Dating Rant

[Lindsey]

I still cant help but think of Fiddler on the Roof singing TRADITION! every time this thread comes up. Does that make me racist?

Well, now because of the update you should be thinking "Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match!  Find me a find, catch me a catch..."   

[Diogenes The Cynic]

A few updates. One is that another one of my friends is engaged. That makes me the absolute last man standing in the bachelor category in my circle of friends. Among out wider circle of friends I am now one of the very few singles this old. In my world, I am a rarity.

That brings me to the singles even my university hosted. They had to reschedule their "meet the connectors" event due to the weather. My guess is that they first scour one campus, then the other. They then cross match people for whom a match seems relevant. They're not covert about their efforts at all. They have a co-ed ice skating event in a week, and even had a Rabbi from the administration come in and give us a pep talk about dating. Its a total departure from where I just came from. Just a few weeks ago, I ate a meal at a house where the men and women were seated in different rooms, and now I live in a totally different society.

Also, since I am in an entirely new setting, I am meeting many people for the first time. A Rabbi who teaches Gemara invited me over for a meal on the Sabbath. I accepted knowing that it was not coincidence that the only other guy he extended the invitation to was also the only other single guy in the class.

[anarchir]

Crongrats, it looks like you are really starting to merge with your now community in a way that could only end up positive.

[blackie]

You live in a building with a high school?

Have you considered dating a high school chick?
They dig people with cars that are old enough to buy booze.

[Diogenes The Cynic]

You live in a building with a high school?

Have you considered dating a high school chick?
They dig people with cars that are old enough to buy booze.

Heh, no. I'm too old for one of them, and I never meet girls anyways. I live in a men's high school, in an entirely male college campus.

So, I went to the event the university sponsored for meeting "the connectors". I hate to keep bringing up the job search analogy, but it looked the way I would imagine a job fair would be like. I have never had any appreciable length of time without a job, but if I did, I would imagine it would be like trying to find a wife, now.

There was a gymnasium of ladies behind neat rows of desks. A few of the younger ones had their husbands with them. Most had clipboards of names with them. Every time one concluded an interview with one of the other guys there, I would make eye contact, and sit down to speak. After about an hour of this, I was done.

None have called back yet, so what effect this had waits to be seen.

In other news, a friends wife emailed me for my resume. Hopefully there will be a follow-up.

[Diogenes The Cynic]

I gave a few of the women I spoke with at the "connect" meeting a follow-up email, but still have  yet to receive a reply. Meh.



A family I am close to met a girl recently. The wife was all like "This girls gotta meet Diogenes!"

A few revisions of the dating resume, and some legwork led to something pretty cool; a date on Sunday.

[alaric89]

Sweet. Good luck, Dio. 

[Diogenes The Cynic]

Update.

I went on the date. The girl was cool. Chill. The whole experience was something else. It's rare to meet any woman who is conversant in Latin, and knows the entire story behind Superman, let alone a religious one. We spent hours wandering Central Park enjoying each others company talking about everything from personal philosophies, to porcupine mating habits.

On the way back home, we're on the subway platform, and she starts vomiting uncontrollably just out of nowhere. I go out and buy her some napkins, and you know, she's a real trooper about it. Most people would be horribly mortified over that, but she was all like "well, that was weird". Totally nonplussed over it. That's pretty impressive.

I talked to the matchmaker, and the girl is healthy. Seems like what happened on he subway platform was a one-off event. She does want to continue.

I'm a bit excited about the next meeting.

The matchmaker from a previous post did finally respond to me, but given recent developments, I have yet to respond.

[Amazing Richard]

Update.

I went on the date. The girl was cool. Chill. The whole experience was something else. It's rare to meet any woman who is conversant in Latin, and knows the entire story behind Superman, let alone a religious one. We spent hours wandering Central Park enjoying each others company talking about everything from personal philosophies, to porcupine mating habits.

On the way back home, we're on the subway platform, and she starts vomiting uncontrollably just out of nowhere. I go out and buy her some napkins, and you know, she's a real trooper about it. Most people would be horribly mortified over that, but she was all like "well, that was weird". Totally nonplussed over it. That's pretty impressive.

I talked to the matchmaker, and the girl is healthy. Seems like what happened on he subway platform was a one-off event. She does want to continue.

I'm a bit excited about the next meeting.

The matchmaker from a previous post did finally respond to me, but given recent developments, I have yet to respond.

What do you mean you went and bought her some napkins? Did you bring the napkins back into the subway platform where she was puking!??!?! What do you mean when you say you bought "napkins"? How many napkins did you buy? Who buys napkins?!??! Napkins are supposed to be for free.

BTW...So you don't know why she was puking? There must be a logical explanation for this.

According to "the laws"...are you allowed to call her on the phone to see if she is OK?

[alaric89]

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[Diogenes The Cynic]

What do you mean you went and bought her some napkins? Did you bring the napkins back into the subway platform where she was puking!??!?! What do you mean when you say you bought "napkins"? How many napkins did you buy? Who buys napkins?!??! Napkins are supposed to be for free.

BTW...So you don't know why she was puking? There must be a logical explanation for this.

According to "the laws"...are you allowed to call her on the phone to see if she is OK?

At the middle of the subway platform, there was a kiosk that I bought a couple packets of kleenex from. Of course I had to buy them. I wasn't counting on my date tossing her cookies like that! Who would?

She didn't know why she puked. I'm sure she didn't mean to. Its not the kind of thing a person prepares in advance. At the time, she was at a loss for an explanation.

Richard, calling her never occurred to me. It could be a great idea. Ill run it through the matchmaker.

[The ghost of a ghost of a ghost]

I think she must really be into Dio, that's why she puked.  She was nervous about fucking up and saying something stupid.

That or she thought about something nasty.

Not good nasty, nasty-nasty.

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[blackie]

Is she hot?

[Fred]

When I met my wife, she was super thin and she had a nervous stomach (some shit at home) and she threw up alot when we first started dating. 

Later, that went away....

[hellbilly]

Did you give her a kiss at the end of the date?