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<blockquote data-quote="Rothe" data-source="post: 3057398" data-attributes="member: 39813">Quite a mixture of excuses/reasons.&nbsp; Bottom line to me is frequencey of not being able to attend, the reason might matter but I'm really not going to look behind it.&nbsp; I assume people are adults who don't need to explain themselves to me.&nbsp; Yet if a person is frequently absent, it's a signal they don't want to be doing it or just have really bad planning skills.&nbsp; I can understand this even though the contortions I go through to play twice a month are amazing between clearing space from family and work calendars.But to the actual excuses...Dude, I might smack you up side the head if you didn't go out with her.&nbsp; She's obviously really into you, get that young love romance while you can.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Wanting to do something with your girlfriend, wife or kids, even if at the last minute and even if it crews the game, is always a good excuse IMHO.Well let us hope a conflicting schedule has not been set up.&nbsp; Frankly, I see this as part of one's job and career.&nbsp; Being well groomed has very important benefits in some professions, so keeping one's nicely haircut can be a big deal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rothe, post: 3057398, member: 39813"] Quite a mixture of excuses/reasons. Bottom line to me is frequencey of not being able to attend, the reason might matter but I'm really not going to look behind it. I assume people are adults who don't need to explain themselves to me. Yet if a person is frequently absent, it's a signal they don't want to be doing it or just have really bad planning skills. I can understand this even though the contortions I go through to play twice a month are amazing between clearing space from family and work calendars. But to the actual excuses... Dude, I might smack you up side the head if you didn't go out with her. She's obviously really into you, get that young love romance while you can. ;) Wanting to do something with your girlfriend, wife or kids, even if at the last minute and even if it crews the game, is always a good excuse IMHO. Well let us hope a conflicting schedule has not been set up. Frankly, I see this as part of one's job and career. Being well groomed has very important benefits in some professions, so keeping one's nicely haircut can be a big deal. [/QUOTE]

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