tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54730676266918937082024-03-14T03:47:28.815-07:00Nice Jewish Girl Seeking Nice Jewish BoyNice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-91509637849726639172019-10-14T13:12:00.003-07:002019-10-14T13:12:50.105-07:00And That's All Folks<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hello readers. It’s been a while,
but I’m back with good news! I have met my NJB, and we met just where you would
expect: j-swipe. The Jewish version of Tinder or the free version of JDate.
However, you would like to call it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To recap our first messages went a
little something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bobby (FYI, that’s his real name):
Hey, any fun plans for the weekend? (What a unique intro!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me: Going to see the NY philharmonic
in the park. What about you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bobby: I’m in Atlantic City for
Father’s Day with my family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me: The casino is a family activity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(I’m here to answer three years
later, it’s a family activity.) Since I am writing this, we know I took a
gamble on Bobby so let’s fast forward to our first date. I had just learned
about a man making a significant amount more than me at work, when I was more
qualified and tenured. The injustice! Obviously, this was the only thing I
remember conversing about for 2-3 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You would think that after I
discussed this issue ad nauseam and Bobby patiently listened, I would have
known he was the one for me, but I didn’t. We followed up with a second date,
where I again discussed politics. He responded by treating me to ice cream, and
at this point I texted my sister, “He is nice. I think we could date.” (Note my
lack of exclamation marks.) By the third date, I set him up multiple times to
kiss me. I quickly grew frustrated with his lack of action and exasperatedly
asked, “Are you going to kiss me?” After he stumbled through words, he finally
kissed me. I proceeded to grade it out loud as a B-. I pranced home and
proceeded to call my mother, my father and my Aunt Bari to tell them I finally
found someone I liked who liked me back. It didn’t occur to me that there was a
chance he had not plunged in after my grading. I spent the rest of the summer
constantly asking him if he was ready to be my boyfriend yet and his response
was always no, and my friends told me that was normal. I really don’t think it
was. But rest assured when I find something I love, I don’t let it go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You could say that going on a first
date with Bobby may have been like doubling down on an 11 against a 10 (unknown
but possible) but marrying him is black jack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I could describe every moment we
have spent together over our relationship, but I feel that would grow boring
and many of you have already heard the stories. But let me take a moment to say
why he is the perfect companion and friend for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He has more patience in his baby toe
than I do in my whole body. He listens to my obsessions and frustrations, slows
down to my pace when we run (he even suggests we stop so I don’t have to look
like the wimp), and will try his hardest to fane interest in the reality TV I
watch. (I recently caught him following the latest Bachelor contestants on
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His unwavering commitment to his
family is an attribute I admire. Bobby will do anything for his family, from
easy errands to going out of his way to ensure he maintains steadfast
relationships. He is the first to take a hit in order to uplift someone else’s
happiness. I am lucky to have such a selfless partner and teammate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He has fully embraced the title
uncle. His genuine care and love for mine and now his nephews and niece, Rowan,
Lily, and Max, makes my heart grow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His perfectly huge smile is a symbol
of the joy and humor he brings to my life. I can get an ab workout just by
listening to him. I can count on him to break the tension in stressful moments
and remind me that as long as we can smile and laugh with each other, nothing
is really all that bad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He takes adventure seriously. The
focus and research he has put into all of our plans makes every endeavor with
him something spectacular from a brunch in our neighborhood to a remote
waterfall hike in North Portugal. I have been to grand places that have pushed
me outside of my comfort zone, but with him by my side I don’t really have
anything in life to fear or worry about. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This list could go on, but I’d
rather get busy celebrating the end of my search. Thank you for following my journey
and believing I could catch my NJB. I can’t wait to see where life will take
us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-66047218617244368102015-10-02T20:30:00.002-07:002015-10-02T20:37:32.098-07:00You Can Take the Boy Out of the South but You Can't Take the Ass Out of the Hole<div class="MsoNormal">
Eight years ago, tears streamed down my face sitting in the
passenger’s seat of my father’s car loaded with everything I owned, headed west
for college. The following four months I spent hours aching for home. Eight
years later and the distance between myself and Alabama has only grown, and
while the pain has dulled, I know I will forever be heartsick for my home. I
can spend hours describing in gorgeous detail why the south was a wondrous,
compassionate and inspiring place for me to grow up. It’s this relationship
with my region that has my family and friends repeating the phrase, “You need a
southern boy.” <o:p></o:p><br />
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Up until last month I agreed with this notion. That was
until I met Steven, who was far from Dixie’s number one fan. Prior to our date,
I was certain we would have truck-fulls of turnip greens in common. When he
opened his mouth, there were no similarities to be found. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Upon shaking hands hello (that should have been a red flag),
I commented that I (in a sundress) felt under-dressed in comparison to his suit.
A gentleman would have mitigated the issue by telling me I looked nice. Steven
was not a gentleman replying, “Yes, well, I have to look nice for work.” (Fine,
you think I look like a schlub. You’ll have a lot in common with my mother who
would agree.) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Knowing almost nothing about him, he immediately told me
everything, which I will summarize here: His parents were uneducated and feared
the Lord, which made him cringe. The moment he got the chance to leave the
south, he got a ticket to concrete paradise, which he LOVES (said in a
sing-song tone). Don’t get him wrong though, there are still areas in the city
he dislikes, such as my neighborhood as there is little to do because it’s so
dense with families. He’s not about that “party life,” but he likes to be able
to hustle right outside his door to shimmy with the ladies. Did he mention that
he travels?!?! He tries to take one international trip a year, most recently he’s
been to Canada…last year to Mexico. (North America…Fancy!) Finally, he has no
intention of ever making the pilgrimage back to redneck land where the women
have big dreams of marrying men with small-town aspirations. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After he caught his breath bragging about his self-reinvention,
we discussed one thing about me causing him to immediately wave his red flag in
my face. “You sound very close with your family,” he said to me. “I’m not. I’m
very independent. I don’t see myself ever being keen on rearing children.” Let
that first date remark sink in…<o:p></o:p></div>
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How did he go from point A all the way to point Z?
