ya know what sucks?

dating.

do you agree or disagree with the above?

ian,

why must you always answer my questions with more questions?

ian,

the above question may be entertaining. but it does not give me the information i need.

do you see where i'm going with this?

DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS SPIKED DILD——? obviously not, because if you did you wouldn't be here.

sorry about that, ian. i'll answer your q in a min

i hate dating because:

- everyone is so obsessed with making a "good impression". NO ONE IS THEMSELVES
- it's awkward.
- there's so much crap to sift thru...and by crap, i mean people that you're really not interested in but you didn't realize it until after you started talking to them on the regular so then you have to find some way to end communications without being an asshole and you know they're going to be pissed anywayyyyy.

that's just a few things to start us off.

not to mention there's the nutjobs that won't leave you the fuck alone even after it's abundantly clear you're not interested.

it has its fun moments. but with them comes a lot of steaming piles of SUCK. don't deny it tv.

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maybe, call it "hanging out" instead of dating.

dating, sounds too formal...brings expectations too.

i'm always myself too ian, but my dates/"hang out buddies" (this is for tv) are often not themselves, and it bothers me that they feel they need to put up a front.

just for clarification, i'm not currently dating per se. i just decided to dip my toe in the waters a little bit. and already, i'm remembering all the things i hated about it in the first place.

=/

nooo i wanna see what's behindddd the front, i just don't wanna put in the time/effort that requiresssss. everyone needs to be an open book and wear their secrets as badges, ok? then i will have nothing to complain about.

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just for clarification, i'm not currently dating per se. i just decided to dip my toe in the waters a little bit. and already, i'm remembering all the things i hated about it in the first place.

=/

so its like when you drop acid again, and you start to feel it creeping up on you, and it all starts to come back to you as why you stopped doing it?

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you're becoming more empathetic already ian.

ok so say you were dating or "hanging out" as some people prefer to call it (tv), and your date/"hang out buddy" (tv) says something totally ridiculous to you with a straight face, and for a second you're like "wait a second are they serious" but then they smirk at you. would you not find it hilarious? i love that kind of humor...people are so uptight

^^^ GTFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aliennation and tv are making incorrect assumptionsssssssss. i'm not stuffy or formal in any sense of the word. and no, i do not make banners that say "we're on a date!" and pass them out to every gentleman i "hang out" with. my point is. you can name it whatever you want, you can approach it however you want, but at the end of the day if you intend to pursue anything w/that person then it's dating.

just calling it like i see it bros.

i made good points too btw. even if you approach it "casually" there is going to be awkwardness. like, for example, you realize you don't like them anymore.

awkwarddddd.

Let's just get one thing straight here... Acid is awesome. That is all.

well i mean you asked for it when you told me not to yell at you. obviously, i'm going to do the opposite.

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Posted by trifles light as air*
aliennation and tv are making incorrect assumptionsssssssss. i'm not stuffy or formal in any sense of the word. and no, i do not make banners that say "we're on a date!" and pass them out to every gentleman i "hang out" with. my point is. you can name it whatever you want, you can approach it however you want, but at the end of the day if you intend to pursue anything w/that person then it's dating.

just calling it like i see it bros.

no banners?

😢

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or since i'm too lazy to do that, i could just say, "we're on a date now" as soon as we sit down.

Posted by trifles light as air*
i hate dating because:

- everyone is so obsessed with making a "good impression". NO ONE IS THEMSELVES
- it's awkward.
- there's so much crap to sift thru...and by crap, i mean people that you're really not interested in but you didn't realize it until after you started talking to them on the regular so then you have to find some way to end communications without being an asshole and you know they're going to be pissed anywayyyyy.

that's just a few things to start us off.

