Being Single...

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Being Single...

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

What! And he's still single? What's wrong with all the single women out there?

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Wow!

Like, umm, he's...well...a man and all...and I'm ah....a girl...well, a woman...and ahh, since all my friends are married....and I'm, like, umm, not...and he's single....well, WHY IS EVERYONE ELSE MARRIED AND I'M NOT??? CAN'T SOMEBODY JUST LOVE ME FOR ME??

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

We all love you for you... but most of US are married!!!

arbilad · Head Chef

For most of the video I was thinking that, ok, he doesn't seem like the smartest man out there, but I wasn't sure where the humor was supposed to be. Then at the end I understood.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Now, that would make a good youth combined activity!

In fact, our ward kind of did something like that a couple years ago... was pretty funny when the kids actually decided to act like hams like the guy in this one!

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

OH, yeah, coco. I forgot to say thanks for thinking of me. I appreciate your efforts to keep an eye out for single fellers on my behalf. But, could I make just one tiny, little, small, insignificant request?

COULD YOU MAKE SURE HE'S SANE?!?!?!

That is all.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Oh, sanity. I getcha. One o' them girlios with the too high standards, are ya?? Alright, then... I'll keep my eyes open for *sanity*.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Hey, beef, maybe you could look these samples over and give me some feedback, just so I'm in the ballpark of what you like, y'know?

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

Whew! Wow, those are some tough choices there Beef. Sure would hate to be in your shoes, with all those studley men to choose from. Man.

(Hey Jason, if you are viewing this I'd make all these dudes drop and give you twenty before letting them in the New Saloon. Just to prove their manliness).

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Reminds me of the Lowered Expectations Dating Service clips from Mad TV.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Lowered Expecta-a-ations!

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Hooray for Singles!!

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

I kinda' like Louie. I always wanted a fat husband, but never got one.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

We are a dying breed...

--Ray

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

He looks fun, you know?

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Yes, I do.

Btw, Beef, are you really looking for a guy? And what's the age range and all that? Cuz we could try to find you a guy... but I know a lot of folks hate that sort of meddling sorta stuff... (which is why I'm known as Yenta Ray to many of my single friends...)

--Ray

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Yeah, beef- what gives? Parameters, please.

(And come on, since she chooses to stay out in Hoosierville she NEEDS meddlin'!)

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Oh. My. Word.

So, you're still mad at me, coco, for that little joke Bok and I played on you or something? Those poor men....personally I liked the "get my groove on" and "shove an ice block down my pants" comments. They certainly made those dudes stand out.

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Cocobeem wrote:

Yeah, beef- what gives? Parameters, please.

(And come on, since she chooses to stay out in Hoosierville she NEEDS meddlin'!)

Parameters? As in something more than LDS, single, and alive?

Janey · Senior Member

My friends and I thought it was definitely a bad sign when the first blind date was a double date with his parents.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Janey, the first bad sign was that he showed up in his Star Trek uniform and the date was watching the Scifi channel in his parents basement which he called his "apartment".

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

MrCoco was living in the "basement apartment" when we met!!!

Me? I was living upstairs, thank you very much.

Janey · Senior Member

There was the guy who wore a Star Trek communicator pin on his lapel. We only went out once. And yes, he lived in his parents' basement apartment. It's frightening when you meet the truth behind some of the weird stereotypes we all laugh at. He made good cornbread, though.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Did Mr. Coco speak Klingon and have a telephone that looked like Enterprise?

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Janey, you should seriously consider publishing all your dates. I'm not sure if I've met anyone that has had so many "interesting" ones.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Yes. Please do.

My first date with my wife was a startrek movie,and because it was opening night and the group I was with didn't think to get tickets ahead of time, we went to hte later show and to kill time we went to the university computer lab and played DOOM on the network. My date took everything in stride and even had fun being blasted and fraggin others with a shotgun, though she'd never played before.

I knew I'd found the girl for me. (Of course after that, it took me some convincing on my part to convince her. :) )

--Ray

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Sharing "dates gone bad" would be totally fun!

