tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post5975681105089924764..comments2023-08-13T00:50:51.968-07:00Comments on The Mind Reels: A sex writer's top 15 first-date tips for guys.Cynthia Badieyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-82197005848389135992008-12-20T08:53:00.000-08:002008-12-20T08:53:00.000-08:00@Anonymous: Yes, I like to reference military hist...@Anonymous: Yes, I like to reference military history in any discussion of sex. ;-)Cynthia Badieyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-24131770705488592592008-12-20T00:44:00.000-08:002008-12-20T00:44:00.000-08:00This would have to be the only dating post that li...This would have to be the only dating post that linked to the Wikipedia article for the Bataan Death March.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the laugh, and the good advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-20989667143513583832008-06-04T09:14:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:14:00.000-07:00Yup, Sabina, exactly! That's #15, but probably sho...Yup, Sabina, exactly! That's #15, but probably should be #1. Thanks for writing.Cynthia Badieyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-77479018241757188782008-06-04T01:03:00.000-07:002008-06-04T01:03:00.000-07:00It's also important to just be yourself and comfor...It's also important to just be yourself and comfortable in your own skin :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-64466463882225449672007-09-12T15:08:00.000-07:002007-09-12T15:08:00.000-07:00Yes, good point Cynthia (and nice quote). Fortuna...Yes, good point Cynthia (and nice quote). Fortunately for me though, I've been able to postpone the inevitable clearing of the clouds. Not that being married means it's too late for her to divorce herself from the devastation that is I, but having kids should help tether her to me for good...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-66173717040612586572007-09-11T13:28:00.000-07:002007-09-11T13:28:00.000-07:00Thanks, Nickolai.The problem with not being yourse...Thanks, Nickolai.<BR/><BR/>The problem with not being yourself is that he/she will eventually find out who you are. Or, as I like to say about some of my exes, "The cloud cover will finally clear, and you'll witness the devastation below."Cynthia Badieyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-15045202707615386992007-09-11T13:06:00.001-07:002007-09-11T13:06:00.001-07:00btw, nice blog!btw, nice blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-88173168423359591412007-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:002007-09-11T13:06:00.000-07:00Nice list! Although, I've tried the whole "being ...Nice list! Although, I've tried the whole "being yourself" thing -- i think it's highly dependent on who "yourself" really is.<BR/><BR/>For me, I've found that it's much better to pretend I'm someone else. You know, someone interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-12977110891934109932007-09-10T14:30:00.000-07:002007-09-10T14:30:00.000-07:00Zhadi,That's why I don't go to Renaissance Faires....Zhadi,<BR/>That's why I don't go to Renaissance Faires. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Although it's not like the guys I met in bars were much better, come to think of it.<BR/><BR/>Hope you recovered from your sunstroke--and the blind date.Cynthia Badieyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650967676325739726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31827313.post-35878254865750222292007-09-10T13:34:00.000-07:002007-09-10T13:34:00.000-07:00Can you add 'if guy takes you to a Ren Faire, drin...Can you add 'if guy takes you to a Ren Faire, drinks lots of beer, insists on standing in the sun watching joust and yelling "Huzzah" every minute' and ignores your rapidly developing case of sunstroke' you shouldn't give him a second date? <BR/><BR/>One of my only cases of blind dating...Dana Fredstihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802936840624512415noreply@blogger.com