Cyber Monday: Date shopping
Welcome back everyone! I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. I cooked my first Thanksgiving meal and there are no reports of ER visits, so I think I can call it a success! How was your holiday?
Today has been deemed Cyber Monday for online shoppers to get great deals. There are also some people who chose this weekend to jump into online dating!
There is something about this time of year that make conditions optimal for setting up a profile, posting a picture, and sifting through the many websites for potential romance.
Will you give it a shot? I believe some websites are even offering free features that normally cost money, so is it a good time to see what’s out there?
I haven’t tried online dating in years and I am a little gun shy about it, admittedly. Do you think people who are online dating have true intentions for a meaningful relationships for the most part?
How do you spot the players? For those of you who have tried online dating and found success, what do you think helped?
Happy Monday!
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kimmie
November 29th, 2010
2:26 pm
back from lunch
Raqi – I have been looking for a good butternut squash recipe. We went to SO’s uncle & aunts for dinner, like we have in the past, and then went to his brother’s house in Newnan to socialize with more of the family. His aunt can throw down. You name it, she had it and it was good. I kinda got overwhelmed with all the food so I didn’t take a to-go plate but I did leave with a sweet potato pie, which I ate a piece for breakfast with my coffee the next morning!
I made a caramel pound cake that I must admit was killer! The next day SO had his 3 nephews over with their SO’s. They are brothers and all in the military, so it is rare they are all together anymore. SO said they are the closest he has to younger brothers. The thing about eating out on Tday is you don’t have any leftovers. I like having at least a ham or turkey to make sandwhiches. So I baked a ham, got some of that Hawaiian bread and also made my special chicken chilli with toppings to go on it. They tore that food up – only thing we had left was about a 3rd of the ham. Glad they enjoyed it though!
I am whatever you say I am
November 29th, 2010
2:27 pm
“….Two days later, he’d changed his user name (but used the same pics) and sent me another flirt……”
That is all I can say
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:27 pm
SexyCool, you are lucky. LOL The only thing my marido cares about peeling , cutting and chopping during the holidays when I am cooking is peeling himself out of his recliner away from the game to cut himself a piece of a cake before I can barely finish icing it. Then chopping me off when I try to tell him to get out of my kitchen if he is not going to help. Don’t care nothing about my BMC.
Holiday doings are just not his thing. I do the cooking, shopping, decorating, gift wrapping…you name it.
One year I BMC’d about him not helping my wrapped gifts until he finally got up to help. Then purposely wrapped the first one wrong.
And when we are planning for these things he says we are going to do. But what he really means in ‘Raqi’.
Like he wants to know if we are going to make a sour cream pound cake for Christmas? Yeah right. And he knows how to cook.
I am whatever you say I am
November 29th, 2010
2:28 pm
“….However, it does shine light on important factor…you too cheap to pay for a membership!….”
Yes I am! Don’t judge
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:29 pm
@SlimNU ~
I’ve filed it!
@SexyC ~ ok, that “C” is better than mine. Cool!
I am whatever you say I am
November 29th, 2010
2:31 pm
“…hell, I could be talking to boo foo the rapist!!….”
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
AmazonRed™
November 29th, 2010
2:33 pm
@ARed ~ for those willing to “date in the dark” will probably get their just desserts.
Leggs – So many folks lie about their pics in the first place that I don’t think it’s a big deal if a picture isn’t posted. In fact, I’d rather no pic at all, than one taken in 1990.
One’s main focus should be past the pic anyway. You won’t know what you really get til you meet up with em.
SexyCool
November 29th, 2010
2:33 pm
“Then purposely wrapped the first one wrong.”
TheDude actually did some things wrong Wednesday night, but…I figured I could either be thankful for the help or do it all myself.
I decided I was way less concerned about his method than my outcome. Besides, he take direction *really well*. (lol)
I am whatever you say I am
November 29th, 2010
2:34 pm
Delight:
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:34 pm
The thing about eating out on Tday is you don’t have any leftovers.
Kimmie, exactly. We have none.
I think I am kinda like your guy’s aunt. I like to make a little of everything when I cook for turkey day. When I cook for Christmas I have less food and more desserts. Two or three different types of cakes. A pie or two. Cookies, lemon squares, brownies. Just a whole bunch of goodies.
