Dating sucks

“Chili, are you a playa'? LOL!”

“Someone had to say that!! lol”

“"Chicks dig the Bad Boy persona."
~aero

aero -
your post got me to thinking last night. So, I got liquored-up and had a buddy give me a jailhouse style tattoo of a swastika on my forehead. I haven't had any luck with it so far - but it's early yet. I'll keep you posted as the hos (ooo! bad boy talk!) start coming around and putting their hands and what not all over me.




"I say try online."
~lizs

Hi Liz. I'm Joe. I'm 45, but I do math at a 47 y/o level. I like hiking, driving around Iowa looking at the beans and corn, and proof reading. Wanna see my new tattoo?

Oh yeah, I like beating people up, too, because I'm one of them Bad Boy types dont'cha know.”

“lol gojo, the way I understand it they seem to prefer wild and dangeroous simmering just below outward respectability rather than a guy who checks before picking up the soap.”

“I've dated lots of women who check the soap...and yes, dating sucks...you put effort into something and then it all comes to naught, or maybe not enough effort into it and it all comes to naught...or you fall in love, and it all comes to naught...or you don't meet anyone and it still comes to naught...in the end...it all comes to naught...

I'm gonna just keep on keepin on and just be me and Khatru. That's good enough for me...oh yeah...I'm gonna be trying to study celebacy, so that I can become a priest.”

“I'm telling ya -
The Kim ordeal wasn't fun. I really liked her...

I felt like crap for quite a while - still do if I think about it long enough.”

“It's a shame gojo, but don't let it get you down. Would you really want to spend time with a woman who reacts like that over a misunderstanding.”

“twigeater - I wouldn't plan on having sex unless I was married again and remarriage is what I have trouble visualizing. If I have no intention of getting married or dating for sex, then why play with fire? It all makes sense now, but who knows if I was really in that situation. I would probably just settle for some exhausting TT outings and a little High Sierra skinny dipping now and then.”

“note to self: no more high sierra skinny dipping...don't know who is lurking.”

“Well after being out of the loop for ten years I thought it would be hard to get back into it. I work nights as a bouncer and as soon as word got around, I was getting lots of offers, but I've already met a girl that is pretty special and our dates are realy great.”

“awwwwww, schmucky poo!”

“broken -
you're a bouncer, eh?

I'll give you 20 bucks to let me "beat you up" (we can fake it like on rasslin').

That should do alot for my new Bad Boy image. hehehee!


BTW everybody -
in case you missed it at the Cracker thread, I've decided to cruise for babes at PetsMart tonight. Wish me luck!”

“LOl well I guess there could be worse places too look for a date!”

“gojo, people think I am joking about the grocery store on Sunday afternoon...it works. I found that single women go then to buy for the week.
Of course I am talking about this when I was single and that was yrs ago. I haven't been to a grocery store on a Sunday afternoon in a while so things might have changed.”

“There is a guy in our office who spotted his--now wife--in the grocery store. They kept going up and down the aisle in opposite directions. They were in the check out, she was in line before him and he watched as she checked out and left. He said he couldn't let the opportunity slip away so he left his groceries on the counter ran out the door and chased her down. The started dating not long after that. They are happily married and have two beautiful girls. So yep Ewker there is possibilities in the grocery store!”

“They had this special feature about guys meeting girls on TV a few years ago. They sent this good-looking guy out using different techniques or approaches for getting phone numbers.

Method 1 - He was "babysitting a baby that belonged to friends". Lots of women approached him. Success rate of getting phone numbers from single women: 100%

Method 2 - Same guy was driving a very expensive convertable (Ferrari or something like that): Success rate of getting phone numbers: 50% (as I recall)”

“I was just entering a supermarket when I noticed a girl approaching across the p/l. With my quick mind, and keen sense of wit, I came up with an ice breaker:
As she entered through the doors, I greeted her with a "Welcome to Kroger! Shopping Cart?" as I offered a cart.

She giggled and what not, but, short story short, she left the facility w/o me.”

“I'll vouch for the "Baby Method", phil. I was at a road race in Phoenix once with our daughter in a baby jogger when she was about 6 months old and was swamped with women. You'd have thought I was giving away $100 bills.”

“...was giving away $100 bills."
~aero

I'll probably resort to something along those lines.”