I was not asking you to “rear” a family with me. I was trying to carry a
conversation along until you finished your drink so I could TTY-Never. And what
exactly was he expecting my response to be? Instead of stroking his ego, I did
what any southern girl would do. I smiled. I sighed. I breathed in. And then, “Bless
your heart, Steven. Should we get the check?” (To my non-southern readers, that’s
the polite form of verbally giving someone the big ol’ middle finger.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now I knew I would never see him again and while I know the
right thing to do would have been to split the bill, but he bragged so much about
his success (code: fat wallet…this wasn’t outlined in the above summary but he
spoke at length about his salary) and made it clear that a girl of my caliber
was immensely below his standards (code: gross, poor and dumb…he said in
fancier verbiage), so I let him pay for my drink that I did not finish. I
scooted out faster the Forrest Gump making his way to the Alabama End-Zone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe my NJB isn’t a southern gentleman after all.<o:p></o:p></div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-47009626781275000362015-05-27T18:25:00.002-07:002015-05-27T20:14:09.661-07:00Second Time Around<div class="MsoNormal">
My voice carries. So much so that people tell me not to
yell, and I have to make them understand that my boisterous volume is my
standard tone. Along with missing the demure gene, I didn’t develop an ability
to be cripplingly embarrassed. I also am one of the maybe five Jewish girls in
Manhattan from Alabama. My hair also grows outward as opposed to lengthening, which
is a rarity in New York where most Jewish girls apply extreme heat to their
curls. All this to say, if a boy doesn’t remember my amazing non-award-winning-but-my-family-says-spectacular
personality, the above should help ring a bell. <o:p></o:p><br />
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I have been called forgettable twice in my life, and only
once was a drunken mistake…by my father (one too many complimentary margaritas
at the hotel happy hour after depositions went well in Arizona...) The other
time happened in the middle of this story:<o:p></o:p><br />
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Rahul (I’m using his real name. To H-E-Double Hockey Sticks
with anonymity in this great big world anymore!) had it almost all, the part
missing of course was actually wanting to like me back. Ever looked someone in
the face and seen the Indian male version of yourself? This probably only
happens one or two times in life, but it was as if I was enjoying my personality
for the evening. It also didn’t hurt that I could check the boxes of smart
(Princeton Grad) and cares about social justice (spent a year in India
volunteering).<br />
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That evening in August of 2013, I called my best friend from
home to tell her I had met my match and wished on every star in the sky that he
would contact me. When he did, I was in such shock that a boy like him could
like a girl like me (not fishing for compliments; every girl has thought this
before…stop making that pity face at your screen.) It didn’t take long for us
to plan a second date. It also didn’t take long for him to make like a hay
stack and “bale” on that date. When I reached out for alternate plans, I was
met with “the sound of silence.”<o:p></o:p><br />
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FAST FORWARD to March 2015<o:p></o:p><br />
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I received a message on the same dating site I had
originally met Rahul on. To my surprise, it was a message from brown sugar
himself. After politely shaming him for his fade away as well as forgetting me,
we decided on a do-over. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Let’s take a timeout: My profile, in both cases, described
me as an Alabama-Football-Loving-Southern-Jewish Girl. Again, there are
maximum five of us in Manhattan, so he had forgotten me. (Bad memory for an Ivy
Leaguer)<o:p></o:p><br />
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As the writer of this blog, I was thrilled to have this
happen. My sister and I were the only ones who saw this as a potentially great
love story (but I guess there lay my problem, writing the ending before there’s
been a beginning). We went on a few more
dates with the wittiest of witty banters in between, filled with sarcasm and stuffed
with intrigue(at least for me…my parents were massively less than thrilled
that my newest interest was still not Jewish Charming.)<o:p></o:p><br />
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No worries though, Second Time Around, as my co-worker
nicknamed him, has no happy ending. Two hours prior to a date I planned on a
Sunday afternoon, a half hour after I showered and shaved my legs with a brand
new razor (WASTE!), an hour before my sister and brother-in-law went on the
date I planned, and nine hours before I lay in my bed asking the worn out
question, “What’s so wrong with me,” Rahul texted to cancel with a probably
false excuse of having to go into work. He asked to reschedule. I told him I
understood. I never heard from him again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I guess it’s true what they say: Fool me once shame on you.
Fool me twice… this was a blessing in disguise because a Rahul isn’t my NJB.
And the search continues.<o:p></o:p></div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-62564108348305556672014-10-05T18:48:00.000-07:002014-10-05T18:53:13.738-07:00Excuse me?<div class="MsoNormal">
An ode to the boy who told me my job could be accomplished
by formatting an excel file:<o:p></o:p><br />
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Ross seemed like a nice boy from the looks of it: nerdy,
tall, possibly Jewish with a Christian father. But as of late, I have learned
my judgment in boys is far from taking first place. When he asked me for
drinks, I thought, “Sure, why not?” When he scheduled them for 8:30pm on a work
night, I thought, “This is actually around my bed time, but I guess.” <o:p></o:p><br />
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He promptly arrived at 8:45pm, and I had been sitting at the
bar alone since 8:25pm because of my severely-anxious, on-time personality. After
he sat down without apologizing for being late (Five minutes, fine. But 15? On
a work night? At least acknowledge it.), he proclaimed, “I don’t really know
much about alcoholic beverages.” (Excuse me while I choke on my cider, but why
did you suggest meeting at a bar?) <o:p></o:p><br />
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After discussing if he should eat the orange garnish on his
Blue Moon or let it soak in his drink, he went on to tell me how he graduated
from the University of Virginia. He told me about how he likes to watch polo
matches. I heard all about how
prestigious his university is and all of the high class activities he
participated in (…alcohol free obviously…doesn’t sound like college.) So I told
him my brother-in-law went to Cornell, and then paused for a moment to state, “I
think that’s an actual Ivy.” (Seriously, you’re not impressing me by bragging.)<o:p></o:p><br />
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We quickly moved on to talking about where we called home in
the city. After he made fun of my elevator apartment building (with
dishwasher!) being right on the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ave subway line construction, he
hesitantly told me he crashes on his grandfather’s pull out couch in Union
Square… There is no shame in saving on rent, but at 27, you shouldn’t be
shacking with gramps on a pull out couch. At least you shouldn’t have the
gumption do that while making fun of my apartment that I pay for myself. <o:p></o:p><br />
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But my dear readers, it does not end there. At 9:07, we
began to talk about work. As a media planner/buyer and as most of the world, I
deal with excel charts, but my job as a whole could not be done by an excel
program as Ross simplified it, “So, your job is basically an excel file?” As I began to defend my job that pays for my
self-sufficient lifestyle, he began to laugh, “I didn’t mean to offend you.”
(Did you hear what you said? Did you think it was appropriate?) I asked about
his job, which had something to do with airport efficiencies, but what I mostly
got was that after six weeks on the job, he hated it. At 9:17 I excused myself
to the restroom with a sigh, “I’m glad I love my excel file job that I have a
few years of experience in.” (Did I
mention he just finished grad school and this is his first real job that he is
about to quit?)<o:p></o:p><br />
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When I returned, I threw down cash for my drink, shook his
hand and headed in the opposite direction of him…unfortunately the opposite
direction was away from the subway, and it was raining. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m starting to think maybe I should just be an NJB for myself…<o:p></o:p></div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-19271501436180290112014-02-17T07:30:00.001-08:002014-02-17T08:35:11.100-08:00He Was From Iran So...I Ran<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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If I had a penny for every time a boy called me crazy, I
would at least be able to afford all of the dinners my dates have not paid for.
