DAting Dilema's

[Diver6127]

Came across this in an email that was forwarded to me ...

Need something clever to say out on a date, when caught in a lie, when looking for a kiss? Crib one of these quotes, and let them work their magic.

By Maggie Kim
March 21, 2005


We've all been there: Tongue-tied, flustered and at a complete loss for the right words, whether it's on a first date or after a minor relationship indiscretion. If you're wishing you knew the right thing to say, read on. We've gathered the collective wit from some of the world's greatest thinkers to get you out of—or into—all sorts of compromising positions. Deploy them as needed.


Dating Dilemma #1: You need to say something smart at a museum

"It's not what you see that is art—art is the gap." —Marcel Duchamp


Dating Dilemma #2: You're out with very well-read person

"I've given up on reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself." —Oscar Wilde


Dating Dilemma #3: You want to stop talking and start kissing

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." —Ingrid Bergman


Dating Dilemma #4: You'd really rather not share your feelings

"All the great pleasures in life are silent." —George Clemenceau


Dating Dilemma #5: You're not ready to commit

"Let there be spaces in [our] togetherness." —Kahlil Gibran


Dating Dilemma #6: You're trying to sway someone to be naughty

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." —Katharine Hepburn


Dating Dilemma #7: It really is all your fault

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best." —Walt Whitman


Dating Dilemma #8: You've been caught in a big, fat lie

"There are no facts, only interpretations." —Friedrich Nietzsche


Dating dilemma #9: You don't want to accompany your date to a family get-together

"Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other." —Freya Stark


Dating dilemma #10: You want to watch the big game tonight instead of Judging Amy

"The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." —Vince Lombardi


Dating dilemma #11: You're at a restaurant where the service sucks

"What is the test of good manners? Being able to bear patiently with bad ones." —Solomon Ibn Gabirol


Dating dilemma #12: You're putting the moves on a platonic friend

"In the sweetness of friendship, let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures." —Kahlil Gibran


Dating dilemma #13: You're stumped for conversation during a walk through the park

"The earth laughs in flowers." —e.e. cummings


Dating dilemma #14: Annoying friends and relatives keep asking when you'll get married

"The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing—and then they marry him." —Cher


Dating dilemma #15: You're caught checking out someone other than your date

"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing." —Publilius Syrus

 

[hpiracer]

Dating Dilemma #8: You've been caught in a big, fat lie

"it wasn't my fault" -Hpiracer

 

[ImBroken]

Dating dilemma #15: You're caught checking out someone other than your date

"See that.... Now that's an ass.. uuummm uuumm good" — ImBroken

Of course, thats just before my wifes foot hits bone... :whack:

 

[Rolex]

Dating dilemma #15: You're caught checking out someone other than your date

Just because you're on a diet, doesn't mean you can't look at the menu.

 

[Mr T-Maxx]

Dating dilemma #15: You're caught checking out someone other than your date

"Grandma always said; "It doesn't matter where you get your appetite, as long as you come home for dinner"


Mr T

 

[rocknbil]

When asked "do I look fat?"

"From what angle?"

When you ask someone to dance and she refuses -

"I think you misunderstood. I said you look fat in those pants."

 

[Rolex]

When asked, "Do these pants make me look fat?"
Don't say, "No, your ass makes the pants look big."