Dating is Miserable but it’ll get you laid

7Jul/103

I was probably doomed anyway.

My friend Cy posted on her tumblr a link to this article on The Daily Beast about the 15 Signs You'll Get Divorced.

1. If you're a woman who got married before the age of eighteen, your marriage faces a 48 percent likelihood of divorce within ten years.
Phew! I'm an old maid and now proud of it!

2. If you're a woman who wants a child—either a first child or an additional child—much more strongly than your spouse does, your marriage is more than twice as likely to end in divorce as the marriages of couples who agree on how much they do or don't want a child.
FirstName LastName and I are both pretty "maybe" about kids.

3. If you have two sons, you face a 36.9 percent likelihood of divorce, but if you have two daughters, the likelihood rises to 43.1 percent.
Okay so just one child.  Got it.

(Note To Sister: YOU'RE SCREWED)

4. If you're a man with high basal testosterone, you're 43 percent more likely to get divorced than men with low testosterone levels.
Have FirstName LastName's testosterone levels checked - DONE
If too high start feeding him ridiculous amounts of soy. I don't give a crap how many people say men who eat a lot of soy don't have testosterone problems, I know 4, all who were vegetarians as children, who do!

5. If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, you are 22.7 percent more likely to divorce before that child turns eight years old than parents of a child without ADHD.
Explains my parents divorce. THANKS TO MY BROTHER! Woo Hoo, not my fault after all!

6. If you are currently married but have cohabited with a lover other than your current spouse, you are slightly more than twice as likely to divorce than someone who has never cohabited.
Crap.

7. If you didn't smile for photographs early in life, your marriage is five times more likely to end in divorce than if you smiled intensely in early photographs.
Ummmm, I think I'm okay - (1, 2, 3, 4)

8. If your child has died after the twentieth week of pregnancy, during labor, or soon after labor, you are 40 percent more likely to divorce than if you had not lost a child.
TBD.

9. If you're a woman who has recently been diagnosed with cancer or multiple sclerosis, your marriage is six times more likely to end in divorce than if your husband had been diagnosed with those diseases instead.
'Cause men are shady bastards and can't deal when people get sick. **Fingers Crossed**

10. If you're a Caucasian woman and you're separated from your spouse, there's a 98 percent chance that you'll be divorced within six years of that separation; if you're a Hispanic woman, the likelihood is 80 percent; if you're an African-American woman, the likelihood is 72 percent.
Kill Whitey!

11. If you're a dancer or choreographer, you face a 43.05 percent likelihood of divorce, compared with mathematicians, who face a 19.15 percent likelihood, and animal trainers, who face a 22.5 percent likelihood.
Guess I'm going back to school to be a mathematician. 2 + 2 is still 4, right?

12. If you're a farmer or rancher, you face only a 7.63 percent likelihood of divorce, joined by other low-risk occupations such as nuclear engineers, who face a 7.29 percent likelihood, and optometrists, who face a mere 4.01 percent likelihood.
Fuck numbers! I am going to become a cow optometrist!

13. If either you or your spouse have suffered a brain injury, your marriage faces a 17 percent chance of ending in divorce.
Does spinal meningitis here?

14. If you're an African-American woman, your first marriage has a 47 percent likelihood of ending in divorce within ten years; for Hispanic women, the likelihood is 34 percent; for Caucasian women, it's 32 percent; for Asian women, it's 20 percent.
Hrmph.

15. If you're a woman serving actively in the military, your marriage is 250 percent more likely to end in divorce than that of a man serving actively in the military.
Thankfully, that will never be a problem. Also, men suck. They don't stick around when things get tough!

8Apr/105

Girls Who Are Boys Who Like Boys To Be Girls Who Do Boys Like They’re Girls Who Do Girls Like They’re Boys.

I lol'ed....because it's true.

6Apr/1020

How to Cheat Like a Woman

My one real skill in life is being able to detect when a man is being unfaithful. Be it my man, my friend's boyfriend, or even just a male friend. I know.

I'm talking deep down women's intuition and there are only two times I've ever been wrong. I've caught my exes a number of ways, a majority of which is their stupidity or slip up, so I thought I would give men an insight on how to not be a dumbass and get caught.

1. Do not leave a trail of any sort.
Throw away receipts. Pay with cash. Have cell phone bills sent to your work. Women are highly perceptive with an attention to detail that rivals Sherlock Holmes at his finest. We will find something ESPECIALLY if we're looking for it.