Go ahead someone... start a thread!

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

I just might do that considering Cat LOVES to tease me about the real winners I went out with before he and I started dating.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

How about I do it for you?

Patience is NOT one of my virtues.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

Coco: Why don't you share some of the fun dating experiences you've had?

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Ever since the hypnosis, I can't really remember that part of my life...

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Hypnosis? So do you start barking whenever you hear a bell?

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

She starts clucking and crossing random roads... just to get to the other side...

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

Here's something for all those singles out there...

-- Edited by PollyAnna at 21:50, 2007-09-17

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Dude. beef's not THAT old.

btw, John Lennon is evil. I blame him for America's social downfall.

Hair peace.

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

Hear, hear.

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Darn work firewalls. I can't see the vid that Polly posted. I'll check it out tonight when I get home.

Thanks, coco, for getting my back. Although instead of saying I'm not THAT old, you could have said, "Beef is young and vibrant like fresh honeysuckle on the breeze." Something along those lines would be fine.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Or my favorite, "Beef, Its What's For Dinner"

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Beef has awesome udders.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

Come on all you single guys out there, whaddya waiting for?

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

No kidding! She's a gem!

*whacks all idiot single guys*

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Are there very many single guys on Bountiful?

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

I don't know and I don't care...
Doo-dah, doo-dah...

arbilad · Head Chef

The single LDS men that I know complain that they can't meet any women who are interested in them. One person I'm specifically thinking of is spiritual, financially stable, owns his own house, is great with kids, intelligent, and one of the nicest people that I'll ever know. But he doesn't find many dating opportunities because he's overweight.

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

I know a fellow like that, never been married, I don't think he's even kissed a girl, had horrible dating experiences, perhaps he's been a little too in love with his computer at times because he's a programmer and is very talented and financially secure to boot... even had a girl attempt to marry him for his money because at one point he was trying to sell a product he'd developed for a couple hundred million dollars to the likes of Oracle and Microsoft, Anywhoo... he's genuinely interested in meeting a girl and is almost 40 now. It's taken him a while to get to the point where he's "datable" but at this point, he's really a catch. I think he went through a period when he just sorta lost faith in himself and his chances of finding someone... He's even recently lost some weight and is trying to take good care of himself.

They're out there... but it requires a woman and a man who can still suppress their cynicism... and their preconceptions about who they're going to meet... which is a tough thing considering all the crazy stories out there...

--Ray

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

Cocobeem wrote:
Beef has awesome udders.

Why were you checking out my udders????

(but thanks for the compliment)

I would like to put on my gravestone, "Here's the Beef!" But that would only make sense to anyone who paid attention to commercials in the 80s.

arbilad · Head Chef

rayb wrote:

I know a fellow like that, never been married, I don't think he's even kissed a girl, had horrible dating experiences, perhaps he's been a little too in love with his computer at times because he's a programmer and is very talented and financially secure to boot... even had a girl attempt to marry him for his money because at one point he was trying to sell a product he'd developed for a couple hundred million dollars to the likes of Oracle and Microsoft, Anywhoo... he's genuinely interested in meeting a girl and is almost 40 now. It's taken him a while to get to the point where he's "datable" but at this point, he's really a catch. I think he went through a period when he just sorta lost faith in himself and his chances of finding someone... He's even recently lost some weight and is trying to take good care of himself.

They're out there... but it requires a woman and a man who can still suppress their cynicism... and their preconceptions about who they're going to meet... which is a tough thing considering all the crazy stories out there...

--Ray

I think that, as singles get older, they have developed a cynicism that gets in the way of finding a good match for themselves.

beefche · Profuse Pontificator

You know, Arbi and rayb brought up a good point. Wasn't there some kind of thread on here or Nauvoo about dating overweight people?

Honestly it's not something I think consciously of, probably because I know so few single men in my stake that are remotely in my age range. So, I'm not aware of single men and how they look--I'm only looking at their left hand anyway, and then sighing when that flash sparkles.

Is it bad to not want to date overweight people? And how much is overweight--20#, 50#, more?