Seriously, radar

[eee1313]

How do guys do it? How do they know? How is it that whenever a girl finally loses interest and moves on, that is when they reappear?

I'm going out with a guy tonight. Like, as a date. Kind of a blind date, even though he and I have been chatting online for nearly a year. He seems a lot more interested in me than I am in him. But who knows? We'll see what happens. But the point is this—here I am, going out with a cute Asian boy tonight, and I check my e-mail and what do I find? A message from Dave, apologizing for not e-mailing in a week because he's been so busy, blah blah. No! That's not fair! I have a date tonight! I had written him off! I don't want to still be interested in Dave! (Because even though he is, frankly, a pretty shitty facsimile of a boyfriend, I really liked the guy and I'd be willing to try again if he were more attentive.)

Why must boys have radar that tells them when girls don't care any more? WHY?

Comments

[bdar.livejournal.com]

Interestingly enough, this conversation is one of the key moments in the film Swingers...except it's Vince Vaughn telling Jon Favreau that women have this uncanny sense.

To be fair, it's slightly different. You're theorizing that guys get interested again when you've gotten interested in somebody else. Vaughn was saying that women get interested again when you're no longer interested in them.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I think both rules are true, actually.

In conclusion, we're all dumb. Hooray!