Up until this month, I believed I was the epitome of this “C” word. I believed
that my obsessive and compulsive behavior was supremely abnormal, but luckily I
was proven wrong by a crazy Jewish boy whom I will now refer to as CJB. </div>
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<br />
THE BACK STORY: I met CJB at a Havdalah happy hour for people
in their 20s. The truth is, I went to this event trying to meet people who
would take me under their wings and volunteer to be shul buddies (in short, I
was looking for some funny girl friends). However, I was approached by an
Iranian Jew. After speaking for approximately five minutes, he instructed me to
give him my number…(Who does that? “Let me have your number.”)</div>
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<br />
I received a phone call three days later when he asked me on
a date. “Sure,” I said, my tone unenthusiastic because I spent half of the 20-minute-conversation asking him to repeat himself due to the thick accent. </div>
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<br />
On a first date usually conversation is light. Conversation
is easy. Conversation is breezy. Conversation is basically CoverGirl. On this
first date, he told me his Dad passed away. (I am not by any means making a
joke of someone dying, but what does one do with that information from a
practical stranger?) I awkwardly danced around this topic and kicked myself
every time I said something about my father, which seemed to be more frequent
than any other date when I have barely spoken about my parents. </div>
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<br />
The date was fine enough to agree to a second date, but with
friends in town, I wasn’t willing to give up a significant portion of my time
to someone who probably wasn’t going to be in my near or far future. So I
suggested coffee and a walk in the park. </div>
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<br />
As he dropped me off at my Metro stop, he told me the more
time he spends with me, the more he likes me. I paused, taken aback by this
statement. On both our dates, I was bored. I wasn’t able to make one joke. His
serious nature made me uncomfortable, and I was forced into being some polite
version of myself that I only sport around my parents’ friends. I confusingly
thanked him, and he tried to schedule another date to go grocery shopping,
which I laughed off and scooted down the stairs. (Why would I take you grocery
shopping with me?) </div>
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THE STORY:</div>
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<br />
A few days later I receive a call from CJB at 10pm, a time
when I informed him I would not be available. (I am true believer in the courtesy
9am/pm rule…no calls before or after unless it’s an emergency.) I didn’t pick
up. He called again the next night even later at 10:30pm when I was already in
bed. At this point, I wasn’t ignoring him, but I also wasn’t following up…He didn't leave a message to call him back like my voicemail instructs.</div>
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<br />
In the morning I woke up to this disgusting text (Note for
context, I work in advertising on the Duracell account): “I don’t hear from my
sweet Duracell Bunny these days! Is everything alright?!”</div>
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No. Gag me. Gross. No. Ugh. What? Are just a few thoughts
that went through my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next morning
he texted me saying he saw me tweet and that the silent game was over, and that
“[I] think the silent treatment will work, but [I] will speak!” Two minutes
later he texted telling me I was a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing…super
poetic. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br />
Gathering my thoughts as any sane lady would do I took the
day to figure out how to politely tell him my interest was on the decline, “I’m
really sorry for my lack of response! I’ve been trying to come up with a polite
way to say I don’t think we are compatible. I’m sorry if I’ve led you on or
made you upset.”</div>
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In response, I got the email below:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It's good that you decided to
respond because I wanted to call your father tonight to ask him teach you some
life lessons which would prevent you from remaining single for the rest of your
life. It isn't your fault that you couldn't come up with a polite way of
expressing yourself because you don't seem to have much dating experience (if
any), and I think you didn't even care to say anything. I'm not sure when you
came to the conclusion that we aren't compatible but regardless, unless
something really strange happens between two people who are dating, it would be
almost impossible to judge each other after just one date, which I think was
pretty fine (or two, if you can actually call that rushed walking in the park a
date!). You said you would be free on Saturday to go the NFL event because I
wanted to have fun together instead of just dry conversations but instead you
made plans with your friends and didn't even have a second to sit down! This
rude behavior made me both surprised and uncomfortable but I didn't take it
personally because I understand that things can happen. You always (especially
after the first date) said that you're really enjoying it, etc., and that you
want to do it more. So understand that your actions were very abnormal. You
really need to work on yourself. Also, if you were dating multiple guys at the
same time to eventually find the ‘right’ one, this is a huge mistake. You
should avoid it. Try to understand these because they will really benefit you.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Goodbye”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Since I felt it was much too cruel to respond to his email,
I will respond here to my readers:</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1</span></span>. You actually think my father wants me to date
someone who thinks a man can tell me what to do and how to behave. He would be
glad I discontinued communication with you.</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2</span></span>. I have dating experience, which you can see in
my blog. You should have been able to read this all when you stalked my twitter
out.</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3</span></span>. It wouldn’t have been dry conversation if you
had asked me about myself or talked about something aside from school. </div>
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4. We weren’t dating. We went on two dates.</div>
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5. Of course I am going to spend time with my
friends from out of town who I never see over you because I have a pre-existing
relationship with them. </div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6</span></span>. It’s fine to date multiple people at once. It’s
an efficient use of time. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7</span></span>. Let’s take a look back at 2. I have this blog,
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And boys think girls are the crazy ones? Hoping I find an
NJB who isn’t crazy and who understands my neuroses are quirks rather than a
bout of mental instability. </div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-20526607017395187652014-02-11T18:53:00.001-08:002014-02-11T20:32:16.515-08:00Do you want Coke with that?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Where I am from we question the word “coke.” Does she want a
Coca-Cola or did she want all twenty-three flavors in that Dr.Pepper? Never did
I imagine looking up from a text message and begging the question, “Is he
referring to the soda or the drug?”</div>
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“I’m so tired,” The text read. “I can’t decide to get a
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To be honest, I should have known anyone making a joke about doing a drug to a practical stranger, probably wasn’t making a joke. (I
should have also gone with my intuition of repulsion to the use of “Lol.”)
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On our first date, everything seemed normal. He was the
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and had a strange sense of entitlement. So obviously it was good enough to warrant
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On the second date, this Cali Non-NJB talked about the crazy
parties he attends. Fine. He bragged about his medical Marijuana license. Fine.
He then told me about the last party he attended where there was an area
dedicated for attendees to enjoy Coke…and he didn’t mean soda. Nope. NOPE.</div>
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After leaving the restaurant, he suggested we continue the
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Finally, standing outside my apartment, could it be? Could
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When he texted to ask me on a third date referring to me as “Baby,”
I told him there were issues I was uncomfortable with so it was best to not
continue. When he asked what the issues were, I politely told him that marketing
himself as an NJB on our first date was falsifying information.</div>
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With that I continued my search for an NJB who is a fan of
the soda and not the drug.</div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-62335088463391753782013-07-12T15:57:00.000-07:002013-07-12T21:33:33.761-07:00B is for Brave<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->When I was 10, I was guaranteed that everything gets better.
