Dating sucks

“mtnmom2, go get the book Mars and Venus on a Date and read it. A few of your questions will be answered.

trailtrekker, way to totally ignore my post :( sigh”

“wingding, congrats on your prep work, sounds like you had a great time”

“quick question for the ladies on here. How many of you would go to meet someone for the first time wearing no make-up. She knew we were going on a short hike.

I meet a this woman for the first time Sunday morning. We went for a hike then had breakfast afterwards. She told me sorry for not wearing any make-up but since we were hiking she decided not to. I told her that was ok since I never wear any either. She got a chuckle out of that.

The meeting went well and I will ask her out again.”

“Hmm.

"Dating Sucks" thread...... 3954 posts.
"Dating Rocks" thread........ 24”

“Ewker- I did NOT totally ignore your post, wierdo! read back farther....
BTW, nothing wrong with not wearing makeup on a hike date!”

“Ewker,

I go on dates without make-up. It just depends where we're going. Of course, I'm an old lady whose given birth to three children. There's something about having your legs spread for all the world to see your body doing this alien scenerio. So much for humility! Yeah, I figure you should let a man know up front what he's gonna see first thing every morning for the rest of his miserable life.

:o)”

“I never wear makeup, be it first date, last date, in between date, hiking date, dinner date - I don't own any makeup anyway.
oooops - I did buy some clear nail polish this weekend, but that was for scratches on my bikes. :)”

“trailtrekker, you probably need to date guys closer to your age. I am older than you but if I was in California I would ask you out in a hearbeat :-)"
Ewker
10:58:16 PM
06/27/04

Ewker- I did NOT totally ignore your post, wierdo! read back farther....
trailtrekker
10:18:31 AM
06/28/04

weirdo eh...geesh I was talking about this post. I read your problem with the young kid. I was repling to that post.

Number one rule, turn that damn cell phone off when you are with someone else, esp if your spending the night with them!!”

“I think that just about everyone I've met and dated was through some activity like running, skiing or hiking where they didn't have makeup on in the first place. When we'd finally go out somewhere, like dinner, I'd almost not recognize them.
In most cases they looked better w/out makeup.”

“After my great letdown of not being able to see Jon this weekend, I decided to go hiking. I actually found a group of people from backpacker.com who were backpacking and decided to show up there on Saturday morning. They were going to hike 7 or 8 miles, camp in the back country, then hike the last 2 or 3 on Sunday. I joined them but decided to do the whole 10-mile loop on Saturday. Met 5 nice guys from "over there."

And then, glory hallelujah, it turned out that my super awesome most-wonderful-man-in-the-world BF got a 28 hour pass that started at 6 p.m. We had SUCH a good time. We made up for the lost time. Went to a hotel and, darn it, they only had the hot tub suite left for the night. :D Yeah, Baby!!!!!! And we spent Sunday hanging out with each other until 10 p.m., even spent some time at Dick's and Galyans and bought some gear. I love this man.

What a great weekend it was: hiking and Jon and gear shopping.”

“You should be banished to the "Dating Rocks" thread!”

“HEY.... This is the Dating Sucks thread! LOL”

“I know, but I feel like after all my b1tching on Friday, I had to give an update on the situation.

One of the other fun things that happened was that we gave a ride home to two other soldiers on Saturday night. So for 30 minutes or so I was in the vehicle with 3 hot studly soldiers in uniform. The really cool thing was that Jon, as an officer, is their superior, so the two guys in the back seat were sir-this and sir-that to him the whole ride. What a turn on for me. I am one lucky girl.”

“Ban Ruby!”

“sunshine, trailtrekker & twigeater, I think most women when they reach a certain age don't worry about makeup.

Younger women haven't learned that yet.
I prefer a woman who wears a little or no make-up. The ones who pile it on remind me of clowns..ducking now for the ones I offended”

“RUBY!





LOL It is so good when it's good, isn't it?!!! (dating, that is)”

“I never wore makeup Ewker, I think it depends more on the woman than her age.
I admit when I was young I would ocassionally try, but it was PITA!”

“yes, Yes, YES!!!!!

(I say that a lot lately)”

“I'd like a boyfriend that hiked with me, but I really don't think of hiking as dating. I'd prefer to be taken out to dinner or the movies or to listen to music on date, and I like putting on my makeup to go out. Dating is supposed to be romantic. I don't wear much makeup hiking - most of the time just lipgloss, but I don't feel feminine, nor do I want to, out there climbing over boulders and sliding in scree.”

“I like romantic encounters/contact while hiking”

“and paying for sucky dates suck!

Sorry - I posted that on the wrong thread so I brought it here.”

“Is that like...a one bagnight stand?”

“does wearing just eye shadow count as makeup?



Hey, I didn't wear any to the library today and that's a PUBLIC place!

Course, I am in an "I don't give a damn frame of mind".”

“speaking of hiking dates - anyone watching "Outback Jack" on TBS?”

“Hiking date......? I wanna hiking date!”

“we ALL want hiking dates...”

“REPORT TO THE SINGLES THREAD IMMEDIATELY, this is the sucky thread”

“i don't want hiking dates, but i'd like to date a hiker who would go hike with me. hiking and dating are two different events to me.”

“i guess it's just how you interpret the word "date". I don't consider hanging out at home with the bf a date either, but that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable.”

“wingding, hanging out a one or the other's place can be fun. I don't consider it a date either unless she is cooking dinner for you one day after you meet for the first time :)”

“I want hiking sex!

Before I die i want to have sex on Old Rag!”

“There are a myriad of joke possibilities in bearmagnet's post, but I shall let them be...”

“Well I'm sure we can find you the alternative of sex with an old hag bearmagnet ;o) Dreams can come true.... almost.”

“Come On, Bit! That's what it's there for!

Who wants to Hike Old Rag with me?”

“Though hiking is a pre-requisite for a date, maybe a big hike isn't the best idea for a first date. It might totally turn him off to see me out of breath, sweating like a pig, blowing my nose santa clause style, and shovelling food down my throat all stinky, dirty, and bloody from bug bites. Though if that's the case, he's probably not for me anyway. :)

I know I'm not comfortable going out to dinner on a first date. I'd way rather hit the arboretum for a walk in the woods and a picnic or something.”

“Wow twig, you're a dirty girl.....



BTW - WTF is Blowing your nose SC style?????”

“twiggy, if the guy likes you even with all the stuff you described you think he probably isn't your type???”

“But, twiggy....when I found my soulmate, she was in exactly that condition.... :)









Remember?”

“Remember from the line from "the night before christmas?"
"and laying his finger aside of his nose"...LOL, you take it from there...

Probably I didn't say that right Ewker...I meant if it totally turned him off to see me that way, he wasn't for me.

LOL... yes I remember it well Fritz. :)”

“Is like 'farmer nose blowing"?”

“yep...

monkeyboy told me it was very masculine.
:)”

“Everybody needs a good clear-out now and again”

“It saves you from having to carry tissue on the trail, and from having to keep a soggy handkercheif in your pocket. I'm all for snot rockets, as people who have hiked behind me can attest.”

“Doesn't work very well if you have a moustache.”

“Works okay for me, but that's also why I carry a hanky.”

“I've said it once, I'll say it again: That twigeater woman is just so 'dreamy'. :-)”

“We call 'em snot rockets. I'm not very good at it.”

“It also works well when playing sports”

“Yah, you blow them into your opponents' eyes, temporarily blinding them.”

“I could never carry enough tissues and snot rags irritate the nose before long.

practice makes perfect dhutch!
with my new road bike (smaller area) I've had to learn to aim better...”