Dating Options
stolaf!tead
Here's a topic for discussion: what are some good things to do
on a Saturday night if you and your date don't enjoy getting your
ears and or mind blasted out and inhaling several packs of cigarettes
(cf. night clubs and bars)? A friend of mine and his date did some
finger painting (yes they used paper) over wine and candles, but I
believe that's a bit way out for most tastes.
cbosgd!cly
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Date:Thursday, 20-Jan-83 11:12:21 EST
here's a few:
1. Go to a club that has softer music!
2. Trade massages.
3. get together with another couple or two and do whatever.
4. watch a good movie on TV (HBO, Showtime, TMC)
5. play backgammon
6. take a long drive in the country (assuming you have some!)
7. go to a play
8. go to a good restuarant and take 4 hours to eat.
9. have a small (or large) party and invite friends.
10. go to a music concert.
11. read printouts of net.singles!
Carl Yaffey cbosgd!cly
turtleva!ken
when I don't really want to get blasted by loud music and cigarette
smoke (especially since I quit New Year's). An entire evening can be
spent looking through the cookbook, preparing a dinner together, eating
it, washing the dishes, eating dessert, sipping your gavorite beverage,
listening to music, and talking.
Roller skating and ice skating are fun and especially welcome for
us sedentary types who sit at terminals all day. A fast-paced game of
racquetball makes it a lot easier to relax and enjoy each other's
company.
I've always had the desire to take a hike under the light of the
full moon. The moonlight is so bright, you don't need a
flashlight.
Occasionally, my girlfriend and I will drive up to San Francisco
for dinner, and spend the rest of the evening exploring the City by
foot.
Have you ever spent an entire evening playing rogue? Don't you
think your date might like to, too?
Of course, there's the standard movies, plays, concerts, lectures,
board games, massage, hot tubs.
Ken Turkowski
turtlevax!ken
ittvax!neiman
Dating options?
I'd rather date women. :-)
rabbit!ark
If the weather's nice, go to the local airport and ask them
to have one of their instructors take you up for a sightseeing
tour of the area. If the weather's REAL nice, or it's a weekend,
it might help to call and schedule an appointment in advance.
Expect it to cost about $60/hour. It's quite a thrill if you've
not spent much time in little airplanes. Bring earplugs.
cbosgd!cly
for a business! How could it lose? An option might be a bar with
a glass wall separating smoking and non-smoking sections.
A little off the subject, but when I give a party, I ask all smokers
to do their thing in the kitchen where I have an exhaust fan going.
It makes a big difference.
Carl Yaffey cbosgd!cly
floyd!trb
Yea, go to a ballet school, every studio has a bar, and you're not
allowed to smoke in the studio.
I started ballet dancing three and a half years ago (at the advanced
age of twenty). When people asked me why I did it, my immediate answer
was that I wanted to learn how to pick up girls. Actually, being a guy
(often the only guy) in a class full of young women is an interesting
experience (even before you talk about the actual dancing). When some
guys hear that you take ballet class, they immediately imagine that
you're a fag. If they would think for a moment, they would realize
that the place for a gay male would be among other guys, not in a class
full of women.
Some people think that I might just be in there to revel among the fair
young maidens (like a peeping Tom...). This might be true, but I
certainly can't spend my time class ogling because ballet takes a large
amount of concentration and if I daydream I end up getting confused and
making an ass of myself (even more than when I stay alert).
You might think it's a good way to meet women, and I guess that might
be true, but it hasn't lead to any extra-curricular relationships for
me. The classes are in the evening, and everyone is pretty worn out
afterwards, we don't go out drinking like you would after a game of
softball or bocce or horseshoes.
You might be wondering why I do it then, if I don't get to take any of
these women to bed or even have relationships with them outside the
studio. I am a mediocre dancer at best, as a matter of fact, any
skilled teenage ballerina could dance rings around me (literally). My
progress is slow, painful, and tedious. I go because I enjoy the class
and I enjoy the company. After suffering through days in the company of
engineer and hacker types it's refreshing to suffer through class with a
pleasant bunch of women working hard. I get a perspective that I don't
think I'd get outside of a dance school.
Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491
wivax!dyer
similar racial or ethnic epithets, and realize that it's just as
damaging. What's more, to suggest that a gay man WOULDN'T be in
a ballet class because there are no men there is equally insulting.
I propose that any person attending a ballet class is there for the
ballet. (Could you argue that women wouldn't be there because there
are no men?)
Sheesh!
Steve Dyer
cbosgd!cly
Aeorobic dancing at a local health spa. My experiences have been
about the same - most people there (and there are a lot of men
in the class) are not extremely social. It's too hard to be social
and bust your butt at the same time, I guess.