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July 6, 2007
Introducing DateBreak '07!
I think this exciting new concept in social interaction, drempt up in a cab last night at around 12:30 a.m., is best explained in an IM conversation I had earlier this morning:
GTalkBuddy: datebreak?
me: datebreak
I went on a date yesterday
GTalkBuddy: ooo
w.whom?
me: friend of a law school friend
GTalkBuddy: ooo
not good?
me: 1) she was boring, had nothing to say that I wanted to know more about
2) I chose a bar that, unbeknownst to me, was also being used for a lawyer's farewell party
GTalkBuddy: HA
me: so all these people I knew kept passing me going to the back room
GTalkBuddy: oh geeze
me: so no more dates through 2007
I will no longer spend time with someone for evaluative purposes
GTalkBuddy: um, wow
that is a long time
me: it doesn't preclude all that much
for example, if I meet someone and we do something that I genuinely want to do, I will do that
like go to a concert - it's like I'd be inviting her along
but no "drinks after work" where I get to hear what you do for a living
GTalkBuddy: got it
me: that's reasonable, right?
GTalkBuddy: well
i agree that the formal dates with strangers really suck
it would be way better to start hanging out casually with someone you want to be friends with
me: exactly
good things happen when you least expect
therefore, good things don't happen when you most expect
therefore, ipso facto, DateBreak 07
That's right. No more drama until the ball drops. DateBreak '07 - live it, love it, don't pick up the tab.
Posted by rj3 at July 6, 2007 10:16 AM
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I give you three weeks.
Posted by: amg at July 6, 2007 3:23 PM
Ditto if not less.
Posted by: PL at July 11, 2007 10:08 PM
