When you think about it, it makes total sense. Dating and pro wrestling are really the same sport -- except in dating you don't have steroids.
1. Like pro wrestling, dating is fake. The first date is a meeting of two people playing a certain role and totally bullshitting each other. The results are totally scripted. Just like a wrestling match has a predetermined outcome, so does the first date (unless some crazy shit happens). At the end of the first date you either do one of the following:
*Politely say something like "It was nice meeting you" and run to your car as fast as possible;
*Say something like "I had a great time. I'd like to see you again." If the other person is interested, he or she will then respond with something like, "I'd like that too." Then you will get a "Here is my number" (if you don't already have it) or a "How about X day?"
*Spontaneously kiss the person which then sets up the second scenario anyway.
2. Like pro wrestling, everyone plays a character. For those of us who date online, it's the character we've created in our profiles. It's who we want you to think we are. Sadly, most people who date online are the same character. The one who "love to laugh" and "whose friends describe them as..."(so fucking amazing that you can't believe they are dating online).
3. Like pro wrestling, the first date outfit is carefully picked to portray an image. A lot of slimming black is worn by both men and women. If a woman thinks she might like the man, she shows just enough cleavage. Of course, we men then have the dilemma of "should we or shouldn't we." They want us to look, but if we look too much, it's wrong. To avoid this problem I just like to lay it out there and just say, "I'm trying really hard not to look, but I really do want to. I don't think you would have worn this if you minded me looking. So, I may from time to time sneak a peak."
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Boy am I glad I'm married. I thought it would be sometime in my 30's, but jumping the gun by 10 years or so seems to be working ok. Plus, if a weird guy starts coming onto me I have the best blow off in the world, "I don't think my husband would like that"
You seem to underestimate the importance of casual wear for the first date. If you look and smell pretty good on the first date in jeans..then imagine their surprise later when they discover that you clean up well.
It's like when the initial "your new and fun" wears off you have one more trick to pull out. (that is why you never pull out all the big guns on the first date)..the problem with this? they start to fall for you right about the time you realize you would rather be doing something else, anything really, than sit through another hour with them.
Lesson of the month? Tell them immediately or you will have a box full of vases and very pissed of ex.
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