My pre-teen hardships and burdens would ease, and my 20s would be a decade when
I come into whoever I am supposed to be. This is what was promised to me by
every adult, all coming of age books and my guidance counselor who lectured me
on the importance of wearing a bra. It was the piece of truth I held onto at
each obstacle I faced.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
One day the beloved jock would change the oil in my car, and
the mean girl who seemed to have a breeze of a time would have a reality of 16
and pregnant without the fortune and fame of MTV. I was confident that my
success would skyrocket in my 20s. I would be so great the girl who called me a
“slut” at 15 (when I hadn’t even kissed a boy) would regret using that four
letter word and beg for my approval. I looked forward to dating because it was
going to be easy. I was excited for my 20s because at 12 my reality seemed
heartbreaking, so much so that there was no other way for it to get than
better.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
This is what I have been thinking about all month, who I was
and who I am now. After journaling my most private thoughts I have come to the
revelation that, if I could go back and do it all over again, if I could change
who I was, shave off weight, tame my hair, learn that concealer was meant to be
blended into the skin and not dabbed on in an extremely apparent way, I wouldn’t
change a thing. Because, damn it, I was braver than any person I knew or have
ever known.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
As I learn what it takes to be an adult, I wish I could
channel exactly who I was at 11. Today, I consistently hold everything I feel
and think inside never exposing it to the appropriate parties. Why bother? She
won’t care that she hurt me, and there is no chance someone like him could like
me. I find myself being mean and judgmental to those who are mean and
judgmental toward me because you don’t get to be an ugly human being without
reciprocation.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
But at 11, I dialed Walker Mason up. I told him I liked him,
and asked him what he thought about me. When I was rejected, I went to computer
class the next day and asked him to help me beat the next level of Snood. There
was nothing awkward or uncomfortable about having expressed my feelings.<br />
<br />
When
Karen Keefer told the entire sixth grade class of girls that I was a Lesbian, I
invited her to my birthday party, and I gave her a Valentine. As long as I kept
being who I wanted to be (nice and smart and expressive), I was able to get up
every day and look forward to the next because it got better. If I were then
who I am today, I wouldn’t have asked Walker if he could fathom liking me, and
I would have never dressed out for P.E. in the girls’ locker room ever again. I
was brave.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
So at 23, why is it so hard to ask someone if they like me
back? And why do I feel the need to be mean to someone who thinks I’m not good
enough. Whoever I like probably cares more about me and fostering a friendship
with me if he doesn’t like me than Walker did. He still helped me over the 7<sup>th</sup>
level slump. What’s so scary now? I am not facing a lunch room of 300 kids who
repeat and believe everything they hear out of one person’s mouth.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
I’m learning more and more that I want to be the chubby
10-year-old mathlete. She was brave, and she didn’t know it then, but she had
confidence. Her denim overalls might not have been the best, but she is a role
model to her future self. I want to find an NJB who will fall in love with that
girl, because as far as I am concerned, she was pretty amazing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As my search for my NJB continues, I want to
find the one who sees that NJG in who I am today. </div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-75642562717566328112013-06-15T21:39:00.001-07:002013-06-15T21:45:47.323-07:00I Have the Best Dad Ever<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"></span><br />
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; font-family: georgia,serif;">
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">My
freshman year, I thought I got a failing grade for a class I dropped.
When I got home for Summer Break and saw an "F" on my grade report I
stopped being able to breathe properly. In fact, I couldn't breathe. I
was too busy hyperventilating and contemplating my life as a garbage
woman. My sophomore year of college I got a "C-" on my first test in a
Law class that I needed to graduate. I curled up on the floor creating a
steady stream of saltwater trailing down the hall in my sorority house.
My dreams of being a lawyer were coming to a crashing end. My junior
year, when my professor made an example out of me by yelling at me in
front of the entire class, I scream-cried all the way back to my
apartment and collapsed on my bedroom floor. My senior year, when I felt
betrayed by my beloveds, I sat through Mission Impossible stuffing my
tear stained face in a huge tub of popcorn.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The
one thing all of these moments had in common, besides my never-ending
tears? My Dad. When I couldn't breathe, when I thought one grade had
surely done me in for a life as a Walmart greeter, when I thought there
was nothing more horrific that could happen to me than taking a public
shaming in front of 43 of my peers, and when I thought I was unworthy of
friendship, my dad came to the rescue with some wise questions. (And
when that didn't work, he gave me popcorn...)</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Are you sick? Did you hurt anyone? Tomorrow, will you wake up? </span><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"></span><br />
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; font-family: georgia,serif;">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">So, the way I see it, this is far from the end of the world. (He clearly never had four girls ignore him at once...he also
never made a bad grade in his life.) </span></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"></span><br />
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; font-family: georgia,serif;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"></span><br />
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">My Dad didn't know it then, but he was teaching me two things that no amount of school could ever teach me. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The first,</span><br />
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">
which I think every person should fully understand, is that there
actually is more to life than a stupid mistake, an embarrassing moment,
or a silly fight. If it's not a learning experience, it's a story to
look back on and laugh about. Sometimes we have to make mistakes
and disappoint ourselves to be able to get to better experiences and
opportunities. If I hadn't gotten that awful "C-" I never would have
understood how to frame and articulate my thoughts. If I
had never been ignored, I probably wouldn't fully understand how lucky I
am to have people in my life who care about me even if I don't always
seem to do the same for them. And if you can't learn from it? SO WHAT?
It's not like you did something so bad it's irreversible and
uncorrectable (I am aware this is not a word...I just can't think of the
proper word).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The
other end of the equation that my dad taught me about? That I want to
surround myself with people just like him. Out of everyone in my life,
he is the one person I can count on to unwind me from my uptight state
of being. He has a logical sense about him paired with a childlike sense
of humor that makes him the perfect Dad and perfect husband to my mom.
