Something random

Thursday, November 22, 2007 3:49 AM

Why? Well, because. I feel 'off' if I don't write every once in awhile. Doing a bit better than last blog, by the way.

So I read this article on things men should avoid doing that drive women away. It was like, top ten things that make women wave good-bye or something. I thought it might be interesting, you know, see if any of 'em were turn-offs for me, so I took a gander. But here's what I think was weird: the entire list/article was written from the perspective of not only a first date but a first impression. I thought this was very, very weird. Mayhaps I'm the one that is weird, but I have never, not once, gone to dinner with a guy I barely knew. So I'm reading this and going "Why would this be an issue? Wouldn't she know enough about you to know this/have seen this already?" I didn't know what to think about it. I, myself, am not likely to want to date someone I know nothing about. There's generally been at least a couple weeks of conversation before I've been all that interested in someone, and a few months before I would want a 'date.' And I've never had a random stranger ask me out. Hit on me, yeah, but not the classic "We should go to dinner sometime" scenario. Now, I don't think it could be said that the people I tend to be interacting with are very typical people, but I'm sure I have crossed paths with such people in my lifetime, particularly working with the public.
So this article got me wondering two things. The first being "Why doesn't anyone advise men to get to know the woman they're interested in before jumping right into a dinner date?" and the second being "Is it weird that I've never gone on a date with someone I didn't know?"

I think I had a point when I first started writing this, but it's escaped into the wild.

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