When it's not okay.
Conversation in a bar last night with a work colleague:
Gareth: Sorry I'm late.
Me: That's okay, I've been watching those two boys up there...
Gareth: (turning) Where?
Me: Don't look! Jesus.
Gareth: Sorry, sorry.
Me: One of them's really hot, so I was kind of making eyes at him. But then I thought maybe they were on a gay date, so trying to intervene with flirtings wasn't necessarily the best thing to do.
Gareth: Probably not the best thing to do to someone on a straight date either.
Me: No, straight dates are fine.
Gareth: ........
Long pause.
Me: Actually, you're probably right. Good idea not to do it to straight dates either.
Gareth: God, you have issues.
Me: And you know what? I started worrying that the only reason he was making eyes back at me was because he hadn't yet come out to his family and he was nervous that someone was watching him on a gay date and might rumble him, the poor love.
Longer pause.
Gareth: ....sounds like I got here just in time.
168 days til the next election.
Comments
Ms Fits,
It seems to me that what you really need is someone to follow you around with a boom mike so that these absolute gems of conversations can be recorded verbatim for posterity.
Have you ever thought about writing a book of quotable quotes?
I was ready to leave my first comment, but I got scared off by the incredible suckiness of that first one.
Surely Thalesian was being sarcastic. I hope. Perhaps it was Marieke leaving a flattering comment for herself under a false name. Stranger things have happened.
Making assumptions is fun hey!
And rude anonymous blog comments really are the last refuge of the cowardly.
just so you know, fits, i could be on a gay date, straight date or transgender date & you still could feel free to make eyes at me. i'm constantly tempted to call you up while listening to jon faine and be all like 'hey sweetcheeks, how you doin'?'.
do all your conversations include comic beats?
Do all anonymous comments include craven invective?
Anonymous at 2:22pm: I assumed the people actually said "dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot"
I see nothing wrong with making eyes at cute boys whatever the situation.
Don't get so precious TLS and TMATP. People are entitled to their opinions. Nothing worse than mindless sheep.
who is peddling this "craven invective"?
Hi Ms Fits,
Steph from much ado about nuthin dobbed you in as someone she owuld love to see interviewed on www.bloggerview.net
Would it be ok if I sent you through some questions?
Let me know pete@bloggerview.net
There's no harm at making eyes at a gay boy on a man-date unless you're really afraid of looking a bit clueless. At least I tell myself so.
Also - quotable quotes. Snort.
You think funny......
Killer sheep are worse than mindless sheep.
It's only bad if you do it at the Peel, Fitzy. 'Cause then it's illegal.
Is it okay to make eyes at someone if you're the one on a date?
From another perspective, how would it feel if you were out on a date, and some gorgeous lad or lassie was making eyes at your beau?
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