(Sometimes his humor can be more than I bargain for, so my mom is pretty stellar for handling it.) I would be silly to not recognize that his
calm, methodical and happy nature is exactly what I, and every girl,
should be looking for.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">So on this Father's Day, I want to thank my Dad for being the best man I know, for always pushing me to be better and for being there for me when it feels like the world around me is ending. My Momma sure hit the jackpot with that NJB. Here's to hoping there is someone with the same qualities my dad has on my search for my NJB.</span></div>
</div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-49600245639806878412013-03-21T15:57:00.000-07:002013-03-29T17:48:42.052-07:00No Pay No Play<div class="MsoNormal">
In the March issue of Cosmo there is a statistic that claims
78% of men think a guy should pay on the first date. I polled my friends, my
office, myself and the everyone south of the Mason-Dixon line, and we are all
in agreement with the 78%. Somehow I wound up going on a date with someone in
the 22% (not to be mistaken with the 1%, who I would also like to steer in the
clear of).</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
So the date begins at a burger joint around NYU where he is
in Law School. He is wearing construction boots, but I overlooked that because
maybe that’s normal when you live in Brooklyn. (After the fact, I realize these
two facts, Brooklyn and hideous footwear, should not have been ignored. Rather,
they should have been immediate red flags.)</div>
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<br /></div>
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We sit, and the conversation immediately flows, and I think
could it be? Could this basically balding, weird-accent boy be my Minch and
Shining Kipah? </div>
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Following dinner we order a beer, and that’s when the Red Sea began to separate. I chose the beer, which is always a step in the wrong
direction since my understanding of beer ranges from Bud Select to Bud Lite
Lime. The reason I chose? He didn’t know beers. The reason he didn’t know beers? He rarely ever drinks. In fact,
he finds it disgraceful when youngsters our age drink and/or get drunk. (Good
thing I didn’t tell him about my plans later that night…)</div>
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After we asked for the check, he went to the bathroom for
the second time during our date. (Either he had the smallest bladder in the
world or he was talking to someone else. Two times is excessive when he barely
had anything to drink, and it’s been less than two hours.)The check comes, and
I let it sit until he comes back. I fumble through my wallet for what felt like
at least a minute. When I finally realized, he wasn’t going to pull the
obligatory “I got this” move, I put my Amex card down. We split the bill, and I
went into the night, $25 poorer than I started. </div>
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I’m not a brat. I don’t go on these dates for the free meal.
In fact, I’d rather go for something quick like coffee so I can escape in a
short amount of time once disappointed. But the guy should ALWAYS pay until at
least the 3<sup>rd</sup> date!</div>
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As we parted, he too tried to kiss me. Sorry son! To quote
my innermost thoughts, “This cow don’t give no milk fo free!” </div>
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This all seemed fine and well until he texted me mid-week
while at work. As a busy bee, I didn’t see it until much later, so I decided to
wait to respond mulling over the idea of a second chance. While I was asleep, I
got another text asking if I had gotten the earlier text. (Uhm, these are the
things girls think when they text boys, but we never actually ask…) I didn’t
respond, feeling a little bit odd about the situation. </div>
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The next day: “Am I missing something? I thought you had a
great time, and you said we should do this again.”</div>
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The next next day: “Wow, that’s really rude. You’re just not
going to respond. I didn’t do anything to deserve how you are treating me.
Wow.”</div>
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Okay, I admit. Maybe I should have texted him back after the
first or second time. But what was he trying to get at with the last two? Did
he think I would feel so bad about being rude, I would go on a second date? The
way I see it: He got what he paid for…nothing!</div>
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So I went on to the next poor, unfortunate soul in search of
a paying NJB.</div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-60551330426340961552013-01-09T20:00:00.002-08:002013-01-09T20:02:41.370-08:00The Mommas and the Pappas<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->After suffering through middle school and an abundance of
failed relations thereafter, I have finally found the source to blame: Parental
Masters, specifically Kenneth and Fern (I didn’t change these names. Feel free
to either send them fan mail or hate mail depending on how you think I turned
out). Good parents tell you that you are beautiful and you can do anything.
Smart parents tell you the truth. My parents were good until I got to college,
and then they became smart. (See picture below…they told me I was beautiful.)<br />
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I am a firm believer that parents should warn their children
that they are either normal or need to do some self-evaluations to fix their
social habits. My mother has no problem telling me I sound like a valley girl
and my high-pitched voice will not take me very far in life. (This is not mean;
it’s just telling the truth. Even though I hang up the phone every time she
says this.) Such was the case with Allen. </div>
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Where do I begin? Allen was a math “teacher”, “6’0” and “athletic.”
Allen was actually unemployed looking to teach math, 5’7, and he claimed to
play tennis. (I’m pretty sure I could have won a match, at least on the Wii.)
Once again though, I have low standards so this hardly bothered me. His high
pitched-voice, on the other hand, was a little bit startling. </div>
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We met at a coffee shop that Allen quickly decided was not
suitable due to the large crowd invading the space. As we made our way to the
second coffee shop, Allen did not hold back his comments about how the date was
going,</div>
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“I think it’s fine that we keep walking to another coffee
place. We seem to have a lot in common. You like sports. I like sports. There
are no holes in the conversation. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up the
conversation on dates.”</div>
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As we ventured to the third coffee shop since the second had
the same problem as the first,</div>
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“I think we are really connecting. My other dates were full
of awkward silences. This is going really well. Don’t you think?”</div>
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By then I discovered, he was going to make commentary on the
date the entire way through, and I was going to politely agree to everything he
was saying. We finally settled at the fourth coffee shop, a vegan hole-in-the-wall…I
like cheese, and I like milk. This was an “udder”ly bad decision.</div>
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“You don’t have your phone on the table, and you aren’t
checking it every so often. That shows you really respect me, and are having a
good time.”</div>
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Do you know how to respond to these comments? Do I clap,
like he just scored a basket? The cherry on top was our final conversation
topic. PAST RELATIONSHIPS He asked about my history. I replied nothing serious.
He replied questioning what that meant. I replied, “There is no one from my past
who meant enough to bring into my present.” He asked again what nothing serious
meant. I stopped responding. (We both went to college. College relations for
the majority of college graduates can be described as nothing serious, and we
all know what it means!)</div>
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Alas, the date was over, as I excused myself to hang out
with my brother-in-law. Two seconds later Allen asked me out on date two, via
text. I declined the offer. </div>
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I want everyone to know: This uncomfortable date full of
commentary is not a reflection of Allen, but a reflection of his parents.
