# Would this make you cancel dinner plans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023 "2010-01-07T13:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/61 "2010-01-10T08:45:36Z")
If that’s the case, i’d prefer to skip the underwear to avoid the tearing of my clothes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/62 "2010-01-10T19:25:39Z")
When I was in eighth grade, I tore my pants open from hem to well past the knee, on the inside, the school’s May Day celebration. Since then I have made a practice to always have spare clothes where I can get to them quickly. I would therefore have had a extra set of pants in the car. So no, I’d not have cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/63 "2010-01-10T21:57:11Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > There’s another entry for the regional language thread: What is hurking in Connecticut is horking in Ohio. Interesting . . . interesting. and mostly puking up here (I’ve heard “hurling” used up here before, but rarely). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/64 "2010-01-10T22:17:07Z")
> [@SazChez](#): > > **don’t ask** - That’s the spirit! > > And yes, I do think the woman in question overreacted just a bit. > Maybe she was just having a bad day? That’s my thought. If she was really upset about it, or having a bad day, maybe she knew dinner would be totally spoiled by her mood. Or she knew the tear was going to get worse. Perhaps she overreacted, but then I can’t really see how this was a big deal for the husband and kid. They could have picked something up for the way home. I doubt the four-year-old was that concerned about not eating out, unless their reservations were for Chuck E. Cheese. And she made dinner for them all after they got home? The poor things. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/65 "2010-01-10T22:54:43Z")
That really sounds like the sort of behavior I’d expect from someone with OCD. Does she demonstrate any other behavior that might confirm that? ---
**Author:** ![Recliner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@Recliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recliner)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/66 "2010-01-11T00:58:18Z")
Considering her demand to cancel dinner led to the incident being discussed in detail on a public messageboard – nope. It sounds like she might have been looking for an excuse, or otherwise angry about something, and this may have pushed it over the top. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023/67 "2010-01-11T15:01:17Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > My coworker’s family (husband and toddler daughter) came to meet her at work, and they went to a movie together. After the movie, they were going to stop at one of the nicer restaurants in the mall and have dinner. Nothing in this thread bothers me more than the casual reference to “…one of the nicer restaurants in the mall…” :eek: Maybe she was just horrified to have dinner at the mall and found an excuse to bail! When you want to bail on something, any possible reason will do. “Oh, look, I can’t have dinner at the mall, I have a grain of sand in my shoe and that just ruins my appetite.” . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-cancel-dinner-plans/524023.md?page=3)