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Monday, June 18, 2007
That’s not the right way
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You know that old saying the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, right? Well, guys it turns out that doesn’t really apply to women. At least not if you can’t cook to save your life. I went to a guy’s house for dinner in the hopes that he would try to woo me with his culinary skills. He kept bragging about his “special dish” that he makes which was sure to blow me away. Well, it blew alright! It was HORRIBLE.
So there I am in his dining room, praying for his dog to come over and help me dispose of his food without him knowing. I didn’t want to seem ungrateful and I definitely didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but Cole’s pasta dish was the worst thing I ever tasted. How could he be so wrong about his cooking skills? Well, I tried to fill up on salad (read: bagged lettuce and croutons) and then I said I was “too full” to finish. He was nice enough to pack it up for me (shudder) though. He seemed so proud of his efforts, I didn’t have the heart to tell him it was not good.
When it comes to impressing each other, we may think that we are scoring big points, but how do you know if what you are doing is really effective?
I have always said that we rarely get feedback in dating, so sometimes we may think that we are doing all the right things, when we are really not.
Has someone ever done something to impress you but it turned you off instead? Did you tell them or did you keep it to yourself?
Do you think single people often have an inflated sense of self? Perhaps our egos make us too confident and we aren’t even aware of it. How do we get a reality check, through friends, or maybe ask for feedback? Maybe ignorance really is bliss!
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