Parents’ inability to tell their children the truth about how weird they really
are hurts the child’s chances at correcting his behavior and venturing down a
more average path. Allen is the product of parents cushioning their children,
when what we need is someone to tell us our behavior is weird, our jokes aren’t
funny, we are destined to live average lives and we could stand to take a
shower.</div>
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So this is for all the parents, including my Mom and Dad. I’m
blaming y'all if my search for my NJB, doesn’t pan out as hoped!</div>
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Israeli boys. They think they can say anything and get away
with it, don’t they?</div>
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Erez seemed like he was all that and a loaf of challah until
he opened his mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 6’2 he met all
of my necessary standards: at least 3 inches taller than me. That warm, magical
July night, I realized I needed to develop higher standards. </div>
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Have you ever met someone and felt like they made you and
everyone else around you uncomfortable? This was my night at its most basic
description.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Let’s just start this date from the very beginning, he tried
to kiss me hello. To quote my best friend, “Boy, you don’t know me like that!” (I
didn’t say this, but I had the urge to go wash my face.) We were seated, and
then my uncomfortable evening unfolded.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ordering Process:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t care what anyone says. A boy should
always order before the girl so the girl knows what she can order. Before
ordering he made me think he was only getting one roll, (We had sushi) and so I
ordered one salmon avocado. He ordered three rolls. To say I was disappointed
with my order is an understatement. I was not only disappointed, but I was
hungry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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After my one roll was delivered to the table and his three
sat beautifully in front of him, he told me I could have some of his…I’m not
saying I am super clean, but I am not going to eat off of someone’s plate that
I don’t even know. That’s intimate, and this was a first date. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Conversation:</b>
What do you think the most inappropriate conversation topics are on a first
date? I’m sure they were all discussed that evening. To set up the scene for
you: I sat up straight in my chair, and he leaned across the table. Every time
he leaned closer, my chair scooted a little bit further back. (By the end of
the night, I was about 4 blocks away.)</div>
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Our first conversation topic was alcohol and drugs. It went
a little something like this:</div>
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Erez: So, eh, do you, eh, like to drink?</div>
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Me: I am 22 and fresh out of college. It’s kind of my age
group’s thing. How about yourself?</div>
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Erez: Yeah, I don’t. You see, eh, I don’t need it to have
fun. I can go to the club by myself and enjoy without. Eh, you know?</div>
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Me: I don’t need it to have fun, either; it just speeds up
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Erez: Do you, eh, do drugs ever?</div>
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Me: What?!?</div>
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Who asks that? This was not as far out as our next
conversation topic of not being an Israeli woman or a lesbian:</div>
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Erez: Yeah, I don’t think I’ll ever end up with and Israeli
woman. Eh, you know they are all…B*tches.</div>
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<br /></div>
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(Long Pause)</div>
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Me: I don’t think I’ll end up with an Israeli woman, either.
They aren’t really my type.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Erez: Ah, but what about an American woman?</div>
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<br /></div>
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Me: They aren’t really my type, either.</div>
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Seriously, what? Did he just ask me if I ever fancied myself
a lesbian? (No offense, lesbians are cool. I’m just into Jewish men, hence the
blog.) I was just trying to make a joke over an inappropriate first date
comment. </div>
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<br /></div>
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At this point in time I looked to the table sitting a few
inches beside us, and their faces resembled partial horrific expressions and
the other part sympathy to my situation.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Goodbye:</b> I’m
not great with signals. I don’t really know if I am putting them out or not.
But in this instance, I know I was definitely, 100% not putting them out. When
I suggested we get the check and offered to pay my half, he had a look of
expectancy in his eyes. (The only thing he should have been expecting is to pay
for my one $7.25 roll.) </div>
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We exited the restaurant, and he went in for the kiss. I
adjusted to the side hug, which I thought was a safe bet. Apparently, his eyes
were already closed, and I felt a bite on my ear. (The reaction you are having
right now was much like mine.) I felt awkward and ran out in the rain to the subway
as fast as I could. </div>
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<br /></div>
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When he asked for a second date, he spelled my name wrong. I
didn’t respond. Instead, I scurried away on my search for an NJB…or just an NB.
(This is a lot harder than the movies make it seem.)</div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-36150323158811397582012-10-14T11:48:00.000-07:002012-10-14T11:56:21.574-07:00America's Pathetic Sweetheart<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I’m just gonna lay it out there. If getting dumped and/or
made a fool of was an Olympic sport, I would definitely take home the gold. People
Magazine covers would be adorned with articles about “America’s Pathetic
Sweetheart.” And I would gladly accept my role. </div>
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I became very aware of my foolishness during my junior year. Not
only did the boy I like make a fool of me, but my best friend hung me out to
dry. (Literally, I cried so much that I needed to hang my sweatshirt to dry.) </div>
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The abbreviated version of this love story goes a little something
like this. Sophomore year I had environmental poli sci with Sam. We started
chatting over the next summer. I developed a crush, and I thought he liked me,
too…apparently not. </div>
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If you recall the post about horrible dances, I took Sam to
my formal. He drank the entire time. Texted the entire time, even while we were
dancing. And, he was not up to hang out with me and my friends after the dance
had concluded. I got the message loud and clear. He was definitely not that
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The next week I clearly remember one of my best friends
coming up to me and asking me if we could talk. Jessica pulled me aside after
Shabbat dinner was over and said this, “So I met this really great guy last
night, and he is really nice. I am going out with him Saturday. And his name is
Sam.” Wait for it. “Is that okay with you?”</div>
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Before I get into this, I would like to point out a few
technicalities. (1) Are you trying to rub it in my face that he likes you and
not me? (2) He isn’t a great guy because he has no respect for friendship
boundaries. (3) Uhm, why are you asking if it’s okay with me, when you already
told him yes? </div>
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CLEARLY, IT’S NOT OKAY WITH ME! (I’m down for being dumped
on, but not with contributing help from my best friend.) However, due to point
3, I uttered the obligatory phrase, “Yeah, have fun!” And I exited the scene all
the way to my other friends’ apartment to begin my night of patheticness. </div>
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Have you ever seen a girl crying in the middle of a bar and
wondered what was wrong with her? Well, from my experience, I can tell you her
best friend is probably going out with someone she either really liked or
dated. </div>
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We were in the middle of my favorite bar, and I was wearing
a sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse dressed up like Santa Claus. (Just to give you a
timeline, this was in December, and we had already stopped by an ugly Christmas
sweater party.) Some boy approached me and handed me a Cranberry Vodka and said, “You look like you could use this.” I wasn’t even offended.
Although, it did spark me to start crying again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Note, I was not crying because Sam didn’t like
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The rest of that night is a puffy-eyed blur of me repeating
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a ______?!?!” I don’t really know where the end of this story is, because I
forgave Jessica (thinking she knew too much about me to throw a friendship
away), but there is always that thought in the back of my head. And nothing has
really been the same ever since.</div>
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So I will give you this advice: Friends don’t date friend’s
crushes, or exes, or anything for that matter during said friend’s search for
her NJB…it’s just not right. </div>
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I’d like to preface this post with the fact that I am from
Alabama. I am from a place where it is not uncommon to get married young, and
by young, I mean 21. I currently have four friends who are married...I am 22.</div>
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I was at the dentist’s office last year, and he asked me
“Have you met Mr.Right?” My mouth was wide open with some aluminum sticks in
it, so I couldn’t respond. He went on to tell me about how his nephew had just
married the most beautiful girl with a personality the sunshine envied (not
kidding…he used that phrase). </div>
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When he took the tools out of my poor mouth, I responded,
“No, but I have met Mr. Wrong, and I really liked him.” The look on my
dentist’s face was indescribable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
couldn’t tell whether to pity me and my misfortune or be appalled by my retort.
