Real Men Pay

[crazy canuck]

No, I think that guys who need to pick up drunk girls in bars to have sex are a bit pathetic, especially if they reveal that is the method they came to meet their wife.

Who said need, Mr. Judgmental?

Fair enough.  If he was doing it for fun that is even more pathetic.

[merithyn]

Fair enough.  If he was doing it for fun that is even more pathetic.

I think you're missing what he's saying. The Euros would get this, though, as it's how they still do things. It was pretty much the same for me, too, in a way, but we also might go on "formal" dates with someone we met in class/work.

It was pretty common for all of us to go to a bar to hang out, talk, dance, drink, play pool, etc. It wasn't unusual to meet someone that you liked, talk a bit. If you found that you had a good bit in common beyond the physical attraction, you might meet up again another night at the bar which might end up in a hook up. If you still liked each other, then you might go out on a date.

It was pretty much the culture during my late teens/early twenties. There was nothing seedy about it (no offense, CdM). It's just how you got to know people.

[garbon]

I think you're missing what he's saying.

I think he's just being CC.

[Malthus]

Meh, I've never had that problem.  Whenever I meet up with friends from back in the day I happily pay and they happily let me pay.  I also pay for drinks at Languish meets and I have yet to encounter a single complaint.

Maybe your friends are different in attitude. Some of mine used to feel uneasy about it, though like you of course I happily pay.

[Legbiter]

I'd sometimes buy a pizza to share after fucking back in the day. That counts as a date right?

[Admiral Yi]

I'd sometimes buy a pizza to share after fucking back in the day. That counts as a date right?

I think if you want to get super technical it's the part before the fucking that's the date.

[Legbiter]

I think if you want to get super technical it's the part before the fucking that's the date.

Oh, I see. 

Then by that definition I've only had one date in my life.

She talked incessantly about her ex, delivered these weird conversational putdowns as a some sort of test every once in a while and only took a shine to me when I abruptly hung up on her when she called me a week later. Apparently she was baffled by the cold shoulder.

She later tried to connect again by mentioning that she'd been talking to my friend. 

[Ed Anger]

I think if you want to get super technical it's the part before the fucking that's the date.

Oh, I see. 

Then by that definition I've only had one date in my life.

She talked incessantly about her ex, delivered these weird conversational putdowns as a some sort of test every once in a while and only took a shine to me when I abruptly hung up on her when she called me a week later. Apparently she was baffled by the cold shoulder.

She later tried to connect again by mentioning that she'd been talking to my friend. 

Hello, mayor of Crazytown.

[Tonitrus]

At our meet, CdM insisted on paying, and that still gnaws at my soul. 

[Ed Anger]

At our meet, CdM insisted on paying, and that still gnaws at my soul. 

Did you put out?

[Tonitrus]

Hell no.  I am a gentleman, sir.

[CountDeMoney]

He most certainly is.

[Legbiter]

Hello, mayor of Crazytown.

Truth be told her intervention was crucial in killing off my inner pedestalizing white knight and ending a dry spell in that formative year.