Dear Boys: Use Your Words, Please
I’ve imagined this post for some time (even before this blog officially launched), but … I wasn’t sure about leaping right out there with the other five-letter word that came to my mind first (the word instead of WORD … for those of you that are a little naive, it starts with a B, then comes a vowel, then a double L, before the S ending).
It was Mistie that lead me to the better WORD (it was inadvertent … she was talking about her 2-year-old, mind you; and I imagine her Dixie Heart will cringe at that other WORD I’m talking about ).
Any-hoo … I completely understand not every date works. It’s either there or isn’t … that pesky chemistry. But I do not understand the men who give every appearance of it being a great date (who walks you to your car and gives you an awesome hug???) and then are basically never to be heard from again. Unfortunately, this has played out in a variety of ways with several different guys, but the end result has been me having to deduce they aren’t interested without them being man enough to tell me themselves.
So here is my unsolicited dating advice for the men/boys who don’t know how to use your words …
“I’m sorry, I’ve had a nice time, but I don’t think we’re very compatible.”
It’s not easy, but it’s the nice thing to do, you, (to use another five-letter word) spine-less wonders 
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August 18th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Since it appears that saying the actual words are beyond most people of the male persuasion, what if we just allowed them to do a thumbs-up (or thumbs-down if needed) to indicate whether or not they’ll call again? Heck, they could do it as they were driving away if they were particularly cowardly…I mean nervous.
Or better yet – how about we just let them grunt? One grunt for “Yes, I’ll call you” and two grunts for “Sayonara – we’re not compatible.” Surely they could handle that?
August 18th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I love it! Or maybe it could be the head nod … the cool boys in junior high could never say hi it was the general head nod in your direction … or head shake.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:25 am
Um… a bit of male bashing?
There is a funny joke here… but I’ll pass.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Being one of the good ones … I think if you heard some of my stories, you’d be on my side.