Ok - so where are we finding these dateable people anyway?? Take me back one step!

church. i find all my dates at church.

ok ok ian, there was eugene whom i met at the meth lab.

fucking piscean intuition

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aliennation and tv are making incorrect assumptionsssssssss. i'm not stuffy or formal in any sense of the word. and no, i do not make banners that say "we're on a date!" and pass them out to every gentleman i "hang out" with. my point is. you can name it whatever you want, you can approach it however you want, but at the end of the day if you intend to pursue anything w/that person then it's dating.

just calling it like i see it bros.

no banners?

😢

it would be fucking hilarious though.

or since i'm too lazy to do that, i could just say, "we're on a date now" as soon as we sit down.

This, but click your stop watch as you announce it...that way they're aware of EXACTLY what's going on.

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ok ok ian, there was eugene whom i met at the meth lab.

fucking piscean intuition

which meth lab was it?

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Posted by TV
Oh! you know what else you can do, is break out a steno pad and write notes every so often while your date/hangout buddy is talking.

tell them you're just "marking down observations" for later reference...and REMIND them not to feel awkward or uneasy.

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ok ok ian, there was eugene whom i met at the meth lab.

fucking piscean intuition

which meth lab was it?

the family friendly one.

well most of them have a baby in a duffel bag, so that doesnt really narrow it down..

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^ see?

Trifles, are you happy you came to dxp to vent? now you're getting all this valuable feedback.

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iknorite? i especially loved when that one guy said that i could fix all of the issues i raised by calling it hanging out! LMAO!

Posted by ianthepisces
ohh johns house..

i'm sorryyy, tv. i didn't mean to come across as bitchy. in my head it was funny

uhmmm...wanna hang out sometime?

😄

Dating sucks.

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😄

Dating sucks.

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uhmmm...wanna hang out sometime?

let's get the steno pads ready.

😛

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😄

Dating sucks.

JASON!!!!!!! i — u. wanna get married?

hey hey hey!!! me and mu are getting married here...

fucking trifles always trying to steal my spotlight..

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*everyone immediately stops posting*

*especially aliennation*

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*everyone immediately stops posting*

*especially aliennation*

nah, she's a scorp, she might be into it.

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Posted by Amandus
😄

Dating sucks.

JASON!!!!!!! i — u. wanna get married?

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:o

So sudden!

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😄

Dating sucks.

JASON!!!!!!! i — u. wanna get married?

:o

So sudden!

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JASON!!!!!! i ♥ u. wanna...."hang out"?

Posted by trifles light as air*i mean....

JASON!!!!!! i — u. wanna...."hang out"?

Sure! Okay!

^ lol!

k so i'm being a recluse tonight (in case anyone hasn't noticed) and i swear on all that is good in this world, i have gotten:

- 3 missed calls from one guy.
- random "wtf?" from one guy because i didn't answer his question fast enough. when i asked why he was wtfing me, he said, in these exact words, "Do I have to explain, you cannot tell?"
- FIVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FROM ONE GUY.
- a text asking, "did i do something to piss you off? can you please text me before you go to sleep?"

i know it might seem like i'm trying to play up the situation, but i'm not. idk wtf is wrong with people.

"Do I have to explain, you cannot tell?"
^ this guy is also the guy that, when i spoke to him on the phone yesterday, told me that he would give anything to find a "beautiful, introspective hominid."

i swear on my fucking life.

how am i playing games? i haven't been staring at my phone all night.

i keep it on silent as well at all times so i don't forget the ringer is on and have one of those, "DAMN! YOU'RE A CRAZY BITCH, BUT YOU FUCK SO GOOD I'M ON TOP OF IT!" moments during a staff meeting.

not that that has ever happened to me.

Posted by Nights22
Well at least the last guy anyway. Its not hard to answer a text.

sometimes a girl just needs to breathe for a bit.

i realize this, dom. i don't mean to sound like i legitimately think it's a terrible situation. it's mildly amusing and disturbing at the same time.

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Well at least the last guy anyway. Its not hard to answer a text.

its not hard, but why should she be obligated to respond right away?

Shes not. I just didnt see the last one as anything so annoying unless he sent like 7 texts before that text.

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