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As he finished up my cavity-free mouth he said, “When you do
meet Mr.Right, tell him he is lucky to be with one of the best smiles this
dentist has ever seen.” (I think he tells all of his unlucky in love patients
this.) I then left feeling mocked, wondering if I was going against Gd’s
southern will by being the only single girl left in my graduating high school
class. (This is only a slight exaggeration.)</div>
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I had forgotten all of this until yesterday, when my
mother’s friend got on the phone with me and out of nowhere said, “Laurie,
we’re real proud of you, and you’re going to meet someone real soon, honey.”</div>
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I know I have this blog that talks about my misfortunes, but
did the government send out a PSA telling the world I am single and it’s a sin? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I might be ahead of my time with this comment, but I think
my fellow ladies should focus on their careers and becoming themselves before bringing
someone else into the picture. I am a mess! I freak out deciding between the apple
yogurt or the mango yogurt in the store, let alone deciding if I want to spend
my unforeseeable future with someone who doesn’t put down the toilet seat or
wash his hands. </div>
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Someone needs to speak to those Baby Boomers and tell them
people are getting married later in life now.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To quote one of my
favorite poets, “That’s how it’s supposed to be, living young and wild and free.”
(Holla, Wiz!) These are my thoughts on my search for my NJB. (These thoughts
are subject to change because as stated previously, I’m 22 and a girl. Changing
our minds is kind of my age group’s thing.)</div>
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“You find the one in the most random and unexpected places.”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>This is the lie I
have been told since I remember asking how my parents met. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(My parents met while they were on dates with
other people, so we will let them be the exception.) My sister met her husband
on JDate where you are paying to meet people. My friend met her husband in a
youth group where you meet people. My other friend met her boyfriend through a
mutual friend, and it was a setup. The point is: it’s not random. It’s not
unexpected. You don’t find them in unlikely places. You find them the way
everyone else does: on a website, through a friend, at a party, at a bar (my
parents were at a bar…trashy.).</div>
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So, let me ask you this. Is it that insane that I met my one
on the subway? I see three of the same people almost every day on the subway.
One boy who always looks like he stepped out of a J. Crew catalogue, one girl
with possibly the prettiest orange curls in the world but sports a scowl
because I’m guessing she is awake, and finally, I see my “one.” He is tall,
dark, and Gd I hope he’s Jewish!</div>
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Let me tell you more about our relationship. We see each
other about three to four times a week. We get on the same subway cart, and we
are usually in close proximity. He reads twitter on his phone, I rock out to “Good
Vibrations” given the subway vibrates. This was all I really knew about him
until this week. He finally noticed me! He looked at me and smiled. And now I
can add the most beautiful smile in the entire world to his list of wonderful
attributes. </div>
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You think I’m crazy. Maybe I am. But that’s why people call
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crush.) I go to the subway every single day. I am bound to meet at least one
person down there, and who says it can’t be my one? Not so random, my friends,
is it?</div>
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Now that I have fallen curls over boots for this boy, I
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of silent people. If I say something there needs to be a purpose behind it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I am putting this out to my readers,
whoever you are. Do you have any ideas of how I can snag this crush on my
morning route and my search for my NJB?</div>
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I don’t like museums. I never have. I never will. I think
they are boring unless I am able to do something interactive in them (I do like
the Boston Museum of Science). When people want to go to museums, I prefer art
museums. I don’t like art, but I like to make fun of the people who think a
canvas painted blue actually means something. (If a blue canvas is art, my
painted block art I created at 3 was much more valuable that the $25 my dad
paid for it at the school auction.)</div>
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When JDate #1 suggested we go to the Museum of Natural History
for our first date, I was already dreading it. I told him I really liked the
MoMA. His response? “That’s cool, too. Let’s go to the Museum of Natural
History.”</div>
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As soon as I got there, I realized two things. One, he lied
about his height. Two, this was going to be a hilarious story for my blog.
While we stood in the ticket line, he barely spoke to me. I kept the
conversation alive because I figured he was nervous. I suggested we use our
recently expired student IDs to get a discount. The suggested ticket price fell
to $29 total. The ticket master asked what donation amount my date would like
to pay, and he responded $20. (I felt horrible! I wanted to donate the
remaining $9. I don’t like museums, but you shouldn’t skimp at them.) He then
turned to me and said, “I like museums because it’s always a suggested price,
and you don’t have to pay all of it.”</div>
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Uhhhh, he didn’t have to call attention to being cheap on
our first date. I already noticed and was not planning on saying anything. He
went on about it for at least five minutes. (I don’t need to know your
financial stability on the first date! Just take me some place that’s free like
the park. I’d like it more than looking at stuffed animals.) </div>
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date, I decided to read about the different fossils and dinosaurs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I read out loud about one, he leaned up
against the railing and stared at me. (I have never been a drop dead gorgeous
girl, so this was a new and uncomfortable experience for me.) This continued at
the next three fossils until I finally asked him to stop looking at me. (Why
would you stare at someone who you are on a date with? It’s not a bar. It’s a
museum!) </div>
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The date continued down the same path. He answered questions
with simple short sentences and only asked topical questions such as, “Do you
have siblings?” “Yes” without any sort of follow up. I tried telling stories
about my life so he would do the same, but there was nothing that would make
him speak about anything besides how he is trying to become more religious (I’m
not, so that’s also a problem).</div>
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What I gathered from our conversation was he is a momma’s
boy (don’t admit that to a girl), he has never lived away from home or
supported himself in any form, he thinks lawyers are awful (my dad’s a
lawyer…that’s awkward) and he wants to be a police officer so he can stop
people from shoplifting (someone’s gotta do it, but my NJB probably won’t be
the one doing so). </div>
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Finally, I had sped our way through the museum in two hours
and I could see the light at the end of the exit. I was so close! He asked to
go get lunch with me. I made up an excuse. He asked me to get dessert. (If I
wasn’t hungry, I don’t want ice cream!) I felt too guilty not to say yes. Half
way through my ice cream, I made a comment about needing to get home. He
protested, and walked me to the bus that was out of his way. (There was no
getting rid of him.) </div>
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At the very end he asked me for my number. I gave it to him,
but he repeated it back to me wrong. I didn’t correct him. I should really text
that person and thank him for helping me on my search for my NJB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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P.S. Did anyone else get that he wasn’t willing to pay full
price for tickets, but wanted to pay for my meal? </div>
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Dances are not
my strong point. Sorority dances on the other hand take on a whole ‘nother
level of stress. </div>
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We are forced into taking dates, even though we would
probably have more fun just girls and quarter drink deals. (Ladies, am I right
or am I right?) Do you know how hard it is for me to convince someone I’m a
good time? I don’t even think I’m a good time! On my list of favorite
activities, sitting ranks at number one or two, competing with grocery
shopping. (I fit in well with 50+ crowd.)</div>
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Most everyone I asked to be my date for the evenings were
all duds or turned me down (I wasn’t convincing when I told them it would be
fun…). And so ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my top three college dance
disasters (This message has been brought to you by the University of Illinois
and my loving sorority).<br />
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1) Junior Year Formal Sam Borenstein: I actually
had a crush on this guy, but he was too hard to read until I read that he was
not into me. We had chatted each other up since the beginning of summer and it
had continued through to November, so I figured it was plausible that he might
have liked me. So, I invited him to my dance. Well, I don’t know where this boy
grew up (actually I do, the suburbs of Chicago), but he had no manners! I don’t
know how to explain how uncomfortable it is to be dancing with a boy while he
is texting. I understand my generation is attached at the fingertips to our
mobiles, but come on! He also kept buying himself drink after drink after
drink. Now I’m not sure if that was a comment on how I looked (I really tried
with my makeup and hair!) or my boringness (We actually never sat down).