2. Be honest..........with the woman you're cheating with.
If you have a girlfriend, let her know. If you are seeing someone and the relationship is going somewhere, let her know. Never underestimate The Other Woman won't find out about your girlfriend and tell her everything.

3. Keep your tête-à-tête short and sweet.
Woman can get attached pretty easily, especially if you are not following Rule #2.  If you have to cheat make sure you don't stick around with the same girl for too long as you run the risk of The Other Woman getting attached, losing her shit, and telling your girlfriend when you end things.

4. Mind Your Phone.
Get in the habit now of constantly having an empty text message inbox AND outbox. This is the one surefire way of getting caught. Leaving texts from either your girlfriend or The Other Woman saying things like, "I wish you were here in bed with me snuggling. xoxoxo" is a big no-no.

Also, never leave your phone unattended. You never know when you may receive a text early in the morning with "Morning, baby. I missed you last night" while you're in the shower.

5. Guard your e-mail password with your life.
frangelico, aggiesrule, j1v3000, 1984ejh, and thepenis are the e-mail passwords of my exes. Most gave them to me when I was looking something up for them but at least one just auto logged in. Tools -> Options -> Security -> Saved Passwords -> Show Passwords can be a REAL bitch.

You should also change your password every month or so.

6. Do not troll for ass online.
You never know when your girlfriend may stumble across your craigslist post, okcupid profile, or one of her friends stumbles across your adultfriendfinder ad looking for a married couple to play with (true story).  NEVER EVER EVER EVER use your picture.

7. Never go for your girlfriend's friends, family, or co-workers.
The Other Woman will inevitably feel guilty and confess everything.

8. Always have a solid alibi.
Don't say you're working late if someone at your office with answer to confirm you are not. If you say your phone battery died make sure you put the battery in backwards before you go home so you can hand your girlfriend your phone to prove it's dead. If all else fails, you can always use a service like Alibi Network for your shady dealings.

9. Thoroughly check yourself before you go home.
Check for bite marks, lipstick prints, scratches, ripped clothing, and perfume smell. I once caught a boyfriend because in his drunken stupor/rush to get home he forgot to remove the condom he used with The Other Woman.

Real classy, I know.

10. Or you know....you could just not be a shady jerk who attempts to put his dick in anything that moves.
That one really is the key to not getting caught cheating. JUST DON'T DO IT

31Mar/1015

SPOILER ALERT: Wait 3 dates or you’re an undateable skank

I wish I could remember why he said it or what the context of the conversation was but at one point in a recent conversation The Dude said, "You never date girls you sleep with on the first date!". 

Here's the thing, all of my long(er) term relationships have started out as either one night stands (meaning I've known the guy for awhile and we were just friends then one night *TEQUILA*) or first dates that went really well and ended up in the bedroom. When I've waited and really gotten to know the person before becoming intimate it always  blows up in my face (absolutely no pun intended, you perverts).  The guy either has some weird fetish, cries during sex, is really horrible in bed, has intimacy issues, or we are 100% incompatible. All of which end up leading to a break up. You guys even agreed with me in saying sex matters in a relationship.

After hearing The Dude's opinion I decided to take to the ol'  IM list again (1, 2) to ask my guy friends what they thought. I asked them 2 questions. 1) How many dates do you wait before trying to sleep with someone? and 2) If a girl sleeps with you on the first date does it negate all future potential romantic relationships with her?

Here is what they said

- 1a) 2 if I liked her. 5 if I wanted a long term thing with her
2a) Quite possibly. If a guy wants a romantic long term thing he would question why a girl would just do him so easily. All the girls I dated that either suggested sex or given it up on the first date ended up being just that.

- 1a) Anywhere from one to never but on average two. I'd say generally the stereotypical three-date rule seems to be pretty close to reality
2a) Not for me, no but there seems to be a balance just in general. first date sex seems more casual but it doesn't negate any romantic relationship

- 1a) 2-3
2a) Not necessarily - much depends on the circumstance, but does raise some flags. Though one has to be careful of not being hypocritical: "I don't date the sort of girls who sleep with me on the first date" - well if I did, I was the sort of guy who slept with a girl on the first date too.

- 1a) 0.2. I'm a one drink kind of guy.

- 1a) zero dates
2a) I wouldn't be sleeping with her if I didn't intend to have a more ... romantic relationship.. later. What's the point if there's nothing more later? Negate? No.

