Teaching an old dog new tricks

vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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My opinion is that if, by a certain age, someone hasn't learned what is and isn't acceptable and expected in a dating environment, they will never learn.

CASE: a friend of mine has been dating this guy for a few weeks. Personally, I'd have put him on the road after the first one, but she likes him for some reason. He insulted her at dinner, making fun of what she wore. Then he drank too much. Then he...yes, he did...he burped out loud at the table. At least he didn't fart, so that's something.

Subsequent dates have been more of the same.

Anyway, she and I were having this conversation last night and she says that it's possible that no one has ever told him that that's not how we act. She thinks that having a conversation with him about why these actions offend her might make him see the light.

:roflmao:

I told her that he's a lost cause. If he doesn't know these things by his age (which is early 40's) he has no interest in learning.

What say you? Can you teach an old dog new tricks, or should you just have them put down? (She's cute, too, so no need to desperately cling to some loser for fear no one else will ever ask her to dance.)
 
Sharon

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vraiblonde said:
My opinion is that if, by a certain age, someone hasn't learned what is and isn't acceptable and expected in a dating environment, they will never learn.

CASE: a friend of mine has been dating this guy for a few weeks. Personally, I'd have put him on the road after the first one, but she likes him for some reason. He insulted her at dinner, making fun of what she wore. Then he drank too much. Then he...yes, he did...he burped out loud at the table. At least he didn't fart, so that's something.

Subsequent dates have been more of the same.

Anyway, she and I were having this conversation last night and she says that it's possible that no one has ever told him that that's not how we act. She thinks that having a conversation with him about why these actions offend her might make him see the light.

:roflmao:

I told her that he's a lost cause. If he doesn't know these things by his age (which is early 40's) he has no interest in learning.

What say you? Can you teach an old dog new tricks, or should you just have them put down? (She's cute, too, so no need to desperately cling to some loser for fear no one else will ever ask her to dance.)
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That's when I'd have said bye-bye. :howdy: I've already raised children. I wouldn't wanna have a do over with someone my own age.
 
Nickel

Nickel

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Ick. If he's acting like that at the beginning, imagine what he'll be like when he gets "comfortable".
 
Bann

Bann

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vraiblonde said:
My opinion is that if, by a certain age, someone hasn't learned what is and isn't acceptable and expected in a dating environment, they will never learn.

CASE: a friend of mine has been dating this guy for a few weeks. Personally, I'd have put him on the road after the first one, but she likes him for some reason. He insulted her at dinner, making fun of what she wore. Then he drank too much. Then he...yes, he did...he burped out loud at the table. At least he didn't fart, so that's something.

Subsequent dates have been more of the same.

Anyway, she and I were having this conversation last night and she says that it's possible that no one has ever told him that that's not how we act. She thinks that having a conversation with him about why these actions offend her might make him see the light.

:roflmao:

I told her that he's a lost cause. If he doesn't know these things by his age (which is early 40's) he has no interest in learning.

What say you? Can you teach an old dog new tricks, or should you just have them put down? (She's cute, too, so no need to desperately cling to some loser for fear no one else will ever ask her to dance.)
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There's no sense in having that conversation - that IS how HE acts! :lol: And apparently, he likes it that way, otherwise he wouldn't have. He behaved like a boor. (insulting her?!) I say she should chalk that up and move on.
 
Chasey_Lane

Chasey_Lane

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I wouldn't have been offended by someone commenting on something I wore (that they didn't like). If I look silly in something, please tell me.

And I often burp out loud. :blushing:
 
lovinmaryland

lovinmaryland

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vraiblonde said:
My opinion is that if, by a certain age, someone hasn't learned what is and isn't acceptable and expected in a dating environment, they will never learn.

CASE: a friend of mine has been dating this guy for a few weeks. Personally, I'd have put him on the road after the first one, but she likes him for some reason. He insulted her at dinner, making fun of what she wore. Then he drank too much. Then he...yes, he did...he burped out loud at the table. At least he didn't fart, so that's something.

Subsequent dates have been more of the same.

Anyway, she and I were having this conversation last night and she says that it's possible that no one has ever told him that that's not how we act. She thinks that having a conversation with him about why these actions offend her might make him see the light.

:roflmao:

I told her that he's a lost cause. If he doesn't know these things by his age (which is early 40's) he has no interest in learning.

What say you? Can you teach an old dog new tricks, or should you just have them put down? (She's cute, too, so no need to desperately cling to some loser for fear no one else will ever ask her to dance.)
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This makes me think of that scene from airplane "Where did you get that dress, it's awful, and those shoes and that coat, jeeeeez" :lmao:
 
Vince

Vince

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vraiblonde said:
My opinion is that if, by a certain age, someone hasn't learned what is and isn't acceptable and expected in a dating environment, they will never learn.

CASE: a friend of mine has been dating this guy for a few weeks. Personally, I'd have put him on the road after the first one, but she likes him for some reason. He insulted her at dinner, making fun of what she wore. Then he drank too much. Then he...yes, he did...he burped out loud at the table. At least he didn't fart, so that's something.

Subsequent dates have been more of the same.

Anyway, she and I were having this conversation last night and she says that it's possible that no one has ever told him that that's not how we act. She thinks that having a conversation with him about why these actions offend her might make him see the light.

:roflmao:

I told her that he's a lost cause. If he doesn't know these things by his age (which is early 40's) he has no interest in learning.

What say you? Can you teach an old dog new tricks, or should you just have them put down? (She's cute, too, so no need to desperately cling to some loser for fear no one else will ever ask her to dance.)
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He would have probably farted too if given the chance. :lol:
 
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betty99

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vraiblonde said:
My opinion is that if, by a certain age, someone hasn't learned what is and isn't acceptable and expected in a dating environment, they will never learn.

CASE: a friend of mine has been dating this guy for a few weeks. Personally, I'd have put him on the road after the first one, but she likes him for some reason. He insulted her at dinner, making fun of what she wore. Then he drank too much. Then he...yes, he did...he burped out loud at the table. At least he didn't fart, so that's something.

Subsequent dates have been more of the same.

Anyway, she and I were having this conversation last night and she says that it's possible that no one has ever told him that that's not how we act. She thinks that having a conversation with him about why these actions offend her might make him see the light.

:roflmao:

I told her that he's a lost cause. If he doesn't know these things by his age (which is early 40's) he has no interest in learning.

What say you? Can you teach an old dog new tricks, or should you just have them put down? (She's cute, too, so no need to desperately cling to some loser for fear no one else will ever ask her to dance.)
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He doesn't live in Calvert does he? He sounds very familiar.
 
Tilted

Tilted

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I was in my 30's before I learned to swallow pills whole rather than chewing them (or, in the case of capsules, opening them up and emptying the contents into a spoon). True story. Point being, there's always hope that an old dog can learn new tricks.

What does that have to do with the situation described in the OP? I have no clue.
 
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