Sometimes I like dressing her up like a doll. We had a ton of fun having her try on dresses at a store to see what did and didn’t work. And she does the same thing with me. She has me try on stuff all the time and she’ll buy stuff for me too. Half my clothes are what she’s picked out or given me. We each have our own styles, but a lot of times we’ll wear stuff for the other’s benefit because they like it.

This guy was a bit of a twit with the whole sizing thing, but he knew the favorite actor and stuff and chose the movie according to what he thought she’d enjoy most. And in his defense for not wanting to get it on afterwards, war movies (particularly upsetting ones) can often kill hard ons. Basically, the people who are yelling MANIPULATIVE are overreacting. The only “manipulative” things I saw were that he bought her a skirt (admittedly in the wrong size) that he thought would look nice and had a friend come over to tell her roommate to get lost (sexile I’ve always considered to be a bit of a jerk move). Other than that, he aimed high and came up short and was upset about this.

Hardly the worst date EVER, at least the guy was trying to do something nice to work past a rough patch. He just didn’t do it well.

Other than that I completely agree that the guy is making a douche move with all the bad planning and buying a wrong sized skirt that he demanded to wear.

And, please, don’t even try to manipulate us. You don’t like it when men try to manipulate you, do you?

That’s just such a controlling, doofusy move… like the girl’s his dolly, to attire as he pleases.