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vegas luckyTopic: Dating
Ah, once again, I got another batch of dating advice from the Rod Ryan Morning Show on 104.1, the Rock of New Orleans on my way to work Tuesday.
The topic was an article—"10 Things a Good Boyfriend Won't Ask You to Do." Hmm...interesting. The list goes as follows:
1. His laundry, 2. Buy gifts and cards for other people on his behalf, 3. Plan an entire vacation without his help, 4. Make him a sandwich, 5. Change your relationship status on Facebook, 6. Be his wake-up call, 7. Hang out with his ex, 8. Keep up with his favorite shows, 9. Lose weight, and 10. Keep our hair long.
My opinion on the list is as follows:
1. I've never been close enough to a guy for him to even put his gross laundry in my washing machine, so whatevs.
2. I'm not a damn secretary for anyone, so if a guy asked me to do this I would laugh in his face.
3. Who, in this economy, even has money to go on a vacation?! If my man said we could spend our anniversary somewhere (that is the article's example), then I would GLADLY plan an entire vacation without his help. Uh, yes two first class tickets to St. Thomas please. Uh huh, two weeks. A suite with a large bed, yes, and one of those refrigerators you open with a key...
4. If a guy actually asked me to make him a sandwich it would piss me off, but anyone knows that I cook and bake so much, anyone I'm dating is never hungry enough to ask for food since there's always something cooking at my house.
5. Facebook is lame. End of story.
6. I have done this before—not on a daily basis, just as a favor to make sure he wakes up in addition to his alarm clock. Honestly I don't think it's a big deal.
7. I prefer not to even know who the ex-girlfriend is, so asking me to hangout with her definitely would not fly.
8. I have too many television shows to keep up with myself so it would be impossible for me to keep up with anyone else's. And really, what is the point of that? So we can have something to talk about? No. If we have to talk about TV shows, then we shouldn't be dating.
9. Um, you can be assured if I guy ever asked me to lose weight he would be murdered. The article says instead of asking about losing weight, the guy should invite us to go biking or to a yoga class. Umm, no. I don't go biking and if my guy ever did yoga, I would dump him immediately. If you think I'm fat, then just dump me because I like being lazy. Pretty simple.
10. This was the big topic on the radio, since everyone knows guys like long hair. I don't have long hair, it's more medium-length, I've never heard any complaints, and I'm not planning on cutting it short any time soon. So whatever.
It's little rules like this that I just laugh at. I know, everyone has eal breakers and morals when it comes to relationships. However most of those don't come from a published list, they come from experiences. Every person is different and every relationship is different. Has your boyfriend or girlfriend ever asked you to do something you didn't think they should?
