On the 5th post of The Journey....

   Recently, I have had thoughts about returning to the game of dating. The problem is that I have no clue what to do. I mean I have my do and don't list and I know some things my friends did, but still. That will only get you so far. So with this portion of The Journey, I pose to you this question: How do you get up the nerve to ask a girl out? If you are a lady reader, just change the girl to a guy.
   I once heard a story about a guy, whom while on a vacation in one of those countries in Europe that has a large tower and an Arch, he and his girlfriend, decided to have sex. Now, what is funny about this, is they were in high school, well maybe just graduated, I don't remember. Anyways, I heard that he had to go talk to his mother for about 15 minutes about who knows what. The point is, I think that that was a mistake. For several reasons, mostly, you should never leave the lady after sex, that is mean or something. That same friend, let’s call him Mr. T, he likes to get right to sex in a relationship. Another friend his name is Petru Putsa, he dating a girl for about a month, then started sleeping with her, now they are broken up now.
   What I don't understand is that, what is the point of going so fast. Neither of my two friends are married to the girl they slept with. To me the best wisdom is this. "The less you do now, the more you get to share with your spouse." Remember that quote, it's a good one. 
  

Componet 4

I was reading the blog at www.matthewdgibson.com, and read his latest blog and made me realize that people are generally stupid when it comes to turning dating into a game. He talked about how the game of running the bases in baseball was used for different things that people do with people of the opposite sex. IE first base holding hands, second base kissing, 3rd making out, and all the way is well the sex. This makes no since to me. As anyone that follows baseball, unless you are the dirty cheating team form New York, you have to have a deep bullpen, and a good defence to win the World Series. SO WHY ON EARTH DO PEOPLE COMPARE THE OFFENSE OF BASEBALL TO dating? OK ok, so you have to score runs to win a baseball game, that is why it is a sport. BUT like my friend said, in baseball you sprint from base to base to be SAFE, why on earth, would you want to sprint in a relationship?

   My dear readers, I have a saying. "Holding hands leads to hugging. Hugging leads to kissing, Kissing leads to making out, and making out leads to sex. Sex leads to babies. Now there are several people that I have seen have babies, that maybe should have not had them. There are people like the octo-mom who have 14 kids living on welfare from a bankrupt state. So here is the deal, IF YOU CANT AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF DONT MAKE BABIES. the end.

Part Trois (three frenchie style)

   I was thinking today, about the times I have mentioned to a female that I am pondering about whether or not to ask a girl out. They always seem to think that if they flirt a little bit with me in front a the girl, that the girl will get a little jealous and be more willing to go out on a date. I honestly, have no clue how that makes any since. Maybe because I am a boy, but to me, if I saw a girl flirting with a boy, I would think that the girls lied the boy and vice versa, since the guy was entertaining the flirting girl.
   Which goes to my point, flirting is fun. However, there are things you should and shoudl not do when attempting to flirt. Here are the lists:
 DONT
Throw things at them, namely ice, EVER
Make fun of them
Be stupid
Pretend to be someone else
Talk in an accent that you aren't native to
Ask them to Read a book or short story
Interrupt them continuously
Call them a name of a different girl
Slap them across the face
DO
Have a buddy be a stupid alert, just in case you are doing something stupid.
Be respectful, people like that
Finish your sentences
Buy them a drink (if appropeate)
Use their name when talking to them.

If you follow those Do and Don'ts good you may be able to get a date with the person you may be thinking about asking out. Again, if you re-read part one to find out if what you are doing is a date or not.

Second thoughts

Just so that you all know, I don't plan on every using any real names in my blogeroos. So, I also need to go over some key words that have codes. No, I am just going to let you all guess what they mean. A little background on where I come from. I retired from dating in March of 2003, and since then have had a very long time to see what dating is not supposed to look like. Mostly from my last girlfriend, whom recently asked me to befriend her on the good ol' social networking site. Fence Board. I was caught off graud by this, as I treated her exteamly poorly, and was the biggest jerk I have ever seen. She was the reason I retired from dating, as I never wanted to treat someone like that ever again. So, by not dating I can't.

With that story told, when you are in a relationship with someone, it is was best to treat them with respect and niceness. Guys open doors for the ladies, and ladies, do whatever you do, I am not goign to try and decipher girl code. Sorry, watching "Community" and writing a blog don't mix. BRING BACK CHIVALRY, it will really help win score points with your lady friends. Open doors, let ladies go first, if a ladie is cold, offer your jacket/coat. Theses are very simple things, that are really ever done.

PS, Phil I still have a shot glass for you from some trip I went on. Or it is just from PGE park.