Well, that's one of the things that we love, your relentless optimism.
Aw, thanks. It's true, I always am convinced that people will understand and respond in kind if I am respectful and clear.
Oh, punkin, it's the teacher in you. You're trying to have a teachable moment with the craxies.
Bwah!! You are so completely right! It's hysterical that I didn't realize that myself.
Also: my magical ladyparts are not your goddamned reward for you being my friend.
This times a thousand. There's a big difference between keeping someone on the hook (i.e. HIMYM) and being a mind reader.
If a guy friend offered to help me paint my apartment or something like that, it would never occur to me to interpret it as him wanting to date me.
This. For fuck's sake, this. In general, the action women are most likely to interpret as wanting to date them is
asking them if they want to go on a date.
The problem is all the buffistas are trying to sell their houses, not buy!! We need more house hungry b.orgers!
Me, too.
RIGHT! I knew I missed an obvious one. Man, I wish I could have hooked you up with my friend Joey who is just buying a place in Austin. I think your place is probably a bit out of his league though.
people will understand and respond in kind if I am respectful and clear.
That's like an Internet comment thread in reverse.
HECK NO IT'S NOT!!
Excellent! I will go do that before I forget again.
Also, guys who are really obvious about "I'm trying to be your friend because I really want to date you" are just creepy. Dude. Ask me out, or don't. But doing something nice for me and then getting pissy because I didn't reciprocate in the way you wanted, which I never agreed to do, isn't being a "nice guy," it's being a manipulative brat.
