Comments on: Five Dating Dos – with Me

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:08 +0000

[...] Relationships I’m a lurker on several blogs and one grabbed my attention this morning: Suddenly Single’s 5 Dating Dos. While I agree with a couple of these, I have my own list. Let me preface this by saying, this [...]

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Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:44:41 +0000

Lists like this make me nostalgic for etiquette! Or pseudo-nostalgic, I guess. It’s not like I grew up in an era in which it really existed. Sometimes I think we’d all be a lot better off in the dating world if we had retained some modicum of etiquette. None of that ridiculously restrictive stuff our great-grandparents had to muddle through, but just basic stuff like how to properly greet someone on a first date, who should pay, who should be responsible for calling about a second date, and stuff like that. As it is now, because everyone has such different ideas, it leads to a lot of miscommunication, I think.

Also, I share your distaste for the phone and for basically the same reason! I find that I become giddy and silly because it makes me uncomfortable that I can’t see the guy, and unless the he’s really chatty, it’s also way too hard to think of entertaining things to say!

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uberVU - social comments — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:18:32 +0000

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By: D

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:15:11 +0000

Re: handshake – this is all about body language. You say you want a hand shake, but guys who exude confidence can get away with almost anything. I used to shake hands, but now I greet with a high-5 and fist bump, then grab her and hug her. She’s totally not expecting it, laughs and immediately feels more comfortable with me.

By: MissScandalous

MissScandalous — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:11:12 +0000

You forgot the sixth dating Do: “DO have a love of bacon, cupcakes, swan choking, and People’s Court”!!!

By: SingleGal

SingleGal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:23:48 +0000

Yeah, I figure my method isn’t for everyone. It’s largely for my benefit too – I’m really not accounting for the feelings of the other party! But, like I said – this isn’t 100%, it’s just a hopeful most of the time

By: SingleGal

SingleGal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:23:11 +0000

The world does need more hugs.
But not by me. Boys have cooties.

By: SingleGal

SingleGal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:42 +0000

You aren’t the only guy I know who hates the phone. I just feel like that time has passed … and I’m glad!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:24 +0000

I agree on the phone bit. I used to talk for hours on the phone when I was in my teens. It was pretty natural and I could go on and on. I did have a thing where I couldn’t just sit still though. I pretty much walked around the room or house while talking.

These days, in person is great, but I can’t stand the phone. Email, chat, little texts, all are fine, but the phone bothers me for some reason. And with my tendency to want to walk around while talking, I get fed up with it even quicker.

Have to disagree on the waiting part. While that might be a decent rule in theory, I had to completely demolish that rule last time I got involved. It was less than 24 hours. And it ended up being the most perfect thing I could’ve done.

By: In_Singledom

In_Singledom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:43:13 +0000

The first meeting hand-shake is a kiss of death, I think a hug has to be at least be the acceptable introduction to someone you see as having dating potential before you’ve met.

The world needs more hugs!