Oh and always a couple of bowls of fruit sitting around for the healthy eaters. LOL And nuts which I don’t eat but like to put out for company.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
November 29th, 2010
2:35 pm
Rell – I gotcha, no need to call reinforcement! LOL!
I ended up having thanksgiving dinner twice, once thanksgiving day and then when I got back to GA my grands here had everyone over for thanksgiving dinner again except we had ribs and pork loin instead of ham and turkey
SlimNumeroUno
November 29th, 2010
2:35 pm
‘I’ve filed it!’
Leggs – Now don’t come looking for me if you filed it wrong. LMAO!!!! Just messing with ya chica
I am whatever you say I am
November 29th, 2010
2:35 pm
“….she met up with a guy that just so happened to be an ex of hers. He was going my his middle name and didn’t post a picture…..”
What are the odds of that happenin’? SMH
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:36 pm
@I am ~ are you saying you spend your time passing “flirts” back and forth????
AmazonRed™
November 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
I think I’ve shared the story how this NFL player hit me up on MySpace. He did it just as he was coming out of college and right before he moved here and signed with the team. Me being the skeptic that I am, I didn’t take him seriously…
That is…until I read about 6 year, 18 million contract and $5 million signing bonus with the Falcons a few months later. Damn.
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
SexyCool, that is different. YourDude was truly trying to help. My guy just didn’t want me to ask him to help again. Biiiiig difference. I don’t complain if he is helping me and don’t so something my way, but he was trying to be funny.
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:38 pm
@SlimNU ~ that’s a strong possibility!
Ribs and pork loin…hmmmm, sounds good for next year. I didn’t have turkey this year. I did 4 cornish hens and a ham!
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:38 pm
Mo, my brother-in-law do ribs for Christmas every year.
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:40 pm
Yall got me wanting to run to HoneyBaked and get a ham for dinner tonight. And maybe a cheesecake.
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:40 pm
@RaqiV ~ he purposely sabotaged so you would not ask again going forward! Too funny.
SexyCool
November 29th, 2010
2:42 pm
So…Thursday evening, TheDude and I open the door of my apartment and my frickin’ neighbors are sitting in the breezeway with a dern turkey fryer.
ON THE FOURTH FLOOR BREEZEWAY?!?!?!? WHATDAHELL??!?!?!?!?
Praise white geezus that they didn’t burn the damn building down……and that my renter’s insurance is current.
SlimNumeroUno
November 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
They should make folks put what type of fragrance they were on those online dating sites too….will never forget Mr. Old Man Expired Old Brut mixed with Lagerfield smelling dude from FL I met once.
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
@Raqi ~ daggone it!!! Thanks for the reminder. Must get to Honeybaked to get a ham bone…great for homemade soup!
Note: SexyNU may be on to something!!!
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:44 pm
{{Stomping feet}} ~ not SexyNU, meant SlimNU!!!!!
I am whatever you say I am
November 29th, 2010
2:44 pm
Leggs: 2:36, On a site where I am free to send an email, I will send one and only one flirt or whatever. If I get no response I keep it moving.
If I discover that I have to pay to send the email, I just delete my profile and keep it moving.
One of the reasons why I haven’t signed up on a dating site is because I have not found one with odds in my favor.
I just don’t like tacos (Eharmony and Match have more women than men. The odds are like 60% female which is still to high for me)
I go to http://www.giveyourhandabreak.com to find out which sites have more men then women.
BPM is a good site but also, women out number men there.
The site that I am which I will not name has more men than women.
kimmie
November 29th, 2010
2:44 pm
SCool – See you won’t have to deal with mess like that anymore once you get your house! It’s stuff like that that made me so ready to move out of my apartment into a house, I started packing before I even got approved!
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:46 pm
$84 dollars for one 6 lb. ham and a cheesecake!! Oh hell to naw. I’ll be better off going to Publix and see if they have a spiral cut ham and cook it myself.
blue©
November 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
@sc – LMFAO….oh thats a good one….frying a turkey on teh fourth floor breezeway….how do you explain when taking the thing out accidentally dropping frying oil on the people down below?
SexyCool
November 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
I feel ya’, Rock. And I really think it was more about pacifying me than actually wanting to help.
You see, last year, he went and hung out with “the boys” the night before and left me to do all the cooking. Wednesday night, he came in and performed some quite helpful tasks, along with complaining/teasing noises BEFORE he went to hang out with “the boys”.
