Do you go on "dates"?

[Fat Red]

If you watched seppo TV, you'd think the only way people get together is from dates. One person asks another out.


Whereas, my experience is, teenage relationships usually start with a drunken win-on at a party.

Later on, I dunno, you're friends, you have a 'talk' and suddenly you're going out. You might then go to the movies or out to dinner together, but they're not check you out kind of dates, you're already a (tentative) couple.

I have been on dates, but not that much, and none of my relationships have started by either of us saying, would you like to come out for a drink/movie/dinner.

What's your experience?

 

[The Hitman]

Nope...it's kinda always 'developed'.

The Hitman

 

[sbagman]

Well, funny you should mention that....

I'm kinda "dating" an American girl at the moment. Apparently "dating" just means getting to know someone, maybe some tonsil hockey, but no sex. And apparently one can date more than one person at one time.

So why am I bothering?

 

[topdon]

Dates are important in the "getting to know you" phase. They don't always have to be pre-arranged things ... they can also be at the spur of the moment. Unfortunately the word 'date' has a sense of formality attached to it ... which isn't always the case.

But i reinterate the fact that dates are a natural progression to forming a relationship.

 

[Asgardian]

Nope, my wife wont let me, and the docs wont let me either, something about geeting too excited, lol,

 

[Dave]

Originally posted by Asgardian
Nope, my wife wont let me

Mine either! Hey, do you think there's any truth to the rumour that all wives are the same, they just have different faces so we know which one we belong to?

 

[TheMase]

Originally posted by Dave


Mine either! Hey, do you think there's any truth to the rumour that all wives are the same, they just have different faces so we know which one we belong to?

lmao

 

[Asgardian]

Originally posted by Dave


Mine either! Hey, do you think there's any truth to the rumour that all wives are the same, they just have different faces so we know which one we belong to?

It is some sort of collective mind thingy Dave, coz the wife I belong to knows I'm about to do something wrong, BEFORE I've done it.

We are in a no-win situation, if you buy her some flowers and chocolates she KNOWS you have done something wrong. If you propose to take her out, she knows it was something MAJOR that you've done wrong. If you do all three things, chocys, flowers and outing, she starts to pack to go home to her mother. If you do none of the above, you are a bastard and don't love her.

 

[Dave]

Originally posted by Asgardian
It is some sort of collective mind thingy Dave, coz the wife I belong to knows I'm about to do something wrong, BEFORE I've done it.

Sounds eerily familiar!

We are in a no-win situation, if you buy her some flowers and chocolates she KNOWS you have done something wrong. If you propose to take her out, she knows it was something MAJOR that you've done wrong. If you do all three things, chocys, flowers and outing, she starts to pack to go home to her mother. If you do none of the above, you are a bastard and don't love her.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! True!

 

[Sly77]

Yep most certainly do - I seem to be coming somewhat of an expert

The art of dating seems to be lost on Aussies. I appreciate a guy who will actually make an effort to go out of their way to get to know me first before expecting something out of me.

They're especially useful for guys you've just met out pubbing/clubbing etc and know nothing about. Dates/hanging out whatever you want to call it, are a great way to work out whether a guy you've met is "you're type". Lets face it - if you can't find anything to converse about over a 30 minute coffee - then there's no point making any attempt at a relationship. From experience - talking on the phone is a WHOLE different kettle of fish than actually interacting in person. Also if the person has been a friend for a while, or even just a friend of a friend, its a great way to put a divide between where the friendship finished and relationship started.

My advice is - guys get out there and just do it - chicks do appreciate it

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Sly...great advice...but you left out what tiny detail...the girl has to say yes first!!!

 

[The Hitman]

Originally posted by Sly77
Also if the person has been a friend for a while, or even just a friend of a friend, its a great way to put a divide between where the friendship finished and relationship started.

My advice is - guys get out there and just do it - chicks do appreciate it

I wish me and my friend could...

The Hitman

 

[meg]

Originally posted by Sly77
From experience - talking on the phone is a WHOLE different kettle of fish than actually interacting in person.

Oh my gosh but some guys on the phone are just the BIGGEST DRAAAAINERS..... they're great to talk to in person, but do guys have a phobia of the phone?! They just don't SAY anything!

 

[The Hitman]

Originally posted by meg


Oh my gosh but some guys on the phone are just the BIGGEST DRAAAAINERS..... they're great to talk to in person, but do guys have a phobia of the phone?! They just don't SAY anything!

Quite the opposite about me...

The Hitman

 

[i_luv_westcoast]

I've been chatting to a girl I met on IRC. We chat to each other every 3 or 4 days. I have phoned her a couple of times and we have sent sms messages to each other. We are going to meet next Tuesday in the city (Perth). I've never actually met anyone off the net before so it's pretty nerve wracking. We have both sent pics of each other so it's not like we don't know what each other looks like. I'm just scared that we wont have anything to talk about, because we seem to have covered most areas as it is now.

 

[topdon]

Originally posted by Sly77
My advice is - guys get out there and just do it - chicks do appreciate it

Us Italians have turned dating into an artform But Sly ... i might just take your advice

Workies here i come

 

[meg]

Originally posted by topdon


Us Italians have turned dating into an artform But Sly ... i might just take your advice

Workies here i come

Yes Italians can be very smooooooothe...

 

[Darky]

No.

I'm not worth spending 5 minutes with, much less a whole evening.

 

[Sly77]

Originally posted by topdon


Workies here i come

Topdon - no no no No NO NOOOOOOOO.......

 

[kuepper]

Originally posted by Dave
Hey, do you think there's any truth to the rumour that all wives are the same, they just have different faces so we know which one we belong to?

As 'Jay' said in the quality flick Chasing Amy "there is only one bitch, with many faces"

 

[lioness]

LOL I dunno, dates bore me coz I hate planning things. To me, a 'date' is calling the guy in question at 4am and sayin "Let's drive to Williamstown and watch the sun rise over the bay" so we do. (and yes, a guy was REALLY willing to do that for me. ) or like do really interesting stuff like that. As any guy who's been out with me knows, expect the unexpected. Or destroying any night out a guy has planned by dragging him off to some karaoke place.

Special thanks to my lil angel S, who loved all that stuff. I know he's sitting up there laughin his arse off at every guy I do crazy stuff to. Just not the same somehow.

 

[RichmondEmma]

i don't go on dates cause i'm so ugly and so one really wants to date me but thats ok i'm yong and like been single most of the time

 

[Mr Ripper]

Yeah, but I find prunes are more effective.

 

[meg]

Re: Re: Do you go on "dates"?

Originally posted by Mr Ripper
Yeah, but I find prunes are more effective.

LOL Rip where DO you come up with these comebacks?!

 

[lioness]

Re: Re: Re: Do you go on "dates"?

Originally posted by meg


LOL Rip where DO you come up with these comebacks?!

somewhere I hope I never find. LOL