Just when you thought it was safe - OK CUPID PART 3: The Return of the WOO!

now i am imagining this guy's antennae as arms he is sadly unable to clap with
http://i.imgur.com/0c5v3.png

APPLAUSE MALFUNCTIOOOOON :\

Hahahahahaha

sorry you're draggin' mooks.
holla at me when you're in NYC and i'll buy you a drink and commiserate

oh god between emily's great epiphany of name association and gr80's robot funnies I'm dying over here

Oh lordy, the guy I've been talking to and I have mutual friends. Mutual friends who post on ilx *coffs*.

i hope it's not anyone i know

well actually i don't mind at all if it is

It is, actually, ha.

Well so it would appear, in any case. I think I'm gonna not discuss it frther tho lest I jinx things.

I just webmailed u

ooh

Emailed my date from last week to see about scheduling a second date. Suggeseted a movie - usually a bad idea on second date (not enough talking time) but I feel movie-starved.

Trayce, that's exciting! and nerve-racking! ZS - I am speechless with admiration at your cool persistence - have you scheduled yet?

it'll be saturday. :-/ little nervous, little nervous!

bar? which one? no don't tell me, temptation to schedule mine for same bar too great

Sigh why do ppl stay on okc and reply to messages when theyre already seeing someone :( I feel like a skittle I get set up and knocked down so often.

haha, well it will be brunch somewhere in dupont, i think, still not sure where, we're actually talking about that now

Should I go out for a drink tonight with someone who just referred to me as "a total babe"?

why would you not?

yes, although if it was "babe n a half" it would have been an improvement in my book

"total babe"... hmm. I guess LL is otm, but it doesn't sound like he's the love of your life?

(not that it needs to be)

who cares if he is the love of her life?! live large, laurelita!

Yeah, okay! You're right, LL.

by the way, critical update, the thing with girl i was totally stoked about went really well this afternoon! definitely going to be seeing her again soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hiUuL5uTKc

lol

ZS did she think your scar was teh cuet? :)

nah, we barely talked about it, actually. she said she didn't notice it until i pointed it out. but yeah, she's very cuet and v v intelligent. it was nice to tell a few anecdotes and have the other person actually smile and laugh! that sounds so stupid, but the last few okc things i've been on have been like talking to dr. stoic

ppl not reacting to anecdotes is the worst feeling

yeah, plus i mean it's a date, i'm busting out some of the best anecdotes i can think of. these are the anecdotes that have survived natural conversational selection to rise to the top of the memory pool, and i can't even get a "hmmph".

Good for you, ZS! My two-weeks-ago date hasn't replied to my message re a second date yet...

i am still only lurking okc.

still don't think babes in this town have figured out its ok to okc yet

these are the anecdotes that have survived natural conversational selection to rise to the top of the memory pool, and i can't even get a "hmmph".

This made me giggle, the idea of conversational darwinism haha.

And I mean really, how rude does someone have to be to not respond to a story? Even if you are bored spitless its polite to at least look interested, gah it isnt that hard.

I'm back. It was mildly pleasant.

He said he'd like to see me again, and I agreed, but I'm not sure that wasn't just politeness about a dead end.

He was quite stylish and not at all bad looking, but I think he might have realized I wasn't interested in his tiny dog.

four hr im convo, tons of BSing about music (great rap/R&B taste FTW), and we're set for monday. crazy shat.

im ... generally a bad look, but can work wonders (???)

x-post. Read that as "dong" at first.

showed this thread to the girl I've been seeing

Got a message back from my date saying he's really busy with work and this week is 'already out', in what came across as a slightly snippy tone. Wrote back that I understand work pressures (and I really do) and maybe next week sometime, let me know when's good if that works for you. Silence.

*waves to conrad's girl*

ljub the last time a guy did that to me its cos he was doing the bailout act and was too gutless to just say so. I had to flat out ask him "you're not bothered with this anymore are you" and he then admitted he wasnt, and I just dropped him. I HATE TIME WASTERS.

Yeah, I'm kind of getting that vibe. He was intriguing, but definitely not intriguing enough to chase after.

The second best thing to being told how awesome you are is being told straight-up: "Sorry, but I'm not feeling it." It feels like RESPECT!

It's so great that I message 3 or 4 people a day just to tell them that.

Yeah I've had a couple of recent experiences with - not rejection, but just full on honesty about their situs, and I love it, it is so refreshing.

I haven't been on a date in quite a while, but when I was dating frequently I found that when I gave honest, simple no-thank-yous, the other person felt the same way, and I made a friend after one such disclosure.

It can be a relief, if nothing else, it undoes a level of "what if" thats left hanging otherwise. And yeah I agree ive made/stayed friends with people I *adored* once I 'fessed up and they said no, or vice versa.

Its the ones you say no to who then chuck a queen sized tanty, that you need to run away from (thank u, mister "you're lucky I didnt drive into a TREE after you told me that" gothboy I once knew)

lol-sorta

Jesus.

Somewhere between driving into a tree and "Oh thank Christ" is a good reaction.