“juist make sure you ask to borrow the baby first ;o)”

“Anxiously awaiting the live remote broadcast of gojo at PetsMart..... or at least the follow-up report!!”

“why do I have this image of Gojo taking a iguana out on a "date" as a result of the PetsMart trolling.”

“Oh man, this thread turned out to be great!

As a newlywed, I gotta say I don;t miss dating as all. Haven't had the oppotunity to flash the ring at a flirt yet tho...”

“aero - interesting. Maybe there is a market for renting out babies to men as "pick-up" accessories.

A friend of mine is a Dean at a local community college. She is about 55 years old, divorced with two grown children, and, IMHO, attractive. She is getting married next weekend to a guy she met on match.com. She said she had to sift through a number of men, but eventually found a winner.”

“been on dating sites...no luck for me.. but congrades to your friend.. but I did meet a guy that hiked the AT back in 87 that I am meeting next month..meet him thru my hiking club actually... so wish me luck!!
rox”

“We should have a, "Win a date with Gojo" contest for charity.

Proceeds to support a women's or animal shelter.”

“Not a bad idea .....



if marketed right .....”

“I'll throw my two cents in...

Yep, dating sucks. No question about that. I find that it is a necessary thing to accomplish my goal however, of finding a really great guy to share life with, have kids, and grow old together. I've decided that Prince Charming doesn't exist. Well, he did, and I dated him, but as stikmon so eloquetly put it, it was all for naught. So, I had my fairy tale romance, and I'm a whole lot more interested in something real as far as lasting love goes.


Good luck at PetsMart, Gojo! I admit I check out the good looking guys with their pups in the store. Unfortunatly, most of the time they have their girlfriends with them too. :(”

“Dang.
I was totally whipped after staying up through Wednesday night.

Rather than go to PetsMart, I opted to stay home with the iguana. I was sawing logs; out like a light - sound asleep - by 8 p.m.

Didn't mean to let y'all down. I'll give it a go tonight - promise!”

“Looks like Id better start taking my grand daughter for some walks....

:}”

“Gojo...you punk'd out on Petsmart? awww, poor Sarabelle is sooo neglected...go get her a new gimmedat toy! I notice you haven't been sharing your computer time much with her lately either. hummmppfff!

Think of all the women she's landed ya...I can think of a ranger or two, not to mention the Philly. No appreciation...

Get thee to Petsmart! (and take the Belle with ya too)

>;p”

“so now you gonna make us wait Gojo?”

“Well, this was surely disappointing, as we all waited in anxious anticipation. Hey wait!! He's fallen asleep before and even missed a date!! >8-O lol... gotta give ya a hard time, gojo.. heheee”

“The Tragedy of Narcolepsy.”

“The legend grows.”

“Regarding good experiences dating......I've had a good experience dating recently but will say little about it. A relative of mine posts here too and will run to my ex with info.

All I will say is that good people usually appear when you're not actively looking. Relax, go about your life and don't try too hard.”

“I can't understand why you are having a hard time Gojo. You're good-looking, fun, funny, polite, and most importantly you have a southern accent. Maybe the accent doesn't strike the southern women the same. You need to move to Idaho or Montana. Chics up here dig that accent.”

“Wail howdy thar newgal!”

“Hi Geo. LOL!”

“I think I'll quit being a sourpuss about dating for a while.
Things just started looking up.
A nice lady I like and respect has expressed an interest in me.
Just when things looked darker....”

“I had a custodian cover my shop classes for a couple hours this morning (no biggy - last day of finals) so's Belle, Giz, and I could make a run to "PetStor".

As usual, I loaded the dogs in a cart and went in.

We were met at the door by the assistant manager, Trish. Trish escorted us for as long as she could stand it, so within about three minutes we were rolling in the hamster bedding sawdust stuff.

After she was "done", the pooches and I proceeded to the food aisle for snacks. There, we were approached by Shaqueeta and her pit bull.

She says "You be seen any Alpos?"
"You getting it for you or your dog?" I asked. We both LOL'd.
Meanwhile, Gizmo was busy protecting Belle from Jerome - Shaqueetas dog. Gizmo and Jerome were soon hunching (usually the case when Giz is involved), which Shaq seemed to take as a sign from God - or at least Eros.

