Laughing Away the Pain

Given yesterdays all new and original put down (well to me anyway) I thought I’d share with you a collection of other put downs and their true translation that you may well have faced during your various dating dilemmas.

Unfortunately, my dating dilemma appears to be continuing without so much as a breather, plus I decided to leave my usual “Why don’t you just f*ck off” put down off the list because, well, it’s all rather self explanatory really.

Rejection lines given by women to men:

1. I think of you as a brother – You remind me of that inbred banjo geek in “Deliverance”


2. There’s a slight difference in our ages – I don’t want to do my Dad


3. I’m not attracted to you in ‘that’ way – You ugly dork


4. My life is too complicated right now – I don’t want you spending the entire evening hearing all the phones calls from the other guys I’m seeing


5. I’ve got a boyfriend – I prefer my male cat and half a gallon of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream


6. I don’t date men where I work – I wouldn’t date you if we were in the same solar system, much less the same office


7. It’s not you, it’s me – It’s you


8. I’m concentrating on my career – Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you


9. I’m celibate – I’ve sworn off the likes of you


10. Let’s be friends – I want you to stay around so I can tell in you great detail about the other men I meet and have sex with

And just to be fair and equal amongst the sexes, some rejection lines given by men to women:

1. I think of you as a sister – You’re ugly


2. There’s a slight difference in our ages – You’re ugly


3. I’m not attracted to you in ‘that’ way – You’re ugly


4. My life is too complicated right now – You’re ugly


5. I’ve got a girlfriend – You’re ugly


6. I don’t date women where I work – You’re ugly


7. It’s not you, it’s me – You’re ugly


8. I’m concentrating on my career – You’re ugly


9. I’m celibate – You’re ugly


10. Let’s be friends – You’re ugly as sin

As a footnote, as a fairly regular reader of the Girl With a One Track Mind blog I went and bought myself a copy of Abby’s similarly named book Girl with a One-track Mind: Confessions of the Seductress Next Door from Amazon.co.uk. It’s a rather good, eye opening and rather funny read indeed.

However, the only trouble with buying the book is that it’s made me look like a right pervert in the eyes of Amazon.co.uk. Now every time I visit the Amazon.co.uk homepage it is helpfully recommending all sorts of books that, were I to wear glasses, would be enough to steam them up. Cheers for that Abby!