Time’s Up
I think my date double-booked on me. Last weekend, we agreed to meet up after work for a little “happy hour” and flirting. After a couple of hours, he seemed to be ready to move on to the next stop. Needless to say, I wasn’t invited. He wasn’t exactly checking his watch every few minutes but sometimes a girl just knows.
He sent a text message the next day, I declined to meet up with him later in the weekend. It was not because of the double-booking, I had other plans already. I am actually guilty of double-booking guys in one day, so I couldn’t really get mad that someone did it to me.
When you schedule dates or agree to go out with someone, do you pay much attention to the time of day or the day of the week that they suggest? If you are “penciled in” for drinks or meet up for coffee, do you consider that insulting?
My friend Greg said that he “threw me a date bone” because I only was granted the less then desirable happy hour hook up. I have to admit, I thought he was just being frugal, it never crossed my mind that he was selling me short with an after work meet up. There goes my ego, again.
Do guys send some kind of hidden message by the amount of time they spend with you on a date? Do men notice what days/times women are available to see them?
What is the acceptable amount of time for the first couple of dates with someone you like? What if you are “lukewarm” about them and need some time to find a deeper attraction?
I really think the “outside the box” dates really are helpful in these cases. The pressure is off to be “on” the whole time or slip into a date interview mode.
I am trying to figure out who I should take to the Professional Bull Riding. It needs to be someone who enjoys shaking things up and would make it even an more fun experience.
How open are you for a non-traditional date? Do you think daytime dates that last a significantly longer time then an evening date is a good idea? Do you ever put a time limit on your dates?
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Behind the shadows of Blogsville
November 19th, 2009
3:45 pm
Did we lurkers,bloggers miss something? A vendetta? Unless something occured in the world of for real, a vendetta is a bit much don’t you think? What could possibly be vindicated using words over the airwaves? Maybe a break from blogsville and time back to the for real world with a spot is warm tea is needed. I, the mayor give all uptight bloggers a 5 day furlow.
czBrat
November 19th, 2009
3:46 pm
Mo if you did nothing different with your diet and exercise but just cut out the soda, you’d lose those 10 lbs in a year. just FYI. the sacrifice may be worth it.
of course, if you kick up your activity level the pounds would go in only 2-3 months. this is exactly my struggle year in and year out. i have to stay faithful to my yoga and walking to make up for the fact that i don’t want to give up certain things in my diet
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
3:46 pm
Mo – Don’t let Raqi scare ya lilshorty…she don’t understand the needs of a popcorn junkie. I’m hear for you sis. Always got a bag not far from me.
I got some Smart Food in my credenza…do you like the white cheddar?? i’s share.
Atl Lady
November 19th, 2009
3:46 pm
Mo you sound like a friend of mine that is just straight evil without their daily dose of Dr. Pepper.
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
3:48 pm
…the lurker fan base…I love it!
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
3:48 pm
Melo, I got hit with a nearly 12% increase this year. And my friend would kill me for saying this but maybe the physicians need to lower their cost a bit.
What will probably end up happening is the insurance companies will start paying the doctors a lower percentage. While some doctors already don’t accept certain insurance because of what they will and will not pay, if more of them paid the same across the board they could force all the doctors to lower their cost a bit. I know that is why United Healthcare had a falling out with Saint Joseph this year. They didn’t like the percentages that United was wanting to pay them.
Professor
November 19th, 2009
3:49 pm
Dream_n ~ thanks, but you know Charles is one of our regulars posing as a lurker. And from the looks of things he spends more time reading me (another fan) and trying to paint a picture of who I be…so if what he is saying is true my best conclusion is this…I am on his mind. Hot damn another fan club member!
@Leggs yes being able to eat chips does not mean you can work all day in a sedentary capacity…shoot you might not be able to work a half day.
Melo I know the blues allow you to use their networks across state lines, but I am not sure if they do this because the organization has facilities in different states…I will look into it and let you know
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
3:49 pm
Leggs Toys R Us has it. I need to order it online now.
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
3:50 pm
btw – Mo i have to stay here til late today…we can eat all microwave, bagged popcorn we want…
abc
November 19th, 2009
3:51 pm
Melo, employment won’t recover until after the next Presidential election. Estimates are along the lines of in 2010, recovering 3% of jobs lost over the past 18 months; in 2011, another 5%; in 2012, 33%; in 2013, 55-60%. In other words, jobs won’t recover for another 2-3 years.
