Comments on: the ladies are angry http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/01/29/the-ladies-are-angry/ Adventures in Online Dating Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: virginia http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/01/29/the-ladies-are-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-490 virginia Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:20:18 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/01/29/the-ladies-are-angry/#comment-490 It's true! The article was such a weird mix of sensible/be-yourself and outdated/controlling/bossy like "he better give me flowers." The flowers thing in particular reminds me of a quote I love so much from Laura Miller, I'm going to put it up in the body of the post. It’s true! The article was such a weird mix of sensible/be-yourself and outdated/controlling/bossy like “he better give me flowers.”

The flowers thing in particular reminds me of a quote I love so much from Laura Miller, I’m going to put it up in the body of the post.

]]> By: karen http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/01/29/the-ladies-are-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-489 karen Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:24:40 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/01/29/the-ladies-are-angry/#comment-489 "But be sure to be yourself. If you're a giving person, give. If you're into cooking, cook. If you're busy, stay busy. If you're not into sports, don't fake it. And watch your alcohol intake." Nice. All these rules about how to act, and then this fake caveat, "but be sure to be yourself." And she couldn't even stick with it, she had to throw another rule in there. Be yourself, unless you like to drink. Or dress provocatively. Or, y'know, be yourself. She bemoans the "oh well that didn't work out -- next!" attitude yet advises "If you don't receive flowers by the fourth date, dump him?" I foresee a complete cessation of fifth dates in America. “But be sure to be yourself. If you’re a giving person, give. If you’re into cooking, cook. If you’re busy, stay busy. If you’re not into sports, don’t fake it. And watch your alcohol intake.”

Nice. All these rules about how to act, and then this fake caveat, “but be sure to be yourself.” And she couldn’t even stick with it, she had to throw another rule in there. Be yourself, unless you like to drink. Or dress provocatively. Or, y’know, be yourself.

She bemoans the “oh well that didn’t work out — next!” attitude yet advises “If you don’t receive flowers by the fourth date, dump him?” I foresee a complete cessation of fifth dates in America.

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