Dating: No laughter, no love
It has been a long week, people. From earthquakes, hurricanes, sad and heartbreaking headlines, the one thing that really can be the best medicine is laughter. I’ll be honest, dudes with no sense of humor don’t fare well with me. I am pretty sure I’m not the bee’s knees for them, either.
I have this theory that people who lack a sense of humor probably have something to hide. I have no scientific evidence of this, mind you. I just don’t trust people that don’t laugh. Have you ever tried to go on a date with a humorless individual? It’s like sitting in the dentist’s chair, only not as messy.
Do you rank great sense of humor as an important thing or are you fine with being the comic relief in a relationship?
Have you ever been on a date with someone and you laughed the entire time?
Blog prize awarded to the funniest story/joke/comment of the day. You guys decide the winner.
We all can use a little humor these days, don’t you agree?
Happy FUN Friday everyone!
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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236 comments Add your comment
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:41 pm
Leggs, I am asking why would it matter if it’s the first time or not. That’s like asking is this a mans fisrt time out with a woman imo.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:43 pm
I have a sibling married to a black man one married to a white man and my little brother is engaged to a black woman now. (shrugs) I am the only one married to another Italian. LOL
cba
August 26th, 2011
3:43 pm
Leggs with your intellect and beauty, he will only see a lady
Now you know, we’ll be waiting for a report on Monday.
Dam, I got to cut this grass.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:44 pm
Wait a minute Leggs has a date with someone? LEGGS!!
Mo (aka Moeisha)
August 26th, 2011
3:45 pm
TGIF All!! Happy Friday!
Whats good everyone!
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
3:45 pm
If it is important to one or the other, then (s)he should ask. I wouldn’t, but that’s just me. That kind of stuff reveals itself in time. If I’m going out with him, it’s because he seems like someone who would add happiness to my life, not because of the color of his skin. I have to assume he feels the same. If he were dating me because of some “novelty” factor….yeah, no.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:48 pm
Hi Mo!
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
3:48 pm
Hey Mo! TGIF!!!!!
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
ITL, have you ever dated anyone outside of your race?
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
3:50 pm
I disagree, PR, that it’s the same as asking a man if it’s his time out with a woman.
Interracial dating is frought with a lot of uncertainities and both must be on the same page in wanting to really do this. I would imagine the comfort level may be different as opposed to someone who’s been doing this for a few years as oppossed to determining if you want to date someone doing it the first time. That’s why I thought is it cool to ask if this is their first time or not.
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
3:52 pm
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
3:52 pm
Yes. He was Native- and African-American. I loved that man with all my heart….nearly married him.
Willie Dynamite
August 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
Afternoon All,
Leggs – Have fun and just be yourself. Everything else will come out in the wash.
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
3:53 pm
Perhaps I’m not conveying myself properly. It’s not the color of the skin, ITL. Is it important to know if this is their first time dating outside their race, or if they’ve done it before. Is this not a fair question to ask.
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
3:54 pm
Interracial dating is frought with a lot of uncertainities
Honestly, the two of us never had a problem. It was people we encountered in public that would sometimes be downright rude.
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
@WillieD ~ you know I that’s the only way I can be….
@cba ~ yes, sir…lady will be front and center…thanks!
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
You loveded him with all your heart? LOL what happened with you two.
Leggs, if the flow is there and everything is vibing why even bring it up. I am asking you again what does it matter to you if it’s his first time or his tenth…..what would his answer do to affect you in anyway?
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
I’m trying to get the blog into a conversation. Didn’t want to sit her with just PR, myself and my legs. Glad people are chiming in…I knew you would!
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
3:57 pm
I’m trying to understand WHY it is important to know if they’ve dated interracially before. Honestly, Leggs, people are people, so I wouldn’t make an issue where there probably is not one.
Just my two cents…
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
I agree with ITL on this one
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
4:00 pm
You loveded him with all your heart? LOL
Why LOL, Purp? Not sure what’s funny about having your heart broken. But thanks for the comic relief. Oh, and if you must know what happened, he was not able to handle a difficult situation and chose to take a coward’s way out of the relationship. Anything else you’d like to know?
czBrat
August 26th, 2011
4:01 pm
HiYas!
i’ve got about an hour to play. what ya’ll up to?
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:02 pm
ITL, the play was off of the word “loveded” and it sounded like you were really into him which is a change from the way you normally type and true love conquers all. If I offended you well good, that’s payback for the walmart picture you sent me
CanalZone, how are you today?
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
4:04 pm
Honestly, the two of us never had a problem. It was people we encountered in public – thanks ITL, that’s what I meant. Outsiders.
Willie Dynamite
August 26th, 2011
4:05 pm
I think its a great question. I mean if you date an Italian I’m sure during the conversation it would come up if you’ve dated other Italians. Same as dating any (fill in the blank) would come up during the conversation. If I went out with a chick from Panama would she be wrong if she asked me was she the first Panamanian I’ve dated? Same with Color IMO.
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
4:05 pm
PR – Re-read my post – no typo. But you’ve piqued my curiosity about the way I normally type….
