If I get to choose I’m going to pick exactly what I want.
So I was chatting with M and Meg the other night (very rare occasion) and M decided to post what I said on her twitter (she posted the abridged version)…
“If I have choice of sweater, I’m going to pick the one I want. If someone gifts me one, I’m not going to send it back, unless it’s an ugly ass reindeer sweater.
A few years back I posted a list of things that influence my online man shopping habit. Three years later I can say that the same list applies. Sure, I might be missing out on a few people because they portrayed themselves as a douchebag in their profile. But hey, it’s not my fault. If the sites added some sort of free shipping/free returns policy (like my beloved Zappos) I would be all for a trial run (this is why I am Speed Dating next week).
Now if someone who doesn’t meet all of my “requirements” and decides to ask me out, I will not say no. If you have been following up on the 17 dates thing, do you think that I would have asked out Napoleon Dynomite?
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 am
Here’s the problem I see with going out with anyone who asks, or at least saying you’ll go out with anyone who asks: it makes you look desperate, and we know that you’re not. Sure there’s some part of going out with people just to see, but really dude? I know you could have done much better than Napoleon Dynamite.
I guess what I’m saying is that you *do* have your pick, and you don’t have to settle for the almost ugly ass reindeer sweater when the cashmere is right there too.
My advice, yes go out with someone who is outside of your “normal” range, but make sure they’re still within the acceptable for Jen range too. Every sweater’s not the same.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
You are right. I am NOT desperate. It may be winter but I have an electric blanket to keep me warm. There will be no settling per se. Maybe I should have said that I would be willing to bend the rules (height, smoker, dog, douchebag profile, etc…) if someone were to ask me vs. me asking them. Napoleon Dynamite was one of those dudes that looked good on paper. So when he asked me out I said yes.