I like my alternate reality

[redbird]

On my way from a doctor's appointment (routine checkup) to Chinatown (for clementines), I saw an ad/sticker that was basically saying "don't take chances when dating" and pushing a Web site, and my reaction was something like "who needs to date?"

Also, one of the items in a newspaper advice column was about "dating clothes", with the columnist saying that yes, the person writing should get some of these if she wanted to date. Maybe, but I certainly don't need them to have satisfying relationships: this may be related to the fact that I'd rather sit naked in a sweetie's kitchen and talk than get dressed up and go out to a noisy club.

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[papersky.livejournal.com]

Really? I assumed it meant "...use a condom", or just possibly "...they might be an axe murderer!"

When I was in university, the "Women's Handbook" had a whole chapter about date rape and how to avoid it, including things like "make sure your friends know who you went out with and when you're supposed to be back" and "always carry money for emergency taxis". It probably wasn't called "don't take risks when dating" but it could have been.

The next chapter was all about contraception, though not AIDS, this wasn't before AIDS but it was before widespread information about AIDS.

My general opinion on dates is that I don't like them but I know where I can buy them at two packets for a dollar if I want them.

[redbird]

I wasn't taking notes, but I think the text was something close to "men are slime".

If I believed that...well, if I believed that I'd have a very different set of friends as well as partners. But if I were a heterosexual woman who believed that, I'd have a problem.