Hi czB! Happy Friday!
czBrat
August 26th, 2011
4:06 pm
i’m good good, reign. i’ve worked much too hard this week, but i suppose i’m expected to earn my pay every now and then.
um. did someone say ITL has been tagged shopping at walmart. and looking like she belongs there?
cba
August 26th, 2011
4:07 pm
I have a cousin in Salt Lake City and he is light-skiiiiiiiiiiiineeeeeeeed w/ green eyes and sandy-colored hair. He married a white lady and they were married about two years. Rumor has it that once her mother discovered he wasn’t white, they divorced quit and in a hurry.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:08 pm
CZ, yesh ITL shops at walmart
ITL, I have never read you type about something personal involving your heart, you usually give advice or something…not in a bad way.
Willie Dynamite
August 26th, 2011
4:09 pm
Purp – got anymore funnies?
czBrat
August 26th, 2011
4:09 pm
hola ITL!!
awwww, WD. you know how i
at any mention of my country.
not sure if i’m jumping in at a bad place, but i’m gonna say i’d ask. i asked s/o if he had dated hispanic women before me. didn’t matter to me what their race, though. just wanted to know if he was familiar with the ethnic culture.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:09 pm
cba, that’s the pits. They should have tried to put mom in her place.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:10 pm
WIllie D did you read the one about the Robot Lie Detector that I posted the other day?
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
4:10 pm
Ok. I got my answer…thank you.
Leggs
August 26th, 2011
4:11 pm
My point, WillieD. My point, czB. Exactly my point, czB.
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
4:13 pm
Awww, that’s kinda nice, Purp! But you know you deserved that picture. That’ll teach you for trying to trick newbies into sending you revealing photos as a blog rite of passage.
I think you should forward it to czB so she can see what “I” look like. Bwah ha.
Willie Dynamite
August 26th, 2011
4:14 pm
CZ – I’m knee deep in Spring/Summer 2012 vacation discussion with the Wifey. She soooo wants to go to Panama. She has convinced the kids as well.I’m not so sure and don’t have a reason why (nothing negative). Unless I come up with somewhere better in the next few days I’ll be S.O.L.
Purp – yep funny, I had seen it before.
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:15 pm
When asked before if I have ever dated a _______ person before I have always responded why does it matter?
Mo (aka Moeisha)
August 26th, 2011
4:16 pm
ok so Im speed reading trying to catch up….dont mind me…..where is my popcorn…..
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:17 pm
Willie D, remember that club you welcomed me to? Yeah I’m in that club.
Into the Light
August 26th, 2011
4:18 pm
That’s usually my first response, too, PR. To me, asking seems like I’m going out of my way to make an issue or a point about something. I find that dating history has a way of working its way into the conversation naturally.
czBrat
August 26th, 2011
4:20 pm
Unless I come up with somewhere better in the next few days I’ll be S.O.L.
i beg your pardon!
LOL. we plan to be there around april-ish. c’mon dude!! come
sweathang for a while!!Celisea
August 26th, 2011
4:23 pm
Treadmill Report: 45 minutes 2.4 miles 272 calores burned…getting better
Sassy Me...PYT ;-)
August 26th, 2011
4:23 pm
It’s raining…really, really hard and my man just got back from Bermuda on business. I got home a little early took a loong shower and prepared his favorite meal: A juicy steak(medium to well), a nice busy salad and a baked potatoe the size of a football. I laid some comfortable clothes out for him to change in to after he’d showered and lit white candles all over the house…while Miles Davis and Charlie Parker played in the background.
I heard his key in the door and my heart nearly leapt out my chest with exitement. When he opened the door I met him there in a special outfit I got courtesy of Victoria(but tonight it ain’t a Secret)…and all he could do was smile ear to ear as he took in all that stood before him…we hugged and kissed for what felt like an eternity and I could feel him swell with anticipation and excitement. I sauntered towards the bedroom while slowly gazing at him with a come get me,daddy look on my face and he followed suit. “I wanna taste you“, he said while easing my Vickies down with intent and purpose. His tongue sent shivers up and down my spine until I couldn’t take it anymore…so that’s when I….
cba
August 26th, 2011
4:23 pm
Random thought: As we blog, Celisea is killing that treadmill
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:24 pm
If you are with someone of the same race do you ask if they have ever dated outside of theri race before? I know od some people who won’t date someone if they know that they have dated outside of their race.
Willie Dynamite
August 26th, 2011
4:25 pm
Purp – which club?
I’m not a big joke person but Here’s one that made me laugh;
There is a medical distinction between Guts and Balls.
We’ve all heard about people having Guts or Balls, but do you really know the difference between them?
In an effort to keep you informed, here is the difference:
GUTS – Is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met by
your wife with a broom, and having the Guts to ask: ‘Are you still cleaning,
or are you just flying somewhere?’
BALLS – Is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of
perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the butt
and having the Balls to say: ‘You’re next, Chubby.’
I hope this clears up any confusion on the distinction.
Medically speaking there is no difference.
Both result in death.
Celisea
August 26th, 2011
4:26 pm
cba – building my endurance back up. I use to do more than that in 45 minutes…. Like starting all over again. I love the way I feel after excercising. That feeling ain’t kicked in yet but after I get home and have a nice bath, Imma sleep like a baby
Purple Reign
August 26th, 2011
4:26 pm
Celisea, good job!
Celisea
August 26th, 2011
4:27 pm
Thanks Coach