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). 
Friend, when I told him I have a date coming up with a guy who has the same name as a character on Friday Night Lights (my fave show of all time) on a FRIDAY night.
That moment when you text the wrong jewish Dan.
Of all the fan e-mails I’ve gotten (and there are TONS, if “tons” means the same thing as “eight”) this is by FAR my favorite:
So, remember THIS prankster? Turns out pranking is a habit. A bad habit.
He texted this OUT OF NOWHERE.
I’m all for being pranked but…perhaps some context? Relevance?
Also humor. Humor is key to a prank.
So many missing elements here.
This cannot, by any societal standards, even be considered a prank.
This is just saying words that aren’t true.
People who say lots of words that aren’t true are called liars.
You’re a liar.
I hate you.
(We have a second date this weekend)
As you can see, we’re getting along swimmingly.
Meet John. He’s “Conservative.”
If you want to set the record for the number of times the word “gross!” can be exclaimed in a five minute period, have your shiksa friend scroll through your J-swipe app.
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