Comments:

Jess - 2005-09-30 16:47:06
Hi, I am a new reader. I was linked to you through several people, but most notably, Jackie. Ok, um, thanks, bye! xoxo - me
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Blaze - 2005-09-30 16:50:01
I definitely agree. After three years, girls start wanting to get the marriage thing going (or already have been for a long time). (ps. i've secretly been updating again...shhh)
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E-beth - 2005-09-30 17:05:59
See if a guy I went on a date with new a lot about video games that would be wonderful. Then I know at least if he was creepy we'd still have something to talk about while I thought up a decent excuse for why I wouldn't be able to continue hanging out with him. Otherwise it's just awkward silence and finding a back exit.
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Aunt Hannah - 2005-09-30 17:21:08
Yeah,BORING!!! Haha,it�s not like you think about what I want anyway. I mean,the closest was the stone-face. But that also was wrong. I�m not in that entry the least. You�re too stupid to understand me. But don�t worry,it�s not a problem. I think you�re not smart enough to understand me. I think you�re very stupid. I think you�re a coward,cause you show me nothing of yourself. Forget it,you can�t understand me anyway. You are too easy going for me,I despise that,you ruin it for me. You like yourself so much,that is hazardous,it�s like braindamage. I think you blow.(are disappointing.)
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alice - 2005-09-30 17:22:59
I once dated a guy for a month(more or less) I didnt really like him, he had horrible thin lips and a small penis BUT he was willing to buy me lots and lots of drinks and at the time I needed to stay drunk for a bit. Then one night he was all "I love you" and I was just all "oh. I dont even really like you." and got up and went and sat with a friend of mine. *I say a month but it could have been a couple of weeks, as I said I was rather drunk during this time. I do think these rules only apply after a certain age...say over the age of 25...although Americans tend to marry younger so maybe 22 for them.
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awittykitty - 2005-09-30 17:42:23
The best line in your entry was "don't date a girl you don't want to marry..." Excellent! Do you suppose you can get the word out? ^..^
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nicim - 2005-09-30 17:43:23
Additional first date clues she likes him: she touches him when she is talking or making a point. Arm, hand, fingers. She leans in. Her eyes open wider - brows raise. She wets her lips with her tongue when she's listening (yeah - I know, it's sexy too). And I think your rules apply for any age as long as the person is thinking "potential relatinship". XXOO N
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Andria - 2005-09-30 17:57:44
Hmmmph! There's nothing wrong with a single woman posting pictures of her cat in her blog. Damn you, Gump. DAMN YOU. ;)
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willowfox - 2005-09-30 18:17:07
Man, I would LOVE to see her reaction when she finds out about your "hood!" Please, please, please tell us all about it! I can't even imagine 3 years into it and then "oh, by the way..." Aaaall the things you've written, aaall the analyses you've made... I don't think it will be a bad reaction at all, mind you, I just want to know what it will be. Though, actually... Yeah, I wouldn't be telling any guy I dated about mine at first, either. I definitely would before 3 years, however. Dude, at that point, it's going to seem more like some dirty little secret you've been keeping from her rather than a Part Of Yourself You're Finally Ready To Share With Her. This, by the way, be it true or not, is definitely how you want to introduce your blog. Please trust me on this. It's all in the presentation, babe. But, actually, I think you already know that.
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luva - 2005-09-30 18:36:12
oh, i don't know, it doesn't seem to me that you've written anything here that would shock or disappoint someone who already knows you well.

anyway.

if something's bothering me in a relationship, i talk about it right away. no games. until i was out of college, this approach worked to my disadvantage, because (i think) a lot of guys assumed that my honesty was actually something else, because it had been so ingrained in their heads that women are manipulative or whateverthefuck.

