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Darnit Evo, now you've got me dying to know who this science guy was!
Anyways Klute, glad to hear you got the date, good luck :)
Anyways Klute, glad to hear you got the date, good luck :)
Klute said:for the penny to drop with him
Borek said:Good luck
After my struggle with the flesh I am afraid to ask what THAT could mean :uhh:
- http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Penny DropA "Penny Drop" is a term used by the belligerent people of the middle class society. This word is used to define a situation that arises when a supremely...
DaveC426913 said:You had to stick something wet in his ear before he clued in, didn't you?
Astrphysicists... :uhh:
Klute said:Well I had to ask a couple of times over each time getting less subtle until he finally got it. He went a bit quiet for a second and for an awful moment I thought he was going to say no but then he broke into a big smile and accepted ... phew!
Borek said:Good luck
After my struggle with the flesh I am afraid to ask what THAT could mean :uhh:
arildno said:He'll be used to being surrounded by people who don't understand his work, and if he is a fairly normal guy, he won't expect you to understand any of it, either.
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DanP said:You know , like when somebody tell you a joke and you don't get it for the first 10 secs or so.
Borek said:Ummmm, can you repeat?
DanP said:Well, where I come from, it's a very bad idea for a man to take out a girl on the first date and start to wave stories about the theorems he proved and microwave radiation. Not only he shouldn't expect her to understand the work he does, as you pointed out, but he shouldn't make a conversation out of the details of his work in the first place.
True. I guess in a bigger or lesser quantity we all have this trait in us, after all our passions is what make us "vibrate" and feel alive.arildno said:I agree.
That doesn't mean, however, that physicists and mathematicians are very good at not slipping into "bad form".
Particularly if they are in the same room together, totally forgetting that there are others in the room, but they start discussing abstruse points only they are passionately interested in.
Since these persons might well be some of his best friends, precisely because they are enthusiastic about the same abstrusions, it would be futile of you to try to improve their manners.
One thing is to have a legitimate concern over one's own boyfriend's manners, another is to seek to impose them on his friends as well, or come with demands that your boyfriend restrict social interaction with them if they can't "behave".This has "The Big Bang theory" written all over it in capital letters. Perhaps if this is the situation, the person which has more social skill in the relation should try to make the other one a little more social savvy. I do *not* mean change the other person, but make him become aware of some social realities.
arildno said:... another is to seek to impose them on his friends as well, or come with demands that your boyfriend restrict social interaction with them if they can't "behave".
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Oh, I think this is our first date resulting from our new "relationships" forum!Klute said:Well I had to ask a couple of times over each time getting less subtle until he finally got it. He went a bit quiet for a second and for an awful moment I thought he was going to say no but then he broke into a big smile and accepted ... phew!
Thanks again everyone for the advice and good wishes. I'm looking forward to it and I guess we can just see how we get on and take it from there but I have a really good feeling about this guy and I'm glad I took the chance to ask him out.
Klute said:Well I had to ask a couple of times over each time getting less subtle until he finally got it. He went a bit quiet for a second and for an awful moment I thought he was going to say no but then he broke into a big smile and accepted ... phew!
Thanks again everyone for the advice and good wishes. I'm looking forward to it and I guess we can just see how we get on and take it from there but I have a really good feeling about this guy and I'm glad I took the chance to ask him out.
Evo said:Oh, I think this is our first date resulting from our new "relationships" forum!
Klute said:Well I had to ask a couple of times over each time getting less subtle until he finally got it. He went a bit quiet for a second and for an awful moment I thought he was going to say no but then he broke into a big smile and accepted ... phew!
Moonbear said:It's not their fault. They really do try, but they're just missing that gene.
DanP said:We are missing loads of genes.
jtbell said:We do have a few extra ones, for example the TV-sports gene. Or the one for what Dave Barry called Male Genetic Dirt Blindness syndrome.
DanP said:We are missing loads of genes. For example, the genes who gives you the patience to storm stores for 3 hours searching for a dress, then cross back in the opposite side of the city to the first store, and buy the very first dress you tried in the that day.
But we are cute and considerate and pay for the dress, so we really do deserve a break for our efforts :P
Moonbear said:They really do try, but they're just missing that gene.
DanP said:We are missing loads of genes.
Moonbear said:.
Surprisingly, I'm the one with more tolerance for dirt and clutter than my boyfriend. Then again, we differ on cleaning approaches. I sort of go for the whirlwind of cleaning once a month approach, while he goes for the hire a housekeeper approach.
Moonbear said:Having a cat who likes to drink from the toilet rather than her water dish has changed my perspective a bit.
Moonbear said:Whenever he does something nice, I thank him and tell him he doesn't HAVE to do that for me. And, it's true, it's not something I expect or demand. But, I had to explain to him that I certainly don't MIND if he does nice things for me, and I certainly do LIKE it when he spoils me, I just would never be so superficial as to expect it or demand it or require it. I mean, really, who doesn't enjoy being spoiled rotten by their significant other?
DaveC426913 said:But after Grok and Thag had one too many drunken falls from the Stegosaur, that chromosome got a corner busted off. Now it looks like a Y.
The comic freefall has a half-dozen or so strips on the issue. It's an amusing read.Moonbear said:Even I'm missing that gene. I think my sister got a double dose though! :rofl: That is one thing my boyfriend and I get along VERY well about...neither of us "shops."
Hurkyl said:
Moonbear said::rofl: Those are great! I really like the one that says, "Great! You just gave an engineer a problem that can't be solved with duct tape. Now we're going to be stuck here all day." :rofl:
kramer733 said:Ok here for the love of god. DO NOT ASK HIM OUT. THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING TO DO. I don't care who you are but you are seriously taking away his manliness. Give him a lot of IOI (indicators of interests)
kramer733 said:If he still isn't biting, give up because a real man would see these IOI and ask you out already unless he's just generally not interested in you.
kramer733 said:ASK HIM OUT TO GO CLUBBING WITH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. Then atleast become intimate there. Get drinks
kramer733 said:Honestly if you really have fallen in love with this astrophysicist, have sex with 12 guys and if you still want the astrophysicist, then proceed and get him.
Dembadon said:I don't understand how asking him out would take away his "manliness".
Because the men are supposed to ask the women to date. You never see this happen. It just does. This coming from my cousins (25+ years old) and my brazilian jiu jitsu instructor. It just doesn't make you manly.
Are real men not shy?
Real men have confidence and an incredible amount of mental strength to overcome anything. This in my opinion is what defines a man.
How do you get intimate in a club?
.. Have you never been in a club before? One thing leads into another and before you know it, you're in bed. He can call you back if he's interested. He'd have already broken the ice so it won't be as bad.
Is this a serious suggestion?
That has to be the worst advice I've ever seenkramer733 said:Ok here for the love of god. DO NOT ASK HIM OUT. THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING TO DO. I don't care who you are but you are seriously taking away his manliness. Give him a lot of IOI (indicators of interests)
Here's a list of IOI you can do with him
http://www.pick-up-artist-forum.com/list-of-iois-vt36387.html
If he still isn't biting, give up because a real man would see these IOI and ask you out already unless he's just generally not interested in you.
ASK HIM OUT TO GO CLUBBING WITH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. Then atleast become intimate there. Get drinks
Honestly if you really have fallen in love with this astrophysicist, have sex with 12 guys and if you still want the astrophysicist, then proceed and get him.
Is kramer a Cyrus sock-puppet? :rofl:Evo said:That has to be the worst advice I've ever seen