Your Dating TalesTALES FROM THE DATING CRYPT…Crazy tales & advice in these crazy times!

I’m a good catch   Lots of us are.

But I’ve seen and done some things that would never get me a good man!

Ladies, if you want a decent guy, you gotta be a decent girl.

Here are five things NOT to do….

1. Don’t get drunk in front of a guy.

Pretty self explanatory, right?  But why do so many girls get sloppy-wasted in front of a guy?  If you’re on a date and drinks are involved, pace yourself!!!  One, or two drinks MAX.  And if he’s gonna buy you drinks, then he better buy you food too.

See my post:  When It’s time to Go Home, You Got to Get the F*** Out

Nuff Said!

2. Don’t offer to pay.

I’m sorry, but why do girls offer to pay on the first or even second date?  I would never even offer, because what if a guy takes you up on that offer?  It would be a super red flag if he did.  But who cares?  Don’t even go there!

It’s not a woman’s place to pay for dinner or drinks. If you offer and he says “yes”, it’s your fault!

3. Don’t accept a date invitation by text!

OK, when a guy texts “hi, hello…”, that’s fine.  But if he asks you out via text-message, DO NOT ACCEPT!  Yes, times are-a-changin’, but this one is a no-brainer.  I’ve had a handful of guys try to ask me out on a date via text, and I can’t help but think to myself, “Damn, is he too lazy to call me to make plans?”

When a girl accepts a text-message invitation, I think it sends a message to a guy that it’s ok to be lazy.

That’s just my humble opinion

4. Don’t talk about money.

I won’t ever let a guy take me into a conversation about money.  Trust me, so many guys have tried to lead me into that subject, but I back out without hesitation. WHY?  Because how much money a woman makes is NONE of a guy’s business.

I’ll write more on this subject later, but for now, just know that if a guy is prying into your financial life, it’s a TOTAL red flag.

Letting him into your financial situation is like givin up the “goods” too soon, if you know what I mean.

5. Don’t act like a hoe.

How many of us have made this mistake?  I won’t say if I have or not, ha ha! Acting like a hoe entails MANY things.

What’s on the list?  Givin it up on the first date, booty calls, being too easy in general.

If you have self respect, then demand the same from the guy!

This is going back a bit, but it’s a good one so I must share!

I was out with a group of my single girlfriends…Ladies night and we were fierce. Low and behold, a group of single guys approached us. We started talking to them and everyone was having fun; conversation and drinks were flowin. With that said, the guy interested in me was the one buying all of the drinks. And like a true glutton, I accepted every time he offered. (You know I know you know already…it’s going downhill from here).

So the point in the evening came where my girlfriends all wanted to go home, but I didn’t. Now ladies, this should have been my cue. When you’ve been drinking and you’ve got a ride home, stick with the original plan!!!

Well, me and my stubborn self decided that I really wanted to stay and hang out with this guy. And free drinks, who could refuse?? So that’s what I did. I stayed around the bar with the guy, drank more for free, and whaddya know, the end of the night was looming and I suddenly had to “go to the ladies room”……That was code for “I’m feeling sick”.

I made it to the bathroom, and NO, I didn’t throw up……Even worse…..I fell asleep on the toilet!!

In fact, I was so trashed that by 7am, the cleaning ladies came in and were calling my name. When I heard their voices, I was thinking “Wow, who is calling me and how do they know my name?”. As it turned out, the guy, actually being a nice guy, stuck around. And since he couldn’t go in the ladies room, he asked the cleaning ladies to come check on me.

What a gentleman, huh!

Well, I finally made it out of the bathroom and was totally embarassed. I just told him that I was tired and fell asleep. The reality was, I was drunk and passed out.

He even managed to exceed my heroic view by hailing a cab to take me home. When the cab was ready to drop me off, low and behold…I had NO CASH! Actually, I had $2.00. But sadly, it didn’t make a dent in the cab fare. So I offered to write the cab driver a check, and he took it. Interestingly enough, he never cashed it.

I must have been a pretty pathetic case.

This time around, my only caveat is for the ladies: When it’s late and you girlfriends want to leave, just take the guy’s number and call him the next day when you’ve recovered! If you’ve been drinking, leave in time to save face!