I am having a Grey's renaissance, now that Izzie is gone.
I also heart talking-about-real-shit Cristina.
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 06, 2010 5:21:44 pm PDT #27821 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
tommyrot - May 06, 2010 5:21:56 pm PDT #27822 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tonight's episode of My Dating Life will probably be known as "The one with the misunderstanding."
We were supposed to meet at 7:30 at this sports bar. I get there at 7:25 and talk to the greeter. I tell her I'm meeting someone. She tells me she doesn't think the person I'm meeting has arrived yet. I grab a booth and watch the door like a hawk.
A few minutes later my date arrives. The greeter (dunno if it was the same one) tells her she doesn't think the person she's meeting has arrived yet. She takes a seat at the bar. At 7:31 she texts me to tell me she's there.
For some reason I don't get the text until 7:45. I text her back but she's left already - she says that "15 minutes is enough to wait." I text her back that I was there at 7:25 but her phone is off or something.
Later I text her again and we straighten out the misunderstanding.
Jesse - May 06, 2010 5:25:37 pm PDT #27823 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, so you never actually met? Meh, but shit happens.
tommyrot - May 06, 2010 5:27:42 pm PDT #27824 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, so you never actually met?
Nope.
So, is 15 minutes long enough to wait for a (first) date to show? Later she texted that she thought I had stood her up. Which OK, that feeling sucks, and I hate it too when people are late, but 15 minutes?
Jesse - May 06, 2010 5:29:42 pm PDT #27825 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Personally, I wouldn't give it much more than 15 minutes, but I'd probably text at 10 minutes after the time and wait another 5-10.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 06, 2010 5:29:51 pm PDT #27826 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
15 minutes is a not unreasonable cut-off point if there's been no word of delay from the other party.
Zenkitty - May 06, 2010 5:31:24 pm PDT #27827 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Well, that sucks, tommy. But she sounds kinda snippy, so maybe... just as well?
Dana - May 06, 2010 5:31:55 pm PDT #27828 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, dear. Sorry, tommy.
-t - May 06, 2010 5:32:11 pm PDT #27829 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
15 minutes of sitting alone at a bar waiting for an answering text can be a long time.
Not that I'm saying it's your fault, obviously. Are you going to try meeting up again?
Aims - May 06, 2010 5:32:53 pm PDT #27830 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Also, who just takes the greeter's word for it? If I'm meeting someone, I always look, just in case. More often than not my party has been there and they just didn't know/weren't told/didn't care.