Without saying a word (she seemed to be running on adreneline and testerone, with a pinch of estrogen) she took a knife from her hip pocket, and gutted three 50 pound bags of Pedigree Mini Bites With Protein, Cheese, Rice, and Avacado - spilling thousands of bite-size chunks onto the aisle floor, which when draped with a few articles of clothing, formed a surprisingly comfy beanbag chair thingy.

After getting a substantially greater than recommended daily allowance of protein (not to mention cheese, rice, and avacado) Shaqueeta had Jerome drag her down the aisle and around the corner. I grabbed a two-for-one bag of Original Flavor Pupparoni, and the dogs and I headed for the "gimmedat" aisle.

Enroute, Belle complained that she not yet smelled any stinky rat butts, so we diverted to the rat aisle.

Nothing much happened there - a few stinky butt sniffys, and a gerbil incident, but I won't bore you with the details.

While Belle and Giz were arguing over which of the gimmedats to get, I happened upon Susan - a cute little toy who had strategically perched herself between the fuzzies and the squeezies.
"Wanna play?" she asked.
"Yeah... whatever." I respond.

After several minutes, it was obvious that Suze's warranty had expired. Her fuzz had worn almost completely away, few of her strings were still attached, and she no longer squeaked. I discarded her like a worn out fuzzy, stringy, squeaky toy.

After adding two gimmedats of the exact color, shape, and size to the cart, we proceded to the veterinary corner for some flea drops.

While checking Barbara, the veterinarian assistant, for worms in exam room #3, I was glad to discover that Trish, Shaqueeta, and Susan had been admitted on an emergency basis for recovery and observation after Barbara involuntarily kicked open the door to ER #4. Even us bad boys can be compassionate... sometimes - but don't get used to it.

Anyhooo -
I grabbed a couple boxes of flea drops and hit the door. With the dogs loaded, I headed back to school.

There. Y'all happy now?


(BTW - PetsMart [or is it PetSmart?] report will be hard to top... or will it? Check back Monday!)”

“I think you should have bought three gimmedats!”

“That was better than some trip reports!

I think you should apply to be the next "Bachelor".”

“Phil & aero, I hear about that baby thing all the time! It doesn’t work with me at all. Geez, if I see a guy with a baby, I don’t look again because I figure he’s married. Aren’t the chances pretty high of him being married? That’s how I look at it anyway.
As for the sports car, Nah! That one doesn’t work with me either. Most good looking guys in sports cars are too pretentious for me. I like more down to earth guys. They are “cute” but usually not gorgeous. I go for that personality thing most of the time.

Now, with the grocery store thing, I get several looks and the guys walking back & forth down the isles thing but I guess I don’t reciprocate enough. I need to flirt better. I used to be good at it but lost it over the years. I don’t know. I’m more old fashioned and not the kind to pursue guys so that doesn’t help. They really have to start talking with me or I probably won’t. I know. I know. I need to change that, don’t I guys?

Now, gojo has the right idea! I would have started talking with you for sure if you did the cute wanna-cart-thing with me! I’m sorry to hear that it didn’t work out with Kim. Hang in there! Jump back up on the horse! You have to kiss a lot of frogetts in order to find your princess!

Has anyone met anyone from Starbucks? Guys there seem to hit on me a lot! I tell ya. That’s probably where I’ll meet my next boyfriend!

On-line dating is like that commercial for the Mounds candy bar. Sometimes you meet nuts and sometimes you don’t!”

“hikerchic - How about an nerdy guy in a sports car?

In college one of my fraternity brothers was 5'2" tall, stalky build, glasses, severe acne scars, and not that good looking. His acne joke was that he used to be the "goalie on a dart team". Yet he had beautiful women hanging off of him. He told me it was about "attitude". Besides that he had a great personality and "off the wall" sense of humor.”

“This thread doesn't appear to have been edited. All the discussions about sex seem to be intact.”

“thanks for notifying us Lyndy :o)”

“Well thanks for letting Matt know, now it will be censored.

lol...j/k”

“Well it just seems odd that Treebait was censored. We will all have to learn to watch our peas and queues.”

“I just wanna know what she said to get censored. How bad could it have been? Never known treebait to say anything really scandalous...”