tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post1262183734756057241..comments2023-10-10T12:33:43.016-04:00Comments on A Bad Case of the Dates: Perhaps She Saw a Squirrel Performing a HandstandJMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362998962851574254noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-55876647742775731442016-01-22T14:16:10.649-05:002016-01-22T14:16:10.649-05:00Her door was locked later on. So yes she faked itHer door was locked later on. So yes she faked itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154187244677081331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-59018387090095263542014-01-05T16:16:00.870-05:002014-01-05T16:16:00.870-05:00To be honest - I'd be worried that once I'...To be honest - I'd be worried that once I'd called her bluff by ringing the ambulance, that she'd get mad and start going crazy, or cry rape to try justifying the hospital trip.<br /><br />Then you end up in jail. The most I'd have done at that stage is to call an ambulance on her phone, and leave.<br /><br />She likely found out the price of the tickets and couldn't pay for them, or some other nonsense. Way more likely than her having a seizure at the moment he arrived.<br /><br />So many people on here have never been messed around in situations like this.TechRyzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082749043943775414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-4530980111904293912012-10-03T16:36:27.593-04:002012-10-03T16:36:27.593-04:00For Laura's sake, not Dick's, I hope Laura...For Laura's sake, not Dick's, I hope Laura wasn't really ill. Which means she was a passive-aggressive assclown. Epic fail all around.DaveGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082374378784055484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-72571159208678844692012-10-03T13:32:42.833-04:002012-10-03T13:32:42.833-04:00"stfu, uppercut." -steve
if i'm call..."stfu, uppercut." -steve<br />if i'm callin the match... advantage, steve.nrrdcorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748389165650925708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-76500448819124898132012-10-01T16:10:12.257-04:002012-10-01T16:10:12.257-04:00Nope, not kidding at all.
My analysis is based on...Nope, not kidding at all.<br /><br />My analysis is based on the idea that the OP is exaggerating on how "unresponsive" she was. I'm inclined to think that his description is filled with hyperbole. <br /><br />In college, I briefly dated a girl who was pretty immature in how she handled her emotions. Any time we disagreed, or she was upset, etc., she would do something similar. She would just sit and stare out the window and give me the silent treatment. Talking wouldn't help. Jokes wouldn't help. Not sure if I ever tried tickling her, but I don't know if that would have been a wise thing to try... LOL. She had no "medical issue" other than being an immature, emotionally stunted woman-child.<br /><br />I think this "Laura" was doing something similar. Since they hadn't known each other that long, perhaps this was OP's first time seeing her (or anyone) act like this, and it freaked him out enough to where he now exaggerates when recalling it. <br /><br />Just to be clear, I DO think OP is a douche for looking around for the tickets while she is obviously upset/ill. However, part of me wonders if he did this knowing that she wasn't *actually* ill, just playing some kind of game, and was calling her bluff.<br /><br />Just my $0.02.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116238257904876572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-81990103800844949842012-10-01T16:03:45.385-04:002012-10-01T16:03:45.385-04:00When I first read this story, my initial reaction ...When I first read this story, my initial reaction was she has catatonic schizophrenia. I've seen people in the catatonic state with this disease, and it sounded remarkably similar. A seizure is a likely explanation as well. He should have called for help, and I can't believe he went through her things looking for the tickets. Sorry this selfish bitch with her most likely medical condition ruined your birthday plans, Dick.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213563190078338707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-72881309172356602032012-10-01T15:54:59.391-04:002012-10-01T15:54:59.391-04:00Your take? Based on what?
Seriously, just read th...Your take? Based on what?<br /><br />Seriously, just read the description -- by the OP's own account, she was totally unresponsive, wouldn't react to speech, tickling or anything else he did, she was completely immobile and stared right through him when he was in her field of vision. That would be a seriously difficult thing for someone to fake. It's not impossible that she was faking it (I certainly couldn't prove that she wasn't, any more than you could prove that she was), but even the OP didn't seem to think so, or at least the story doesn't suggest that he did.<br /><br />I mean, the OP can't even say that it didn't occur to him that maybe he should call 911, because it did. He just chose not to.<br /><br />So he couldn't find the tickets -- I mean, what the actual fuck does that have to do with anything? "I am literally unable to get any kind of a physical response out of this woman with whom I had a good date before, so CLEARLY she must be faking it instead of suffering from some kind of a possibly serious medical condition. This is the only reasonable explanation, so I will now go through her things and then leave her to her own devices, for I am an amazing genius of the highest order and this is absolutely the best course of action under these circumstances. I've never seen or heard from her again, so I don't even know if she's still alive, because, you know, whatever. If only I had found the precious Packers tickets, and this might all have turned out differently!"<br /><br />Are you fucking kidding me?O Captain! My Captain!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18385494723771783921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-2684138332047477742012-10-01T15:46:51.015-04:002012-10-01T15:46:51.015-04:00You're right - we don't know if she actual...You're right - we don't know if she actually got them or not. Maybe she did. However, I am VERY skeptical of this "medical issue." Just sounds like BS to me.<br /><br />It reminds me of something that happened many years ago between my mother and her friend. My mother mentioned she was going to France to visit my sister, who was studying abroad. My mother's friend LOVED the idea, invited herself along, and talked about it non-stop. For a while. As time crept closer to the departure date, this friend ceased all contact with my mother. My mother called her, stopped by her house (she wouldn't answer the door), etc. So, she obviously went without her, and ended up losing touch with her for years after this.