last week my idiot friend scared off a girl by going for the close after about 5 mins. 'oh you're looking for a job? give me your number and I'll let you know if something comes up'. she did, safe in the knowledge he'd never call. she didn't speak to him again after that.

Funny. My friend just wrote a story about this exact same thing for Cleo.

Same sex is the hardest. How can you tell if one loves sausage, or clam? These days, you just can't.

recently, I was asked on a date to ding dong. needless to say I declined. also, I went on a date where the other party spent half an hour on the phone to his ex girlfriend who was apparently pregnant and then claimed to have a miscarriage. I was about to leave as he came back to the table. I then got very drunk with his very attractive friend, so it wasn't a complete disaster.

black wasp, you could always just ask them... I would assume that this would be ascertained prior to asking them on a date...

I was asked on a date to ding dong. needless to say I declined.

Needless to say?

a date in a nightclub? you've got to be kidding. especially ding dong. I mean, if you get drunk elsewhere and somehow end up there, that's tolerable, but who the fuck starts off a date in a place where you can't hear yourself think, much less have a conversation?

maybe they didn't want to be awkward and formalise it as a 'date', just preliminary antics.

Once my housemate set me up on a blind date with this guy only had one arm and I was not informed about this prior to meeting him. We met at a pub that was kinda dark and he was already there when I arrived and seated in a booth in the corner so I didn’t really notice until about an hour in and by then I was tipsy enough and shocked enough to exclaim ''you've only got one arm!''. That was a bit awkward.

cure string of people saying ''who goes on dates anyway?''

oh no, the explicitly said it was to be a date.

speaking of preliminary antics, at what point do you bite the bullet and just ask someone out? and if someone fails to stipulate that it is an actual date, how can you tell if it is? I WANT ANSWERS!

*cue CUE

hey, dates are totally underrated. called me old fashioned, but I want to be taken out to swanky restaurants and have some hot dude hold doors open for me and shit like that.

too much pressure...

that's hilarious, nyx! I think it was poor judgement on your mate's part to neglect to mention the missing appendage, however.

pressure in regards to what?

You're old fashioned.

pressure not to act like a dick.

Pah. They're gonna find out you're a dick soon enough. Better get it out of the way sooner than later.

Prefer clam?

Or sausage?

wow and i thought my dates were soul destroyingly depressing.

Why is it the most amazing sex is with non-compatible people and the worst sex is with people you actually like and enjoy conversation with?

After tonight I think I well and truly think I will be alone for the foreseeable future.

Did you just have 'the most amazing sex'?

I have had one successful date, that ended well. mostly they have been disasters, but I was pretty inexperienced with dating at the time...maybe it would be different now if all these problems didn't occur in the last few years, where I lost hope.

ashtray said 3 hours ago:

Why is it the most amazing sex is with non-compatible people and the worst sex is with people you actually like and enjoy conversation with?

This is covered in an episode of Sex and the City. Great on dates, but doesn't translate to the bedroom. Episode ''Great Sexpectations'' (to be fair I googled to find what episode that was from as I just remembered the song playing at the end of the ep - not some obsessed fan). Their solution, they pretend to have a dinner date while sitting on the bed.

I am a walking disaster really, I probably should have killed myself according to other people. most of the girls I have dated seem unsympathetic to other peoples feelings.

hey, i/m, tell us about the musos you've groupied for. you know, the ones you assumed were gonna be creative, super sensitive and articulate? but who, unfailingly, pounded you numb in an emotionless, inept and unsatisfactory way. should make for about 3.5 minutes of fascinating reading.

hey, toadphoney, tell us about the musos you've groupied your arse off for. you know, the ones you assumed were gonna be creative, super sensitive and articulate? but who, unfailingly, pounded you numb in an emotionless, inept and unsatisfactory way. should make for about 3.5 minutes of fascinating reading.

lol.

Did you just have 'the most amazing sex'?

No, no I did not. I have great conversation and witty banter and then mediocre sex.

:( And you were home before 1am to blog about it.

you should have tweeted through it

I wonder if anyone has done that. Live tweet your next root, chats!

i'd blame the bed bugs.

My mate hit it off with this chick at Golden Plains the other week when he was tripping balls. When we saw her the next day everyone had the same thought....she's a tranny. We finally told my mate and he is freaking out and wants me to ''bump'' into them on their date tonight to get a second opinion. How do you test if it really is a dude without going the grope? Slip viagra in his/her drink and watch for a hard on?

What's wrong with going the grope on a date?

this thread disgusts me.

How do you test if it really is a dude without going the grope?

Adams apple?

shoulders, wrists, hands, hips. fuck you dopey schlemiels are uninformed.

Well she had the physique of a thin dude, adams apple, and what looked like a 5 o clock shadow forming. Plus, she looked like the lady boys I encountered in Thailand. We could have all been tripping balls too, but, fuck me, this is so Crying Game.

i'd blame the bed bugs.

Me too. Cunts.

If he was tripping on her balls then she probably is a T.