If you don't want to date, why are you dating? Seriously?

HAHAHAAAAAAAAA. HIS VOICE IS LIKE NICK'S. HE IS NICK II.

You will understand my Nick pain after going out with him. But hey! He could turn out to be fun! You don't know!

Someone asked me why I was so picky. I had to explain that by weeding out idiots before I dated them, rather than after, I save myself a whole bunch of trouble. The inappropriate ones are okay every once in a blue moon, but let's be honest. You can't really sleep with a guy under his parents' roof. It's just too weird. Etcetcetc.

You're going to have to convince me not to cancel my date. Ergh. I still get slightly steamed thinking about our phone conversation last night.

Good luck on the dating scene. And just remember what my stepmother has told me on numerous occasions -- "You have to kiss a LOT of frogs to find a prince."

Have you checked out Logan's nightmare first date? http://www.volitionalerrors.blogspot.com/ As usual, you have to scroll past the boring sports stuff, but after that it gets pretty good. If you can't make it through the blog (leave yourself about 20 minutes), you can always catch his date on TV...
My advice about picking that serious guy: make sure he adores you. And about dating in general: do it! Don't cancel your date. You'll have to do it via text message, and that's not very nice.

i hope your date goes well because if you're already apprehensive about dating and then you go on your first date and it is horrible, it makes you want to crawl back in your hole and never come out. and yes, i am speaking from experience and no, i have not come out of my hole yet, but i think you know this. so anyway, good luck!!

Good luck! And seriously, being picky is a good thing, as long as you're still a little open-minded. Better to be picky than to be a big ho. :)

go get 'em tiger! i know exactly how you feel, but hang in there!

lmao @ the love, care and support of Gloria.

Why go through root canal unless you REALLY, REALLY want to save that tooth?

I agree. Totally.

However, you still have to go to the dentist to work out whether or not the tooth is rotten.

I figure we should all just live the moment. So, Good Luck!!
If he's a twit, just say you have something really important to do (like return video tapes, jury duty, reply to your blog-comments, get the rhymes-with-truck away from him etc) and excuse yourself.

If you're lucky he'll be a woo-er instead of an argument-waiting-to-happen. ;)

Oh my god, do women really think like this?!? I'm now officially terrified that every woman I've ever dated has gone through this same process with me, and I'm looking askance at every text message I've ever received.

On the other hand, maybe this is a good thing. I feel like I'm in the shoes of the guy you're about to date. I'm confused about this particular girl's lack of correspondence, and then when she does respond, I can just sense her disinterest dripping from the e-mails. But I think I'm not such a terrible guy (I don't live with my parents, I have a J-O-B--job, I think I'm smart, etc.). I mean, I am Logan THE GREAT, goddammit. Or so I have to keep reminding myself while I wait another four days for this girl's next one-line e-mail, and hope that she'll see what a superb specimen of guyness I am from one more date.

Now, if the reason her behavior towards me has been so erratic is actually because she's trying to find something to wear, I can handle that. If it's because she's trying to convince herself not to cancel and because I'm extra lame, that's another story. But either way, I'm adamant that she has no way of knowing any of this about me without going on at least one or two dates. So give your guy a chance! I'm pleading with you for the sake of all guys. Who knows? He might be the perfect guy for you. But you'll never know unless you give him a shot.

P.S. (C.E., thank god you're not reading this desperation-ridden comment, but if you are--this goes for you too. Gimme a shot! You won't regret it!)