- 1a) Probably on the second date. If it got to the second date we thought "we didn't sleep together on the first date so you would see if i'd ask you out again, which would mean I'm a good guy, and therefore, yeah, you'd have sex with me."

- 1a) I don't know.. I've never set a number. You swear I have standards and/or self control.
2a) No, not at all. It's really situational but generally speaking, if it's happened on the first date, they usually haven't lasted not because of sleeping on the first date, but more because I didn't really know her well enough
before getting involved

- 1a) Depends if you wanna date or just hook up. First date if u just wanna hook up and not date otherwise a couple dates.
2a) Doesn't help cause you know you can hook up without dating her.

-1a) Obviously I treat every woman as the unique and individual flower that she is  (tee hee) but I rarely ever go for it on a first date. Maybe second depending on the vibe.  Otherwise third.
2a) Not necessarily.  but I'm kinda old school.  It might make me take her a little less seriously  (but she can change my mind by being awesome) (in general. not in bed) (although....)

- 1a) Depends on their feedback.  If they're super into me, probably 3.
2a) No but it most definitely sets the tone for the entire relationship.  There's really not much of a base there.

Note To Men: I did ask the ladies and all of them basically said, "If I even go on a date before I sleep with them maybe like 3-5."

22Mar/1026

Men are from Uranus.

Friday night I held an impromptu and very small girls' night at my house. Donnelly stayed over so we could leave on time for running and Jenny, my running BFF, joined us for a few hours of bitching, watching me bake, sparkling wine, and Chinese food.

When you get a group of women together inevitably they will talk about men. Outside of a few stellar twitter worthy gems (1, 2, 3, 4) and a total bizarre post that stemmed from a discussion on this post we did actually get into a worthwhile conversation about men. We realized most of the male-female confusion derives from two completely different sets of relationship definitions.

Observe.

Friend
Women: A person attached to another by feelings of platonic affection or personal regard.
Men: A term used when you are embarrassed to introduce the girl you are seeing to your friends, family, colleagues, etc.

How a Mistranslation Can Get You Into Trouble: It will inevitably bring up the "What are we doing?" conversation (see below).

"Hanging Out"
Women: What one does with a platonic friend.
Men: A term used to define participating in activities with a girl in the hopes of having sex with little to no emotional attachment.

How a Mistranslation Can Get You Into Trouble: One of my girlfriends was seeing this guy awhile back. Things started off really great: they shared some of the same interests, he called when he said he would, and, here is the clincher, he introduced her to his mother.  Suddenly, he became really distant and said he wasn't looking for a relationship but hoped they could still hang out (man definition). My friend took his statement under the female definition and was utterly shocked when the next time they hung out (woman definition) he kissed her and invited her to stay the night.

Friends with Benefits
Women: A mutually beneficial sexual arrangement with a person with whom you are attached to by platonic feelings of affection or personal regard.
Men: A term used to allow men to treat a woman like a second class citizen yet still call her for sex when he's drunk

How a Mistranslation Can Get You Into Trouble: I have heard this from women over and over again, they are happy and not in love with the person they are having sex with BUT the guy is incredibly hostile and/or absent during non-bedroom time. The term "Friends with Benefits" starts with friend, gentlemen.

Note To Men: Most women can handle this type of relationship without falling in love with you as you aren't that great anyway. You don't need to put up an asshole barrier to make this type of arrangement work.

Dating
Women: A romantic relationship between the "banging" and "boyfriend/girlfriend" stage. It may or may not be monogamous.
Men: An excuse to lead on a ton of women.

How a Mistranslation Can Get You Into Trouble: See The Brohammer Saga.

Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Women: An emotionally mutually beneficial monogamous relationship.
Men: DEATH.

How a Mistranslation Can Get You Into Trouble: See here

"What are we doing?"
Women:
A question used to gauge the expectations of the other person in the relationship.
Men: A way for a woman to say she wants to be your girlfriend.

How a Mistranslation Can Get You Into Trouble: I realize with this guy, my ever smooth and always put together drunken reaction was more of a "It's not that I want to go to the prom but it would be nice to be asked" kind of deal. I really wasn't fishing for some kind of Relationship (please note the capital R) I was simply gauging his expectations so I could set mine accordingly and decide whether or not I was interested in continuing anything with him.

Filed Under: retrospect

9Mar/109

Please sir, I would like some XXX more

This has nothing to do with dating but I drooled so much and re-watched it three five times so I thought I'd share it with my ladies and men loving men.

