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Social circles and dating circles
What are the pros and cons, for you, of dating someone inside or at least tangential to your social circles? How about the pros and cons of dating someone significantly outside them? Do you have a preference for one or the other? Do you usually end up dating one or the other ( Read more... ) -
Wildlife gone wild
Note_from_cat_to_raccoons: O HAI, WHAT R U GUYZ DOIN CAN I PLAY TOO?
Note_from_humans_to_raccoons: *Why* are you having sex on our deck when there's a whole bunch of nice private woods *right there*!??! Fine, we'll just take pictures, so someone will believe us.
Note_from_raccoons_to_humans: PLZ TURN OFF DECK LITES WE R BUSY JUST NOW, KTHXBYE!
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How often should you get slapped?
Once upon a time I was talking with QoH about the dynamic I usually have with people I'm interested in, which is basically this: I make a move, and either the other person slaps me*, or they don't**. And it occured to me that QoH had never slapped me, which made me think that I hadn't been forward enough, or at least not optimally forward. (The ( Read more... ) -
Definition: Dating flocculation
The process by which two crazy people* get together and start a relationship, thereby causing them to sink to the bottom of the dating pool, where they are easily filtered out. This is akin to the same process in water treatment or swimming pool management. Sometimes water is contaminated by dirt or other pollutants which are too fine to settle out ( Read more... ) -
Random trivia question - tipping
How much do you / should you tip food delivery drivers such as pizza delivery, etc?
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Giftjacking
You know how you see something, and you think "Wow, I think X would really like this, I should get it for them." And so you do. But it's a little while before you actually get to see them and give it to them, and during that time you keep checking it out and thinking how cool it is. And you get to thinking, "Damn, I kinda wish I'd gotten one for ( Read more... ) -
Gunning for Dr. Phil's job
One of the special joys/challenges of overhearing phone conversations is that you only get to hear one side. This woman was having a long and sometimes heated discussion about her friend's love life:
You don't love them.
(pause)
No,
(pause)
Girl you do not love them. If you loved them you wouldn't be cheatin' on them both!
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What's your gifting theory?
On the giving end: On what occasions do you give gifts? How do you decide who's on your list? When if ever do you feel obligated to give a gift? Do you enjoy giving gifts? Do you care if you get a gift in return? How would/do you feel if the recipient regifts something you gave them ( Read more... ) -
Trust
Ok, a difficult simple question this time ( Read more... )