Thursday, April 15, 2010

Mr. Unavailable: The Glossary

Conditional coffee (or tea or dinner): When the bill comes and your date says, "I'll get this if you get the next one."


Drunken booty text: Replacing the drunken booty call as the main form of late-night, last-minute, post-bar beckoning for meaningless sex. An even lazier form of booty call.


Feeler text (or email or call): When the the guy you're attempting to date has perhaps behaved badly by waiting too long to call, etc., and he knows this, so he sends a casual message to test the waters and gauge your reaction to see if you are still available.


Gay-gay: A straight guy who looks gay or does things that are gay, and not in a good gay way.


The Great Four-Day Downpour of 2010: The four-day rain storm in late winter of 2010 in NYC during which unavailable men, like earthworms, were flooded from their hiding places and suddenly appeared, looking to cause trouble.


Insult reflex: Similar to a gag reflex. When a Mr. Unavailable says something that’s inherently insulting in the name of "just being honest" and the only natural reaction is to feel insulted.


Potential dating situation: Even more unofficial than “dating." A dating situation could develop, but at the point you're at now, you’re not sure when you’re going out next or if he’s even that interested (but you are interested and he probably knows that).


Ex-dating situation (or, former dating situation): It was never serious enough for the end of the relationship to be considered a "break-up," so, instead, it's an "ex-situation."


Seinfeldian: The act of being hypercritical about the most inconsequential details of your date. Usage: "I had a Seinfeldian moment where I decided that I couldn't date him because he walked like his feet were metal detectors."


Trow dropper: (From “to drop trow”) When a guy is looking to get busy very early in your dating situation and he drops his pants to indicate how he'd like to proceed.


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