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
Are you serious?!?! Do they not see all the houses that get burned down every year from those things?
kimmie
November 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
Raqi – I didn’t fool with expensive-behind Honeybaked this time. Did just what you said above, I got a spiral-sliced from Kroger the day after T-day for $16 and baked it myself. The most expensive one I saw they had was $24 and it was huge.
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:49 pm
OMG, I haven’t laughed so hard as to when I just read http://www.giveyourhandabreak.com. Hysterical!!!
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:50 pm
he went and hung out with “the boys”
Girl, I got just a little mad for you for a second. LOL
kimmie
November 29th, 2010
2:50 pm
Raqi – Oh, and I got a pumpkin cheesecake from Trader Joe’s for $6.99.
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:52 pm
Kimmie, I don’t remember them being that much. Probably because most times I have had one it was a gift from someone or bought with a gift card. $16 is about right with what I am willing to pay.
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:52 pm
I didn’t go on the site just LOL at the site’s name! WHEW!
SlimNumeroUno
November 29th, 2010
2:52 pm
Leggs – SexyNu had me sitting here looking like a dog does when it sees its owner doing the horizontal tango. lololol I hope we don’t have to induce an intervention to Stay away from the keyboard. ha ha ha
SexyCool
November 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
LOL…EXACTLY!!!
I can say this about TheDude. He IS a smart man.
kimmie
November 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
Raqi – Oh yeah, they are ridiculous. SO took a small one to his kid’s fall feast event a few months ago and even a small one was $30.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
November 29th, 2010
2:54 pm
SCool – You cannot be serious about your neighbors!! WTH?!?! And then on the 4th freakin floor!!!
Raqi V – after thanksgiving day Im pretty much turkey-ed out so I was glad for something different
Rell
November 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
@sc…yousa nut with your uncle ruckus reference…praise white jesus….lol
@Iam…odds are always in your favor…no matter the site…but if you want to meet some folks..start hitting the bars after work..or go out during the week…like between now and thursday…the weekend brings out a different breed of folks..lol…I meet the most interesting people during the week..or during some special sporting event…playoffs, superbowl. etc
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
2:57 pm
Oh kimmie I knew I wanted to ask you something. My little kitchen helper asked me Thursday morning about sweet potato biscuits. I have never made them but I plan to find a recipe this week to try them. Have you ever made them? If so, how difficult would you say it is?
SlimNumeroUno
November 29th, 2010
2:57 pm
My coworker said she knew someone who tried to fry a turkey one year and failed to let it thaw out. The thing basically almost exploded and caught the side of the house on fire because trying to fry a frozen turkey is like throwing a bucket of water into a hot pot of grease. DOH!
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
2:59 pm
@SlimNU ~ I haven’t typed anything in 10 days…fingers seem to still be on vacation.
kimmie
November 29th, 2010
3:01 pm
Yes, those hams are crazy. SO took one to his kid’s fall feast at their school a few weeks ago and a small one was $30.
I have made sweet potato biscuits a few times in the past. I got a great recipe from this very newspaper. I have not done them in awhile, but I remember them being pretty easy, like any other biscuits. I sprinkled a little cinnamon on top of them. Now you have me planning to go dig out that recipe!
AmazonRed™
November 29th, 2010
3:05 pm
No fried turkey for me this year, had it the past couple years and it’s delish.
But a smoked turkey does me just fine too. That’s what I had. Didn’t touch the regular oven roasted turkey!
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
3:07 pm
Slim, My mom taught me to always cook your turkey when it’s room temperature. I cold core can make for a bad experience. I cook most of my proteins when room temp.
Leggs
November 29th, 2010
3:10 pm
The last fried turkey I had I nearly passed out from coughing so much…it was injected with too much cajun spices. And, I remember when I first heard of a “fried turkey.” I told the person they were pulling my leg cuz there’s no such thing as a fried turkey! Believe I was living in Atl one year. Came to work the next week with the most delicious, tender turkey I’ve ever tasted.
Rell
November 29th, 2010
3:12 pm
I had duck and turkey with a hen stuffed inside of it….it was so good
Raqi V
November 29th, 2010
3:15 pm
I have never had fried turkey because everyone I know does it with peanut oil.
I know there is fried turkey on the Christmas menu. Although I am to do none of the cooking because our house is being used for the dinner I think I will do a small butterball for myself and those that don’t want fried turkey.