Tag Archives: miscommunication

Last Night’s Date, Part 3

Dating/Single Life, , , , , , , ,

Even though I didn’t love his completely random and unnecessary virgin comment, I try to be open minded and was still totally willing to go on another date tonight, as our first date was decent. 

Looks like someone got a little insecure. Maybe his ego will feel better now that he knows HE blew ME off. 

For the love of God, where are the normal mature men? WHERE?!?

This first text comes the morning after said virgin prank. (Which, again. We can all agree was hilarious. 😒) 

 

 I’m going to go ahead and assume he really IS a virgin. 

Dating Apps 101

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I didn’t think this lesson needed to be explicitly taught, but when one of my smartest friends fell into this trap, I knew I must use this public forum to do all the ladies a favor and make this very clear. 

 (The first 5 texts– the smaller text bubbles– are a screen shot of a starting conversation my friend had with a guy from a dating app, which she sent to me).  

 

I Didn’t Realize You Knew About That

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Our school math coach, a lovey man who works in our school about once a month (but who I don’t know well at all), sees me in the hall.

Him: “Oh! Hello Miss Emily! How are you doing?”

Me (sarcastically, carrying a stack of practice exams): “Oh! Just GREAT! It’s my FAVORITE time of year!”
Him: “Ah, yes. I thought about you the other day. My sister gets depressed in winter, too.”
Me: “Oh. I was referring to testing season…”
Him: “Oh. Right. Yes.” (awkward pause) “But you ARE the one who sits under that bright lamp in the winter, right?”
Me: “Yup. That’s me. Didn’t realize you knew about that…”
Him: “Ok good. I would have been embarrassed if I got the person mixed up!”
Me: “Yeah. Now, luckily, no one feels embarrassed.”

And then I walked away and hid in a hole. 




Men Are From Mars, Women Are From a Place Where Context and Rational Thought Matter

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I have a male friend who recently went through some tough times and, partially due to my influence, has now started therapy. I’m so proud of him for giving therapy a chance, but still– as this conversation* highlights, could he BE more of a dude?
(*posted with his full permission and approval):

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