What better place to find a sexy sophisticated suitor than the library? Unfortunately, I've never had the privilege of meeting a man in the library, but that doesn't mean I've given up hope. Should this opportunity ever come my way, I am prepared. Surrounded by some of my lady friends earlier in the week, we developed a list of pick-up lines that are surefire ways to catch that studious man (or woman) of your dreams.
1. Is your name Dewey? Because I've been looking you up and down.
2. Put down that book and check me out.
3. Let's play a little game of non-fiction.
4. I'd like to run my fingers through your pages.
5. Excuse me, do you know where I could find the graphic novels?
6. Care to examine my stacks?
7. Would you like to solve my mystery?
8. I found you in the card catalog filed under "sexy."
9. Do you know where I can find Moby Dick?
10. I lost my call number; can I get yours?
My account of dating disasters, humorous run-ins with the opposite sex, and diary entries from days gone by. Why can't these two chromosomes just get along?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Dating: It's Not A Game
Tonight I attended an event called Love Is Blind that not
only featured a male dancer who stripped down to his goggles, snorkel and swim
trunks, but also several rounds of the Dating Game, complete with three
contestants and bachelor/bachelorette mysteriously hidden behind a
curtain. Alas, my raffle ticket was not
selected, which would have enabled me to participate, a fact that is most
unfortunate not only because I therefore did not win a fabulous date with a
handsome man, but also because this blog entry would be far more exciting had I
been chosen. However, watching the
others on stage answer the questions posed to them by the men/women searching
for love made me contemplate what three questions I would ask a potential
suitor, had I only three questions to ask.
At first it seemed quite obvious, as there are three major things I look
for when dating:
1. Do you smoke?
2. What is your political affiliation?
3. Are you religious?
I won’t tell you what the “correct” answers to these questions
are, but I can tell you that they are my only deal-breakers. And #3 is open to some debate depending on
ethnicity vs. moral obligation. These
questions, however, would not make for a particularly entertaining dating
game. While the answers to these
questions remain of importance to me, there are three additional questions that
would not only go over far better within the Dating game scenario, but also
have answers that would honestly make a difference to me:
1. If you were a word, what word would you be and
why?
2. What is the weirdest tradition in which your
family participates?
3. Name one child that has had a positive impact on
your life.
And now, allow me to explain. First
of all, the word “love” or “hope” will not gain you any points here. Please.
There are so many remarkable words in the English language. What about “menagerie” or “waffle” or “placenta?” Just feel the way those words roll of the
tongue. I don’t care if the word is
selected simply because it’s fun to say; that is a far better reason than the
Miss America response of, “because it’s a beautiful thing and what we all live
for blah blah blah.” Men give those
answers to because they think it’s what we want to hear. They are wrong.
As for question number 2… loving your family and bonding
with your family is important to me.
Maybe you grew up in a dysfunctional family but turned out okay. There still has to be some kind of tradition
your family adheres to, even if it’s chasing each other around with the butcher
knife every Thanksgiving. Let’s keep it
exciting, people! My answer to this
question would either be Drunken Boardgame Fest with my cousins or the
Ceremonial Passing of the Collared Pecary.
And lastly, children.
I do not want a child today or tomorrow or even in the next several
years. But I want a child some day. I know plenty of people who have not had an
abundance of children in their lives, but I feel it’s impossible to have never
had your heart melted by a child. Did a
baby ever smile at you on the subway?
Did a little girl or boy in a film ever move you in the slightest? A child somewhere must have had an impact on
you at some point, one way or another, no matter how small. Three years ago, this would not have seemed important
to me, but since then I have dated far too many men who, in their 20s, were
already contemplating Vasectomies.
Seriously? You’re not even 30
years old and you want to get snipped?
Preposterous. I need to at least
know there is the possibility of children at some point in the future.
I don’t think it’s any secret that I’m pretty fed up with
the whole dating scene and ready to find someone with whom I see a future. And who sees me in his future. I don’t date for
fun. Of all the things that dating is, “fun”
is not one of them. I have kept an open mind and dated smokers,
dated men who voted opposite what I voted in the 2008 election, dated men who
were estranged from their families. And
you know what? I have not fared
well. I know that relationships are all
about compromise, but one should not have to compromise her/his ideals. Yes, relationships require sacrifice, but
likewise they cannot exist in the first place without harmony.
What if the Dating Game consisted of the questions people really wanted to ask? Oh, Jim Lange would have been in for such a
treat! Though I much prefer Chuck
Woolery. I wonder if he’s single… and
how he would answer my questions.
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