The Get Me A Girlfriend in 2012 Thread

[Hauldren Collider]

[rah]

When you're clueless, even bad advice sounds good.

[onodera]

When you're clueless, even bad advice sounds good.

In Al's case it's the other way around.

[loinburger]

Al, I get the impression that you go into creepy-mode when you're around a woman you like. The secret to getting and keeping a girlfriend is to not do this.

Take this potential superbowl party as an example. How would you act at the party if you were only around your male friends? How would you act if this female friend were also in attendance? I'm willing to bet that your answers are not the same, and this has to stop. (After you've been dating her for awhile then the answers should probably diverge, but to start out with you shouldn't be thinking of her as "sexy female friend who I want to awkwardly lose my virginity to," but instead as "friend who happens to be female.") You can make a few concessions to the presence of the new female friend, e.g. masking your farts and wearing deodorant, but ideally these should be kept to a minimum.

[Al B. Sure!]

Al, I get the impression that you go into creepy-mode when you're around a woman you like. The secret to getting and keeping a girlfriend is to not do this.

Take this potential superbowl party as an example. How would you act at the party if you were only around your male friends? How would you act if this female friend were also in attendance? I'm willing to bet that your answers are not the same, and this has to stop. (After you've been dating her for awhile then the answers should probably diverge, but to start out with you shouldn't be thinking of her as "sexy female friend who I want to awkwardly lose my virginity to," but instead as "friend who happens to be female.") You can make a few concessions to the presence of the new female friend, e.g. masking your farts and wearing deodorant, but ideally these should be kept to a minimum.

So no trimming my eye brows and putting on a face scrub, toner, and cream?

[MRT144]

Al, I get the impression that you go into creepy-mode when you're around a woman you like. The secret to getting and keeping a girlfriend is to not do this. Take this potential superbowl party as an example. How would you act at the party if you were only around your male friends? How would you act if this female friend were also in attendance? I'm willing to bet that your answers are not the same, and this has to stop. (After you've been dating her for awhile then the answers should probably diverge, but to start out with you shouldn't be thinking of her as "sexy female friend who I want to awkwardly lose my virginity to," but instead as "friend who happens to be female.") You can make a few concessions to the presence of the new female friend, e.g. masking your farts and wearing deodorant, but ideally these should be kept to a minimum.

I disagree. I think the problem is that the way he is around his male friends is bad.

[Al B. Sure!]

Why would anyone think he's creepy ? I'm sure someone who posts this in the music thread would have no shortage of honeys flocking to his crib for some hot love action:



Al B Celibate

I won't quote the lyrics because a: they're vile
b: they're banal

You, sir, clearly missed the point. If you listened to the whole song, you'd see it's a downtrodden male's interpretation of sheltered aloof women secretly desiring rape ('She been plotting on my black ****', 'You touch yourself after hours/Ain't no man allowed in your bedroom/You're sleeping alone in bed/But check your window, he's at your window'). There's the necessity of social restraint and friendzoning ('We can chill and I can act like I don't wanna ****/You can tell me all your problems like I really give one').

It's a portrait of a male psychological type.

It's distasteful, sure. It's shocking, sure. But so was Eminem who spoke to a lot of people in a similar manner.

[MRT144]

You, sir, clearly missed the point. If you listened to the whole song, you'd see it's a downtrodden male's interpretation of sheltered aloof women secretly desiring rape ('She been plotting on my black ****', 'You touch yourself after hours/Ain't no man allowed in your bedroom/You're sleeping alone in bed/But check your window, he's at your window'). There's the necessity of social restraint and friendzoning ('We can chill and I can act like I don't wanna ****/You can tell me all your problems like I really give one').

It's a portrait of a male psychological type.

It's distasteful, sure. It's shocking, sure. But so was Eminem who spoke to a lot of people in a similar manner.

No, it's about a rapist justifying his rape by thinking she wanted to be raped.

[Dinner]

It sounds like she's fishing for an invitation to do something for the Superbowl. Don't disappoint her.

That's my take as well. She wanted Al to invite her out, was being kind of obvious about it, and he kicked the can down the road. He needs to figure something out either today or tomorrow so she has a bit of notice because you don't want to drop something on Saturday afternoon on her as she'll likely have made other plans by then.

[Fake Boris]

I wouldn't introduce Albie to a female acquaintance of mine, for fear of retaliation (in the kind of girls she would introduce me to).

[giblets]

You, sir, clearly missed the point. If you listened to the whole song, you'd see it's a downtrodden male's interpretation of sheltered aloof women secretly desiring rape ('She been plotting on my black ****', 'You touch yourself after hours/Ain't no man allowed in your bedroom/You're sleeping alone in bed/But check your window, he's at your window'). There's the necessity of social restraint and friendzoning ('We can chill and I can act like I don't wanna ****/You can tell me all your problems like I really give one').

It's a portrait of a male psychological type.

It's distasteful, sure. It's shocking, sure. But so was Eminem who spoke to a lot of people in a similar manner.

Do you happen to think rape jokes are hilarious?

[loinburger]

How many dead babies does it take to change a lightbulb?

Four.

[Dinner]

My other advice would be to avoid rap lyrics and trying to sound like a hard gangster during the first date. Just act like a normal person and she'll likely think of you as a normal person. Make some jokes, keep the conversation rolling, remember to look her in the eye and smile once in a while.

[Al B. Sure!]

My other advice would be to avoid rap lyrics and trying to sound like a hard gangster during the first date. Just act like a normal person and she'll likely think of you as a normal person. Make some jokes, keep the conversation rolling, remember to look her in the eye and smile once in a while.

1) Chicks dig that I rap. They like an 'artiste' But I'm still rebuilding the way I approach writing so I'm not going to show off my old bad stuff.
2) Jokes and conversation are a bad idea. Definitely want to minimize me opening my mouth.
3) I'm a smiling buffoon. Need to smile less.

[Lorizael]

Jokes and conversation are a bad idea.

Exactly what are you hoping to achieve, then?