Unscientific Data-Gathering

[leahbobet]

Okay. For a variety of reasons, mostly involving long-term relationships, I've not dated very much in the past seven years. It occurs to me I have no idea what's standard.

Of course, I am solving this via silly internet polling. :p

Life's more fun that way.

(Sorry, I know this poll is kinda heteronormative. If I could cash in for the shot that makes me like girls more, I would probably do so at this point out of sheer frustration, but it's not the dynamic I'm trying to figure out at present.)

[Poll #1101787]

Science thanks you.

Comments

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

"So do you still look as hot as you did when I last saw you?"

I HATE that question. And when you have internet guy friends, you get it a lot.

I invariably say, "Well, I've gained about 30 lbs, but I feel like I'm a much happier person."

The first guy I said that to split the chatroom in, like, 5 seconds. (Asshole.)

The last one married me.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I tend to say things like, "No, I have had my nose tattooed a bright blue, and I constantly wear upside-down tutus on my head with a hole cut for my face."

Any guy who can't deal with sarcastic WTFery from me is not really friend material, much less anything else. (Not that I am currently in search of anything else, having been adequately -- nay, abundantly -- supplied with anything else for years now.)

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Good plan. *g*

I am just getting sad that every time I get to think I might like a person? It becomes smarmy time. Bleh.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

There is more than enough smarm out there to go around (and around and around). Also, some perfectly good people have been trained that it is their job to indicate interest through smarm, and have not yet trained themselves out of it.

But there's more than smarm. Really. I promise.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Okay. I will take your word for it.

*puts the game face back on*

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Game face is not a permanent requirement.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

I am, unfortunately, feeling the need for it today.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hah!

I should try that. *g*

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

Also, curses upon you for making me choose between "brains" and "similar life goals" and "common interests!"

I picked similar life goals because that's what makes Charlie and me work. We see eye to eye on soooo many freakily weird things. But I never would have dated him if he were and idiot and had nothing in common with me... *throws up hands*

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know I was butchering a spectrum on that one. *g* There is a reason, though.

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

Among my interests that I would like to have in common with a nice boy are such things as "being smart' and 'wanting similar things in life." thus, I subvert the poll.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

>I invariably say, "Well, I've gained about 30 lbs, but I feel like I'm a much happier person."

Ha! I adore you.

[ccfinlay.livejournal.com]

Smart man, very smart man.