The Swamp

degenerasian wrote:nobody is prepared for a calgary winter.

The Sybian wrote:

degenerasian wrote:nobody is prepared for a calgary winter.

Did she know what she was signing up for? What is the typical temperature range in her region?

A_B wrote:

The Sybian wrote:

degenerasian wrote:nobody is prepared for a calgary winter.

Did she know what she was signing up for? What is the typical temperature range in her region?

That seems too personal.

degenerasian wrote:i'm not touching that.

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto! Life comes at you fast, and before you know it, you're an old guy living vicariously through the adventures of younger message board friends.

Brontoburglar wrote:

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto! Life comes at you fast, and before you know it, you're an old guy living vicariously through the adventures of younger message board friends.

update: I am alive

Brontoburglar wrote:

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto! Life comes at you fast, and before you know it, you're an old guy living vicariously through the adventures of younger message board friends.

update: I am alive

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto!

tennbengal wrote:

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto!

Maybe don't lick it all up, if she has the horse flu...

rass wrote:

Brontoburglar wrote:

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto! Life comes at you fast, and before you know it, you're an old guy living vicariously through the adventures of younger message board friends.

update: I am alive

How many kidneys do you have?

Brontoburglar wrote:

rass wrote:

Brontoburglar wrote:

sancarlos wrote:Lick it all up, Bronto! Life comes at you fast, and before you know it, you're an old guy living vicariously through the adventures of younger message board friends.

update: I am alive

How many kidneys do you have?

I have both of them, as well as my wallet with its contents and my phone, so it's a win!

She was nervous as hell. I was too (at least as nervous as I've been to meet a girl in a couple years), but I picked a well-lit popular place so that if I died it would be seen by many. But all of this is a reminder that while dating can be fun, it's also a giant pain in the ass (not to be taken literally).

degenerasian wrote:It really is. I was so sick of it. So much time wasted and mind games I threw in the towel.

Brontoburglar wrote:two nights, two dates, two Ashleys

what could go wrong?

GoodKarma wrote:In college I had two dates the same night...luckily both named Laura. Made it easy to keep names straight. Only thing that went wrong was confusing some background info between the two. You should be alright.

Brontoburglar wrote:

GoodKarma wrote:In college I had two dates the same night...luckily both named Laura. Made it easy to keep names straight. Only thing that went wrong was confusing some background info between the two. You should be alright.

I did that once, but different names. went with the woman in date 2. she was really fun until she said she couldn't stop thinking about her ex six weeks or so after we started dating

rass wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:08 pm That was legitimately suspenseful.

(fuck man)

Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:02 pm September 2017

Bronto matches with very cute and politically-obsessed liberal lawyer on bumble. Immediately is intrigued.

Bronto goes out on date with said lawyer and immediately realizes that holy shit, the life of dating apps could be over

October 2017

A week after very fun date (outside of having to talk NASCAR with very racist bar owner for 45 minutes), Bronto gets the "I broke up with my boyfriend of six years in August and I'm not ready yet" message and woman informs him she moved out of their apartment into another apartment in their building that month

Bronto responds with "let's stay in touch if you want to go out again when you're ready" because of the reality that this is the first woman he's actually legitimately thought the m-word about. She says she does. Ok, great

November 2017

Woman moves to different apartment complex across downtown

December 2017

After texting back and forth pretty much every day in the two months since that moment of "I'm not ready," Bronto buys woman Christmas present (it's a t-shirt and a six pack of beer and treats for her dog). Spends two hours at her house talking on NYE while delivering present and makes the ask to go out again after football season is over. Woman says yes.

January 2018

Date finalized. Day before date (13th), woman invites Bronto to bar, where she's drinking with her parents. Bronto meets woman's parents. He thinks it's kind of odd, but also maybe a good sign.

Date goes well the next day. Bronto and woman agree to go out the next weekend.

Thursday night (18th), date night is agreed to be either Sunday or Monday based on party woman is attending the night before (20th).

Sunday (21st), Bronto asks what night would work better. Plan is to see The Post (woman is also a j-school undergrad so she knows the way of the message board logic and how to pwn the noobs) and get dinner & drinks.

Woman replies three hours later that she's still in same place as she was in October and is still trying to figure out how she's moving forward with ex.

Bronto is annoyed. Bronto gets drunk.

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:33 am At this point the only logical explanations are that Bronto is a) undateable or b) a total douchebag

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:31 am I assume there "writer" is more of a turn-off than "Nascar" is a turn-on.

"Likes dogs, Nascar, and throwing bales of hay for a total body workout."