anyway, i'm enjoying this series of entries. i was going to comment on the sexual evolution one, because that's one of my favorite subjects when i'm being all pseudointellectual, but i didn't because that comment would've been even longer than this one, believe it or not. and no, i'm not accusing you of being pseudointellectual. oh, crap. i sound like a huge bitch.
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Meany - 2005-09-30 20:05:05
My husband and I never dated. We had premarital sex for a year and a half, then we got engaged, and married two months later. Think that could be part of the reason my marriage isn't the healthiest? Please advise, Dr. Gump.
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Sarah - 2005-09-30 22:40:09
I hate David Wells. Dammit.
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Phil - 2005-09-30 23:14:10
Wise words my friend. The 3 Date Rule is worth keeping in mind because is you get to date 5 with no nooky - you've blown it and are now in the circle of friends hell.
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gumphood - 2005-09-30 23:56:54
Dear Aunt Hannah -- You are totally single. Lol. Leave your address or suck it.
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erin - 2005-10-01 00:39:36
now what if you get past the three dates, and are somewhere in the first three months, and it comes to light that you've left your citizenship status and a green card marriage out of the getting-to-know-you conversation? what is a girl supposed to do with such a blockhead? on my list that is a man with an asterisk.
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candoor - 2005-10-01 06:06:20
I lived with someone for eight years and miss her dearly, but still we knew we were not the right ones for each other... but then, I'm from NYC and you know what that means :P
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Kelly - 2005-10-01 09:23:40
(Did you really have to say Cliff so much at the beginning?) How did you became such an expert at dating? Can I see your qualifications? Am I the only one who thinks its funny that you're writing so much of these entries from the girls point of view? Is it just carrying over from pretending youre a female elf? Are you wearing a sexy elf dress right now? what exactly is a sexy elf dress? Are you ashamed of the fact that you lost at basketball to a downsie? Oh wait I just made that up. Or did I?.
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Matty - 2005-10-01 17:22:20
Hey, you got South America! Congrats! Also: go see Serenity.
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Infamy - 2005-10-01 19:42:37
I have learned this from your map-thingy: Wow, Brazil's big.
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Sarah - 2005-10-02 09:58:51
Love it! It's so true. At least to me it is. :) Keep it up Gump.
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Mary - 2005-10-02 13:50:30
Three things to share. One, my crush turned into a Cabbage Head of the smelliest kind, so sayonara to THAT guy. Two, you hit a bulls-eye with that resentment theory. And, three, GO CARDS!
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willowfox - 2005-10-02 13:53:09
Are you still doing 5 questions? I'll trade ya.
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Sharon - 2005-10-02 15:22:49
why are you doing dating entries? when was the last time you played the field? you're a FAKER!! i'll show you an entry about dating... [p.s. i had a bottle of wine. me love wine]
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Belle - 2005-10-02 15:49:33
"If you don�t know much about her, well Mr. Fuck up, you didn�t ask questions." PRICELESS! You have some good points. But there is a corollary: When you get to be around 40, the times all shorten. For instance, I know within about half an hour whether I will go out with a man again. If the date is less than a *7* he doesn't get a second chance. Also, guys? Clean your bathrooms. Seriously. I took one look at my date's bathroom last night and didn't want to eat anything from his kitchen. I asked him how long he'd been living in his apartment and he said, "about a year," and I thought, "yep, that's what the tub looks like--about a year since it was last cleaned." BLECH! =P P.S. For some reason, D.C. has been like a warzone over this Sox-Yankees stuff. Tons of fans on either side here, and they're getting nasty with each other in bars.
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Amber - 2005-10-02 21:29:51
Another winner, Gump. I thought it was friggin hilarious. Particularly the sentence Belle quoted and the last line of this entry. It's fun reading about ourselves through a male's point of view - keeping in mind, of course, that it's all generalities and SOME things don't apply to all of us.
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BigPimpinMBA - 2005-10-03 09:30:00
At least the Sawks are in. F the Yankees.
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DanjerusKurves - 2005-10-03 17:24:44
"She might have 4 cats and take pictures of them and put them on the internet at her blog." *COUGH* What the hell kind of bitter, single loser would not only have FOUR kats but would publically post photos of them? Probably one of those skanks who would also post erotic photos of themselves! That's WHO!
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Summer Gale - 2005-10-04 14:13:11
In general your rule of 3 applies but if you're so smart with that how the heck do you explain what happened with the Pats vs San Diego? You picked Pats! I beleieved you! I lost money *SOB*!
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alice - 2005-10-04 17:25:48
update you fool!
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Blaze - 2005-10-05 14:03:51
I'm back, I'm back! Now why aren't YOU updating?
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Belle - 2005-10-06 12:38:19
Yeah, I think about moving up there. Then I'd have to change my diary name, though. Again.
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