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
3:51 pm
Cemeeli and Mo I was just trying to help.
But you see where abc added the most important part, the study was basing it’s finding on theater popcorn. So carry on ladies. Eat your corn. LOL
Leggs
November 19th, 2009
3:52 pm
Main reason I refused to get into needing a cup of coffee in the morning. Couldn’t imagine not being myself until I had my morning java. Naw, that’s too much control for any beverage!
Seriously, did you just find a way to weave that d@mn rodeo into this topic too? Somebody please do an Intervention... You need to have at least two cowboys roped in by the end of the weekend, ma'am. Time is a precious commodity. But id read less into
November 19th, 2009
3:54 pm
DREAMS
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
3:54 pm
abc don’t count!…lol…forget that douche!
kiddin’ that’s from adult swim which was Kenny’s line to his buddy…and i’ve been waiting on something for my boy abc.
i'm swiss
November 19th, 2009
3:57 pm
Cee — I did make reference to potential little swisses a few days ago, but there’s nothing cooking in the oven yet…
We’re not really making any concerted efforts to try right now, but we’re not doing anything to prevent it, if it just so happens….
Top priority for the moment is to get moved into the new homestead — scheduled to close in December.
Cee's Fan
November 19th, 2009
4:00 pm
C- is always chill and cute as ever. keep that up beautiful.
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
4:00 pm
Main reason I refused to get into needing a cup of coffee in the morning
Leggs, been there. The only way I eventually weaned myself from it was to start watering it down. Then drinking it every other day and so on. Eventually I didn’t miss it. I made a big mistake and drank a full strong cup and it gave me a bad case of the jitters.
I don’t know if that would work with soda because watering down soda would make it flat. Maybe Mo can switch to the smaller cans of soda first before trying to give it up altogether. I am not sure what the ounces are, maybe 6.
Melo
November 19th, 2009
4:02 pm
United Healthcare??? the biggest but in my view,one of the most fckked up insurance companies,among others.
Queen has that thru her employer,we dont even use it….
abc,i agree that jobs will be a problem and will be even more so if the health care thing passes.
Obama,if that happens,will be a one termer….one of the greatest Prezidente of America…but that acccolade will come,well after he has left office.
Because of health care passage.
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
4:02 pm
We’re not really making any concerted efforts to try right now, but we’re not doing anything to prevent it, if it just so happens….
LMBO Gouda, Happy Father’s Day.
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:03 pm
not really making any concerted efforts to try right now, but we’re not doing anything to prevent it, if it just so happens….
Swiss
echem…yeah..that’s what folks say…and then Doc says Mrs. Swiss you don’t have allergies, your pregnant!…or some’n like that.
enjoy the freedom without the lil swissies now!
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:04 pm
thanks Fan…
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
4:04 pm
we dont even use it
You don’t use it? You have insurance but you are not using it? Why?
mytw♥cents - mytw♥tatas - d♥scentavos - Fallen Angel - Albino Tigress
November 19th, 2009
4:05 pm
Aww, I missed DREAMS…
Hope life’s treatin ya well, sir.
CEE You will NOT unearth a puss in boots type-o-moment… where’s BK to fuss with her?
ATL LADY You must’ve sensed it… I ran not one, but two Bostons the other nite. I ain’t forget bout the tournament we were sposed have
Melo
November 19th, 2009
4:05 pm
but we’re not doing anything to prevent it, if it just so happens….
jus as well u added that Swiiss
reading thru here,We’re not really making any concerted efforts to try right now, I was thinking,dang!!!,swiss has a rain coat on everyday??
Melo
November 19th, 2009
4:06 pm
we use mine Raqi
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:06 pm
I’on know Swiss…in some cases the men know when they’ve impregnated the women better than she can tell you.
it’s funny like that.
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:08 pm
LOl @ the Puss-in-boots!!!
aaaahhhhh mytwo you ‘member that? Omygah!
lurkster - another fan of Cee
November 19th, 2009
4:08 pm
C- is always chill and cute as ever. keep that up beautiful.
Yes Miss Lady, you are
Mo (aka Moeisha-its my friday!)
November 19th, 2009
4:09 pm
czBrat – I may have to forgo drinking as MUCH soda though I have cut down a lot from what I used to drink daily. Thanks chica!
