Poll time!!

[kellinator]

I was wondering if and how times have changed in the dating world since my mom's instructions for my first date, which I didn't buy even then ("He should pay for everything, and if he respects you he won't try to park with you"):

[Poll #85230]

Comments

[str8jackethappy.livejournal.com]

i think i'm going to change my first answer to "guys". because from what *I* have seen and experienced, guys tend to say they like being asked out and it flatters them, but ultimately i think they still like to have a sense of control and chase in the situation, and it weirds them out to be asked out or chased. it's that whole STUPID "challenge" bullshit. games games games... grrr. and sadly it works. besides, if a guy doesn't have the balls or vision to see how precious you are and to ask you out, well, why would you want to have to train him?

*ducks and runs in preparation for being lambasted* ;)

ps - i also kind of agree with your mom. at least about the parking part. and not necessarily for proptiety's sake, but because you're worth the wait. and on the same note as him asking you out, if he doesn't see that you're precious enough for him to calm down and be patient, then he's not mature or intelligent enough for you.

(all "you's" and "him"s in this case are applied to the general populace of both genders...)