Comments on: Farmers’ Market Boy

By: Canaduck

Canaduck — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:34:15 +0000

…I would think that if you’re in an open relationship, you would say so while setting up the date, not during the actual date itself. I know that this was the least of his faults, but it struck me as quite rude.

By: cellardoor

cellardoor — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:12:40 +0000

What is it with the run off at the mouth guys? Nerves? Some need to prove their worth? I’ve been on several dates like this, and it’s a giant turn off.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:05 +0000

I have been on so many bad dates that I’ve lost count, and I totally would have stayed to listen to the guy yammer on for two hours due entirely to the fact that the more he talked, the more juicy details I would have to tell my friends and family the next day. That’s the best part about bad dates – the pure hilarity that comes from retelling the story.

By: cris

cris — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:59:27 +0000

Ah yes, the free spirit. I haven’t bee on precisely this date, but its come close. I feel you, dear.

By: Frau Blucher

Frau Blucher — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:27:42 +0000

yeah and i would have asked about the cave….WTF!!!

By: airica angel

airica angel — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:23:26 +0000

yep, i would have bailed right around the time i heard the words “live in” being associated with the word “cave”. i would say i’d laugh, but the meth induced paranoia might cause him to think i was part of the conspiracy and attack. but i agree with everyone else- next time, just bail!

By: Wurlitzer

Wurlitzer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:17:23 +0000

I’m guessing it was just so shocking and amazing you were drawn to him like staring at a car wreck on the freeway.

But didn’t you say his musical was about America? Based on his other beliefs, I can’t wait to see that on Broadway.

By: Frau Blucher

Frau Blucher — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:31:23 +0000

ewww! but i agree, no way would i sit there passively while some guy yammers on. ANd when he commented on my not holding up my end of the conversation, i’d have said something like ‘well i tried, but you never even stopped to draw breath.’ My guess is he’s a mooch and lives off his Life Partner. Yech.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:48 +0000

Unfortunately, the vast majority of “free spirits” are also free of rationality, modesty, temperance, and other conventional virtues.

Frank Zappa summed it up in “Teenage Wind”:

FREE IS WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO
PAY FOR NOTHING
OR DO NOTHING
WE WANT TO BE FREE
FREE AS THE WIND!

By: rawr

rawr — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:17:20 +0000

I hope next time you won’t listen to somebody blather on for two hours about themselves for the sake of being “polite”. D:

I’m not blaming you for doing anything wrong, it’s just that a lot of people (especially women) have been trained to listen to somebody and not cut conversations/dates/whatever short because it’s not “polite” when in fact, etiquette does allow you to exit conversations politely. (Gasp!) Next time this happens, you’re perfectly welcome to say “Oh my, look at the time! I’ve got an early engagement tomorrow morning!” or whatever.

Again, I’m not trying to chastise you or anything, just letting you know that this is one piece of social training you’re allowed to break, so you don’t waste your time (or theirs). ;D