AtlLady – you will see quite a few mornings where I pull a ‘BRB’ til I get a pepsi.
Cemeeli – pass some o’dat popcorn this way chica!
Raqi – I have given up soda for Lent season before and that was a lil rough. This time I may start off by limiting my weekly intake of soda.
Leggs
November 19th, 2009
4:09 pm
I know Raqi, I believe we all remember when your doctor ordered you to stop drinking it.
I think that’s an excellent recommendation for Mo. If you have to have the soda tease yourself with the minature cans they have out now. It’s just enough to whet your whistle!
Love, Beautiful
November 19th, 2009
4:10 pm
***If you are “penciled in” for drinks or meet up for coffee, do you consider that insulting?***
yup! especially if he seems to be in a rush to leave because of another appointment.
i recently told a man who likes to call me for 5 minute chats, *if you don’t have more than 5 mins to talk to me don’t bother calling!*
mytw♥cents - mytw♥tatas - d♥scentavos - Fallen Angel - Albino Tigress
November 19th, 2009
4:10 pm
Wise, one day I will focus enough to remember when I’ve hit submit, when I haven’t, and the difference between a name and a Comment….
Professor
November 19th, 2009
4:12 pm
Melo you do know Queen carrying that extra insurance that you all do not use is costing her employer and driving up cost.
Love, Beautiful
November 19th, 2009
4:12 pm
hi Ceemee! what’s shakin’?
Behind the shadows of Bloggsville
November 19th, 2009
4:13 pm
A read is a read is a read. If you’re hostile and always spouting off at the mouth, it transcend that way, regulars and lurkers all alike.
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:13 pm
Awww…lukster imma cry.
Thanks again.
Raqi
November 19th, 2009
4:14 pm
Gouda, you know what my husband said when I told him I was having my BC removed? “if it just so happens…”
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:14 pm
@ Love, Beautiful – You have the bestestest comment today. Can i make you some fish n grits? lol
well that’s my dinner anyway…hahahaha
i'm swiss
November 19th, 2009
4:15 pm
Melo
November 19th, 2009
4:15 pm
We dont have it,we dont use it…Proff
czBrat
November 19th, 2009
4:16 pm
oooooooh Mo said the “P” word
i was addicted to that particular cola at about a six-pack a day. when the doc showed me x-rays with calcium deposits all over my body (and i was only in my 20s then), that was enough to send me to rehab. now it’s water all day long. i do fight the urge to pulverize a family-size bag of lay’s chips on a daily basis tho. i hate what aging has done to my metabolism 
Professor
November 19th, 2009
4:17 pm
Gotcha Melo
Atl Lady
November 19th, 2009
4:19 pm
Did somebody challenge me in some card playing??? *Lord forgive them for they know not what they do.*
Dream_n- 7 days til turkey day
November 19th, 2009
4:19 pm
All this talk of babies makes me want to go adopt pronto! Something I’m sure I will do within the next 5 years.
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:26 pm
mytwo – I truly miss ya sis not as much as TnT though!…but you know that.
ya’ll just bring a different type caliber here.
Mo (aka Moeisha-its my friday!)
November 19th, 2009
4:26 pm
czBrat – I blame college! I was not addicted to soda til then! I used to carry a couple of six packs in the trunk of my car. Now I dont buy any cases/six packs/2 liters. I get it when I want it and thats it and that has curbed a lot of my intake. But it could stand to be curbed a lil more. Its more of a bad habit than an actual craving
Leggs
November 19th, 2009
4:26 pm
@Atl Lady and my two, if you need a partner running Boston’s please pick me!
Cemeeli
November 19th, 2009
4:28 pm
@ Atl Lady – Is that you chica?…working the Bumblebees with mytwo?
Melo
November 19th, 2009
4:29 pm
All this talk of babies makes
Dream_n,it makes me remember the babies i lost away last nite,when i was trying one of my signature moves,withdrew and then ejaculated prematurely,and surprised to see them babies make a hop away,wetting the sheets in the process!
czBrat
November 19th, 2009
4:30 pm
Mo, i replaced that addiction to Pepsi with a pica for ice. just ate crushed ice day and night. i stayed down in the 120 lb range for several years with that unhealthy habit. then, of course, doc started complaining about that too! kinda wish i could pick it up again right about now