<br /><br />So, this situation reminds me of this woman. Rather than just say she didn't have the financial means or couldn't get the time off of work, etc. etc., she chose to just never speak to my mother again. Seems the hallmark of a loon, if you ask me.<br /><br />I am betting this "Laura" never followed through on her promise, and chose a similar response.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116238257904876572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-90539733701522788122012-10-01T14:36:13.008-04:002012-10-01T14:36:13.008-04:00Maybe they had to pick them up at will-call, or sh...Maybe they had to pick them up at will-call, or she tucked them in a side pocket of her purse, or they were in a desk drawer, or he's an ass for searching her house for them while she was "catatonic" in the first place. Also, by his own admission, she offered to take him to the game for his birthday, and he insisted on taking her out to dinner to thank her, even though she was hesitant...and dinner wasn't on his birthday, or he wouldn't have been picking her up to go to the game on his birthday.Caden's Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646832699995001743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-81935668163591839782012-10-01T14:35:08.621-04:002012-10-01T14:35:08.621-04:00Who's to say she didn't get them? Just bec...Who's to say she didn't get them? Just because the guy didn't find them doesn't mean she didn't have them put away somewhere he didn't look.Dunichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04485758465763457130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-82089714038165762822012-10-01T13:27:56.495-04:002012-10-01T13:27:56.495-04:00I guess it's possible she could have had a gen...I guess it's possible she could have had a genuine medical issue. However, my take on this was that she was just trying to get rid of him. She had him splurge on a nice dinner for her, on HIS birthday, under the pretext that she was getting him an extravagant gift (which SHE offered). When it came down to ponying up and actually doing this great thing she promised, she came short. Perhaps she couldn't afford it, perhaps she didn't really like him that much, who knows? But, now he's here, in her house, ready to go to a game that she never got tickets for. It this was just some episodic medical thing, and her intentions were genuine, wouldn't she maybe have gotten the tickets?<br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116238257904876572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-13381124936711432952012-10-01T13:02:28.811-04:002012-10-01T13:02:28.811-04:00"Yeah, so I left my date to have her medical ..."Yeah, so I left my date to have her medical issue while I went through her house looking for the tickets."<br /><br />"No, I have no idea why she never called me back. Isn't that SO WEIRD?!? In fact, I think I'll write to ABCotD about it."wolfdreams01https://www.blogger.com/profile/17132744227210305134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-65670522099981689832012-10-01T10:45:45.210-04:002012-10-01T10:45:45.210-04:00What would you have done if you'd found the ti...What would you have done if you'd found the tickets? Gone to the game alone while the date that bought them for you stood motionless and unresponsive in her house? This is just all kinds of wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-84213626114531916332012-10-01T10:32:11.981-04:002012-10-01T10:32:11.981-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316520575043008217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-32971272657514807772012-10-01T10:24:29.692-04:002012-10-01T10:24:29.692-04:00Absence epilepsy?Absence epilepsy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-7528045415742637062012-10-01T02:18:30.448-04:002012-10-01T02:18:30.448-04:00It was probably a defence mechanism so he would go...It was probably a defence mechanism so he would go away.<br />Was your date a lizard OP? Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733974260099709340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-37436875767701047862012-09-30T23:23:43.312-04:002012-09-30T23:23:43.312-04:00Staring like that is a sign of a seizure. I want t...Staring like that is a sign of a seizure. I want to know what made "Dick" decide not to call for help. Seems I'm not the only one, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-47842848649599056102012-09-30T20:03:08.055-04:002012-09-30T20:03:08.055-04:00Heh. Well, he did notify A Bad Case of the Dates, ...Heh. Well, he <i>did</i> notify A Bad Case of the Dates, and I consider him a hero for that alone.JMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362998962851574254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-65613744074415702492012-09-30T19:02:30.979-04:002012-09-30T19:02:30.979-04:00So, wait, wait -- you conclude that she is genuine...So, wait, wait -- you conclude that she is genuinely unresponsive and you see no indication that she's faking it, so instead of calling 911 because she is obviously in some kind of distress, you actually look for the tickets and then just leave without notifying anybody?<br /><br />And you think YOU had a bad date?<br /><br />Stay classy.O Captain! My Captain!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18385494723771783921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-79321484603345106952012-09-30T16:17:43.563-04:002012-09-30T16:17:43.563-04:00I agree, you should have actually called. If she ...I agree, you should have actually called. If she was having some sort of weird health issue, they'd be able to sort it out, and if she was just goofing around she would have had to admit it. Seems like a win-win. I just can't imagine finding someone in a catatonic state and more or less going "well that's weird" and leaving.Andrew Lenahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801508126208476261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-9113279929357029862012-09-30T11:01:40.463-04:002012-09-30T11:01:40.463-04:00yeah im not sure why you wouldn't have called....yeah im not sure why you wouldn't have called. What's the worst that could happen? Well I guess if you didn't call, something terrible could have happened, and it was her relatives who had to lock the door? Glad you searched for the tickets though, it would have been an awesome game had you found them. Maybe you could have taken another girl?Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637989505105477332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-21277626482895797142012-09-30T10:55:56.772-04:002012-09-30T10:55:56.772-04:00I actually think you should have either called 911...I actually think you should have either called 911 or maybe a police non-emergency line. The fact that she didn't respond when you said you were going to is worrisome. Maybe she really did have some sort of major problem. Schoolteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502026789083960939noreply@blogger.com