NOTE TO MEN: Buy these underwear.

21Feb/104

Dating Advice of the Day

Note To Men: Most of this is great advice ....even if you aren't dating a Down Syndrome Girl

18Feb/102

Men are supposed to like the chase, right?

Note To Men: My running group consists of 80% hot, in shape, normal, fun, interesting women. I just thought you should know.  New season starts this Saturday. Registration is still open. You can even just come check out the first running session this Saturday if you are on the fence. If you do sign up , you should mention you found it through me or my site.

I need bragging rights and all.

15Feb/1013

I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party. The… party. With the… with the pants. Party with pants?

Ahh...Valentine's Day. I can't really say I've ever really been a big fan. Sure, back in elementary school when you were encouraged to get all pumped up on processed sugar and were required to give everyone in class a Valentine it wasn't so bad. As a romantic holiday......well...I just never could get behind it.

Take my first official "in a relationship" romantic Valentine's Day. High School Boyfriend #1 was beginning his transition from normal High School student to drop-out. Instead of getting showered with some kind of Valentine's Day love I got to repeatedly answer, "No, I have no idea why High School Boy #1 isn't in school today" about 500 times. When I did see him later in the day I discovered he ditched school so he could make a website devoted to our love..

Yeah.....

High School Boyfriend #2 told me I could either spend time with him or I could have a Valentine's Day present. When I opted for quality time he begged me to reconsider as "buying something is so much easier".

The Guatemalan repeated his "it's your birthday so I'm going to go to a strip club with my ex who I used to troll the internet for threesomes with" act.

The Rockstar fake proposed to me in the middle of a crowded restaurant.

The Abuser had the work pager which forced him to leave the table every 5-10 minutes (no exaggeration).

"The Man" and I broke up right before Valentine's Day.

The last 2 years I have actively pursued not doing anything romantic on Valentine's Day. Last year I watched Saw I and Saw II before entertaining myself with lots of booze and friends.  This year I slept in, watched 3 hours of Nip Tuck, baked brownies, went to see The Wolfman with Keane, and knocked back a few with fabulous friends. To me it's just not worth all the hassle of being disappointed when men just can't do the holiday right anyway.

So I know I tend to bash men, specifically my exes, most of the time here. So I am giving my male readers a chance to not only prove me wrong but to also WIN FREE PANTS!

You may have seen the Dockers Men Without Pants commercial during the Super Bowl. It was all about men stepping up and wearing the pants. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I'm giving away 5 pairs of Dockers Soft Khakis in either a classic khaki color or a cool red (Note To Men: Get the simple khaki color).

This is how it works: prove that men ARE wearing the pants and chivalry is not dead - especially on Valentine's Day. Post a comment (and if possible a picture) to this post about what you or your guy did for Valentine's Day (past or for this year) and I will select my favorite 5 responses to win a free pair of Dockers.

You have to post by Noon on Friday (Feb 19) so get to it!

18Jan/101

This is why I hate men…and cell phones

me: dude tell me the story about the "girlfriend"
Zane: this is where it goes into massive jr high mode
while I was up getting a round or something
hes like
SO WHATS UP WITH YOU AND ZANE
and apparently she said something like we're dating or he's my bf or something
so then when she goes to the bathroom, he's all SO SHE'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND?
and I die laughing
me: WHAT?
Zane: yeah dude.
like
ive hung out with her three times
each time with more than a week between
me: is there texting?
Zane: eh, occasional
nothing much
me: oh dude
texting = dating in chick world
Zane: wtf
me: I thought someone would have alerted you
Zane: no
veto that.
VETO.
me: yeah dude
I swear
bang a chick
text her
and then like.........hang out again
it's practically putting a ring on it
Zane: WHEN DID YOUR GENDER PLAN TO INFORM US OF THIS
BUT I DONT LIKE IT
I DONT WANNA PUT A RING ON IT
me: sorry dude. either stop the texting or start spending your saturdays at bed, bath, & beyond and home depot
Zane: psh
there wont be enough time
me: she's gonna freak on you
STOP THE TEXTING
stop hanging out
wtf has the padawan become the jedi master already?
Zane: hahahahahaha
dude
have you forgotten already?
I've got a high tolerance for vagina.
I can always make her cry and stop talking to me after the next time
me: good point
D.E.N.N.I.S. her real good