Hida Bukkorosu
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i hate it.
but i'm such a hypocrite, i wouldn't hate it if i wasn't terminally single.
but i'm such a hypocrite, i wouldn't hate it if i wasn't terminally single.
who ever hates valitines day
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Ankh-Morpork Guard
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Crying and telling her that you've been blind in one eye for the last eight years and that you can't take being reminded of the imparement with works like "look" could work.d4 said:ok, here's the perennial question:
how do you respond to, "Does this dress make me look fat?"
the best answer i've heard is to just RUN AWAY...
Ashwyn
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If I'm ever asked, I'll answer honestly. If she doesn't like the answer, I'll just tell her she shouldn't have asked. I don't play games.d4 said:ok, here's the perennial question:
how do you respond to, "Does this dress make me look fat?"
the best answer i've heard is to just RUN AWAY...
Teflon Billy
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d4 said:ok, here's the perennial question:
how do you respond to, "Does this dress make me look fat?"
the best answer i've heard is to just RUN AWAY...
well, "Run Away" might be a decent answer except for one thing: IT'S THE SAME AS SAYING YES!
Seriously I got this very question at least weekly when I was writing the column and I mean how complicated can it be?...gentlemen: the answer to "do I look fat in this?" is some variation on "no".
However if you are dating a morbidly obese woman, then I'd have to say that she is setting you up for a fall. Don't take the bait. Say something akin to "I don't think of you in those terms, and it hurts me that you do"
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Mercule
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"No, it isn't the dress that makes you look fat... It's that ring of flesh about your midsection." How's that? (Believe it or not, I've been married for almost 9 years.)Teflon Billy said:
--change in thoughts sans seque--
Seriously, though, I think Valantine's is a pathetic holiday. Part of romance is the spontenaety, or at least surprise. Marking it down in your calendar in perpetuity on the same day all the other sheep are going to dinner and a movie is pretty sad and speaks of a shallowness of emotion. YMMV.
On the other hand, I have to put my money where my mouth is, and make sure I bring my wife flowers, take her to dinner, and generally behave as though we're still courting several times during the year.
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Dark Jezter
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d4 said:ok, here's the perennial question:
how do you respond to, "Does this dress make me look fat?"
the best answer i've heard is to just RUN AWAY...
You reply by saying "Oh, is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?"
RangerWickett
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Well, speaking of flowers, may I make a small request to the ladies out there:
Never tell someone you think might be interested in you anything like, "I've always just wished a man would give me flowers on his own, without me having to ask for them."
What option does that give the man? If he was going to give you flowers, you've ruined his efforts. If he hadn't thought of it yet, he's going to think he should, but again, he'll be afraid of seeming like he was just replying to what you said, rather than being romantic on his own.
Then again, a remind to guys: most ladies love receiving flowers regardless of what day of the year it is. This is, of course, assuming they like you. Don't wait for 'that special day' to give her a gift. As soon as you think of it, do it. Unless, of course, you're just a week before Valentine's Day, and you know the lady is a hopeless romantic. You might as well go for the full effect in that case.
Never tell someone you think might be interested in you anything like, "I've always just wished a man would give me flowers on his own, without me having to ask for them."
What option does that give the man? If he was going to give you flowers, you've ruined his efforts. If he hadn't thought of it yet, he's going to think he should, but again, he'll be afraid of seeming like he was just replying to what you said, rather than being romantic on his own.
Then again, a remind to guys: most ladies love receiving flowers regardless of what day of the year it is. This is, of course, assuming they like you. Don't wait for 'that special day' to give her a gift. As soon as you think of it, do it. Unless, of course, you're just a week before Valentine's Day, and you know the lady is a hopeless romantic. You might as well go for the full effect in that case.
