Dating

Ok, so I've been slacking on this blog. I promised you a table for opportunity cost and I didn't deliver...yet. I also have been MIA for a bit, but in my defense I did recently move, and we all know moving sucks. I was going to blog about the move, but I will save that for another day.

I no longer have my girls to chat during my lunch hour, which was how this blog got started in the first place, but I still have a lot of friends who give me plenty to think about. For instance, it seems the world of dating has merged with the electronic world, meaning that we now get to text, IM, Facebook, etc. Oh, and don't forget you now get to meet the love of your life on an online site (OK this last one is less likely to happen). The fact is that noone calls anymore, remember phone calls? Remember dates for that matter? You know, real life, face-to-face action...chuckles..no pun intended.

Don't get me wrong, I love technology and gadgets, but I miss the old days when there was no texting, IM, Facebook, or any variation of online help. Why? Because then if a guy got your name and number, the only thing he could do was call. Therefore, you knew that he either would or wouldn't, 50/50 chance, I like those odds. Then, if he didn't call within a few days you could move on.

In today's age of technology, the fucker can email, text, Facebook, and basically do everything in his power to avoid asking a simple question - can I take you out on date?
I mean there are a million variations of that, it can be:

1. Can I buy you coffee?
2. Will you let me take you to dinner?
3. Will you go out with me Saturday?
4. Can I take you to a movie?

I can go all day with these. My girlfriends tell me all these stories about how they text a guy for weeks before he finds some excuse to see them, and even then he acts like it's a friendly encounter, no date implied at all. That is such a cop out, but the worst thing is that if that's the way its done, I'm doomed. I have no idea how to flirt via text, I mean I have issues knowing how to flirt in real life unless the guy starts it. Then I have this really old fashioned way of thinking where I think girls shouldn't ask guys out, I know I should probably get with the times, but I can't help the way I was raised.

So guys, grow some and ask women out, it is simpler than you think. See, women are simple, we know if we are willing to give you a chance within the first 10 minutes of meeting you. Granted, some guys talk their way out of that chance, or they can talk their way into that chance. Bottom line: if a girl gives you her number, ask her out! You have nothing to lose.