Comments on: Blind Dates And Why Most Girls Suck At Them http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/ Life is a joke... are you in on it? Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Vilma http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-12321 Vilma Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:09:20 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-12321 i was caught up reading this cause i googled awkward to check if i was spelling it right.. Now i'm just thinking, your love life must be really bad for you to end up being set up in blind dates so many times :P jk good post ** i was caught up reading this cause i googled awkward to check if i was spelling it right..

Now i’m just thinking, your love life must be really bad for you to end up being set up in blind dates so many times :P
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good post

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]]> By: Jerica http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-11526 Jerica Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:43:05 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-11526 Yeah, Gotta say your post is nothing short of the truth. I mean really. What's the first thing everyone says when someone's trying to set them up! "Does she/he look pretty good?!" Yeah, Gotta say your post is nothing short of the truth. I mean really. What’s the first thing everyone says when someone’s trying to set them up!

“Does she/he look pretty good?!”

]]> By: Kelli Nicole http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9672 Kelli Nicole Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:41:41 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9672 LOL. I love your posts. I HATE the pity blind dates and I've never done that to someone. The only times I've ever set people up were if I thought they'd be good together. Once I set up my ex-boyfriend with my current roommate and doubled with them with a guy that had been a blind date in the past. It was SUCH a fun date and they got along great. LOL. I love your posts. I HATE the pity blind dates and I’ve never done that to someone. The only times I’ve ever set people up were if I thought they’d be good together. Once I set up my ex-boyfriend with my current roommate and doubled with them with a guy that had been a blind date in the past. It was SUCH a fun date and they got along great.

]]> By: Meg http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9646 Meg Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:11:17 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9646 I love this post. Thanks for telling it like it is. The dating world is a dangerous place. I love this post. Thanks for telling it like it is. The dating world is a dangerous place.

]]> By: Megan http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9644 Megan Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:41:51 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9644 I'm a really big fan of the fact that many people seem to think that the only thing it takes for people to be compatible on a blind date is the fact that they are both single. I suck at saying no to people, so now when people want to set me up and I can't see a way out of it, I choose to use it as an opportunity to collect another bad blind date anecdote. The guy who didn't ask me out again but did ask me to edit his Poli Sci paper, the guy who wanted to double and then spent the night speaking Hmong to his buddy (impressive), the guy who wanted to go to the park and do some country swing dancing. These are moments to treasure. Thanks for the post. I'm glad you're back to writing regularly so that I can stalk your blog some more. I’m a really big fan of the fact that many people seem to think that the only thing it takes for people to be compatible on a blind date is the fact that they are both single. I suck at saying no to people, so now when people want to set me up and I can’t see a way out of it, I choose to use it as an opportunity to collect another bad blind date anecdote. The guy who didn’t ask me out again but did ask me to edit his Poli Sci paper, the guy who wanted to double and then spent the night speaking Hmong to his buddy (impressive), the guy who wanted to go to the park and do some country swing dancing. These are moments to treasure.
Thanks for the post. I’m glad you’re back to writing regularly so that I can stalk your blog some more.

]]> By: sam http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9643 sam Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:12:29 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9643 Nice one. I usually try to see a picture before I go out on a blind date. I guess that makes it not so blind. Thing is, I'm not ready to deny my god-given/millions-of-years-of-evolution induced desire to be with an attractive female because she has a nice personality. It has to be the full package. Nice one. I usually try to see a picture before I go out on a blind date. I guess that makes it not so blind.

Thing is, I’m not ready to deny my god-given/millions-of-years-of-evolution induced desire to be with an attractive female because she has a nice personality. It has to be the full package.

]]> By: Josh http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9641 Josh Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:46:47 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9641 Conversely, if a lady-friend of yours offers to set you up with a girl she describes as "gorgeous," jump on it. "Gorgeous" in girl-speak translates to "hot" in man-speak. When I was college, a female coworker of mine offered to set me up with a friend of hers that she described as "gorgeous". Understand that this coworker was not the least bit attractive and pretty crazy, so I was skeptical. I hadn't yet learned the "gorgeous" rule, so I kinda blew it off. Turns out she was smokin' hot and kept asking my coworker when I was going to ask her out. Stupid, stupid man was I. (I ended up taking her out once later, but she did not find my goblinesque features worthy of a second date. Alas.) Conversely, if a lady-friend of yours offers to set you up with a girl she describes as “gorgeous,” jump on it. “Gorgeous” in girl-speak translates to “hot” in man-speak.

When I was college, a female coworker of mine offered to set me up with a friend of hers that she described as “gorgeous”. Understand that this coworker was not the least bit attractive and pretty crazy, so I was skeptical. I hadn’t yet learned the “gorgeous” rule, so I kinda blew it off.

Turns out she was smokin’ hot and kept asking my coworker when I was going to ask her out. Stupid, stupid man was I. (I ended up taking her out once later, but she did not find my goblinesque features worthy of a second date. Alas.)

]]> By: Handsome Rob http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9640 Handsome Rob Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:40:04 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9640 I fully support the above statements and I think the idea of the setter-upper paying on condition of success is a novel idea that I may try. I also back up the idea that full-body pictures should be provided because let's be honest, if you don't think he/she is at least somewhat attractive, the date will bomb. Lastly I'll add my method for divining the setter-uppers intent: Ask them for 3 reasons they think you are a good match. That way they have to think beyond "nice" and "cute" to find some common interests or compatible personality traits. I fully support the above statements and I think the idea of the setter-upper paying on condition of success is a novel idea that I may try. I also back up the idea that full-body pictures should be provided because let’s be honest, if you don’t think he/she is at least somewhat attractive, the date will bomb.

Lastly I’ll add my method for divining the setter-uppers intent: Ask them for 3 reasons they think you are a good match. That way they have to think beyond “nice” and “cute” to find some common interests or compatible personality traits.

]]> By: Missie http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9639 Missie Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:17:02 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9639 I have always been amused at the blind dates that my friends have set me up on, because I can't help but think to myself, "Really? This is who you saw me with? Did you not meet my last boyfriend who was witty, charming & hot, though a huge jerk?" To be fair, the blind dates have never been huge jerks, though I did once fall asleep during dinner with a guy who couldn't have spelled charm or wit because he was so lacking in them both. I have always been amused at the blind dates that my friends have set me up on, because I can’t help but think to myself, “Really? This is who you saw me with? Did you not meet my last boyfriend who was witty, charming & hot, though a huge jerk?” To be fair, the blind dates have never been huge jerks, though I did once fall asleep during dinner with a guy who couldn’t have spelled charm or wit because he was so lacking in them both.

]]> By: Misty Fowler http://www.thebigbags.com/blind-dates-and-why-most-girls-suck-at-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9638 Misty Fowler Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:07:16 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1241#comment-9638 Dude, this SO works both ways! Anyone getting offended should remove the stick....LOL Dude, this SO works both ways! Anyone getting offended should remove the stick….LOL

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