-03-16T04:19:07Z")
Xan, I feel your pain. Still, you’ve got to lay off the victim mentality. You never are going to whine your way into somebody’s bed, much less their heart. Have you ever heard of a woman dreamily talking about an old lover’s constant complaining? “John was soooo passive-aggressive…sigh…I miss that…” I don’t think so. The other cardinal sin of dating is boredom. If going out on a date with you is filled with awkward silence, or ass kissing (rhetorically speaking) you’re dead. You probably know all of this by now, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/64 "2002-03-16T15:11:07Z")
Believe it or not I’ve kinda changed since I posted this. I’ve adopted if they don’t like me f-them philosophy (sp?). Hell there’s a formal dance tonight and I’m goin stag. If I have to dance alone, then I’ll dance alone. I really don’t care what anyone thinks, but there opinions are welcome if they are constructive. 🙂 I started reading everyone’s posts (which I’m suprised I got this much feed back) I was hurt at first at some of these “stop whinning” posts but later realized they were right. I don’t need anyone. I should just have fun since you only live once. Thank you all for your feed back, Nick (cause thats my name ,Xan is just an alias I use sometimes. FYI Xanthos is a greek god of a river I think. Thats where I got my name on here.) ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/65 "2002-03-16T15:13:55Z")
“If I have to dance alone, then I’ll dance alone. I really don’t care what anyone thinks, but there opinions are welcome if they are constructive.” Shoot I spelled “there” wrong it should be “their” ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/66 "2002-03-16T21:14:43Z")
Wanna be, wanna really be what my friends pretend to be Be it in my own good time Being kind to myself till I become one of two of a kind ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/67 "2002-03-16T23:05:40Z")
To quote from the movie Fast-Times-At-Ridgemont-High, in dealing with women you have to have the “attitude” that says “I don’t care if she, comes, stays, lays or prays but whatever happens your toes are still tapping.” Sadly this is the attitude some guys have and for some reason I don’t understand many women seem to like it. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658/68 "2002-03-18T11:24:04Z")
Well done **Xan**. To quote an old bromide that normally has me gagging and reaching for the bucket - today truly _is_ the first day of the rest of your life. It’s also the last day of your life so far. Enjoy it. pan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-couples/97658.md?page=3)