Exploits of a Literary Mercenary

25 Jpm2000000pmThu, 19 Feb 2009 19:04:10 +000009 2009

Some Dating Advice

Filed under: Prose — gypsyturtle @ 7:04 pm
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What NOT to Do When You’re Dating a Woman Who You Think Looks Like Natalie Portman

OR, Iowa’s Dating School of Hard Knocks

1.      Announce on the first date that you’re “pretty much a dick.” 

2.     Vaguely allude to a female roommate in Miami who still lives in your apartment, without specifying that it’s totally platonic.

3.     Wait a week or so before calling her back, even though you’re really interested.

4.     When you do contact her, make it sounds like you just want a booty call, and/or…

5.     Give her less than two hours notice that you’d like the pleasure of her company, for a date or otherwise.

6.     Perpetually forget the gender of her dog.

7.     Leave used condoms on her floor.

8.      Allow your friends to drunk-dial her and leave explicit messages about how you want to put your salami in her pastrami.  

9.  Invite her over.  Then pass out cold in a drunken stupor before she arrives.

10. Keep a spreadsheet of who pays for what on dates.  Tell her about it.

Which is worse: that Iowa did this stuff, or that I’m still with him?!

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2 Comments »

  1. [...] Saturday night—the dreaded Valentine’s Day, which I hate with the burning passion of a thousand angry suns—I invited Iowa (Nickname!)to join me and some other friends for a couple of rounds.  He and I had actually hung out and talked more frequently since I’d started exclusively dating someone else.  It was a strange dynamic: we have this great chemistry, but when we were dating, he only called every week or so, and often less.  And he never gave me a heads -up.  If he wanted to go to dinner on Tuesday, he’d text me Tuesday afternoon…  But I digress.  This should go in another entry on what NOT to do when dating a woman you think resembles Natalie Portman.  [...]

    Pingback by Coming Out of the Closet « Exploits of a Literary Mercenary — 25 Jpm2000000pmThu, 19 Feb 2009 19:12:46 +000009 2009 @ 7:12 pm | Reply

  2. [...] That weird quasi-dating phase [...]

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