Needless to say, that was a fail. I guess him asking my best friend out a day
later also was pretty tragic (that’s a story for next week).<br />
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2) Junior Year Pledge Dance Jason Wheeler: Jason,
the off/on boy of college, asked me to his dance. I knew at the time, I was a
backup, a “I don’t want to go alone,” a “the girl I like will be here with her
boyfriend, and I want to appear like I don’t care” date. I didn’t mind. I’d
been there before and figured it would be a good time since his best friend was
taking my best friend. We went to dinner first where Laura, the best friend,
and I were separated. I was forced into awkward conversation with people I
barely knew, and Jason was not much help keeping the conversation afloat.
Still, it was fine. (I can talk to wall and find something amusing with the
conversation.) But then we got to the dance at his fraternity. I don’t know if
you have ever been in a sea of people where it’s really dark, but for the
record, if you don’t stick to the party you strolled in with, you aren’t
finding him again. And that’s what happened. Jason left me. So I got to third
wheel it with Laura and Jason’s best friend. (Let me be clear, all three of us
were uncomfortable.) Who does that? Leaves their date? Not even an hour into
the party, Laura and I were abruptly taken home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next day, we <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>decided our dates got peeved with others’ drug
usage happening in their <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rooms and
ex-hookups sauntering in their suite to mingle with them in front of us, and
that’s what led to the quick end to the evening. Neither of us complained about
it though. We were happy to be home.<br />
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3)Freshman Year Pledge Dance Steven
Rosenburg/Mike: For starters, I had asked Jason to the dance my pledge class
spent the entire semester planning. He told me a week before that he could no
longer be my date because he had to go home for his Aunt’s birthday (You don’t
have to tell me. I know it was because he just didn’t want to go with me.) So,
I turned to Mike. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember Mike? The one
who said he liked me, and then he conveniently changed his mind? He was already
taking his female best friend. (Fine!) So I took Steven Rosenburg, a thug
Jewish boy with earrings. (Does this sound like senior prom at all to anyone?)
Steven bought me a drink and then left me to fin for myself so he could go
flirt with my sorority sisters. (Really?) So there I was at the dance.
Pathetic. Rejected. The strap of my dress broken. BUT! My hair looked damn
good! So nothing was going to ruin my night, until I asked Mike to dance. He
said no. Then he danced with a girl who didn’t take the time to straighten her
hair. And there I was again watching. Even more pathetic and rejected. And then
there I was in the hallway, pathetic, rejected and crying. And then there I was
on the bus pathetic, rejected and crying. (All the meanwhile, my hair still
looking good.) And then there I was with the freshmen boys asking me if I was
okay, and I responded tears streaming about my patheticness and rejectedness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I woke up the next morning with swollen eyes
still pathetic and rejected, but this time I was also feeling vengeful. Hell
hath no fury like a Laurie scorned!<br />
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Moral of the story, I was better off always taking my best
friend Joe Gates. He was always the best date. He’s a great asset in my search
for my NJB.</div>
Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-13418175466012365222012-07-29T09:53:00.006-07:002012-07-29T12:30:51.076-07:00I'm Funny!<br />
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Let me let you in on a secret. I’m pretty stinkin’ funny. I
mean how many other girls do you know who started a blog like this? My humor
and my college degree are two of the things I am proudest of. And since I am
suddenly surrounded by Ivy alumni in New York City, my degree is making me less
and less proud (Go ILLINI!). So I have my extremely honest humor at the top of
my personality resume, followed by delightfully crazy.</div>
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Let me let you in on another secret. I don’t like people who
don’t think I am funny. (I don’t like dumb people either, but they tend to be
the same kind.) On my third day of being signed up for JDate, (yes, I am on it;
don’t act surprised) I got an email that read “Hey whats up.” </div>
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Since I moved to New York a short two months ago, I started
trying this new thing called not judging, which is very hard for me. He used
improper grammar! Apostrophes and question marks should be necessities when you
are trying to impress a girl, but I chose to ignore it. </div>
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After receiving this message, I scavenged his profile to try
to find something cute and funny to respond with. He said he liked board games,
and I happen to fancy them also. I responded:</div>
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“Man of few words? I guess when you listed board games as a
hobby, scrabble didn’t rank among your favorites <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span>
Hi, I’m Laurie!”</div>
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I added the emoticon in so that we would all be aware I was
clearly making a joke. I would never intentionally hurt a stranger’s feelings. So
you can imagine my surprise when I promptly got this response: </div>
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“Wow so very clever of you, were you very proud of yourself
when you wrote that? So witty a board game reference and everything. I
generally don't write a more robust introduction because I like to feel out if
the person I am writing to is intelligent. I'm real I don't do cheesy pick up
lines or rehearsed introductions I let conversation develop naturally.” (Still having grammar issues…)</div>
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As I said in the beginning, the two things I am proudest of:
my humor and intelligence. So as I read his response in my head, I said to
myself, “Aw, HELL NO!” I swiftly
responded:</div>
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“Actually, I am proud of my clever response since you gave
me nothing to respond to because you must lack any type of normal conversational
and social skills. I give you a C for effort on trying to put me down simply
because your response was average. As for intelligence, check your grammar
before you email the next girl.”</div>
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And, BOOM! Did he think because I am 22 I wouldn’t be able
to come up with a biting response? (He clearly thought my first response was “clever”
and “witty.”) I’m not mean and I am trying not to judge, but give me a break. I’m
just supposed to let him call me unintelligent without any type of retort?</div>
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This encounter was clearly a JDate failure, but who knows
for the future on my search for my NJB…</div>Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-54212569856640401272012-07-22T15:52:00.004-07:002012-07-22T18:04:37.777-07:00Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Hating<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I think I have one of
the best memories of anyone I know, and I think this is my curse. I remember
9th grade gym class becoming friends with Mary. I remember bonding with my
sorority sisters learning the Hannah Montana dance, "Pop it, Lock it,
Polk-a-Dot it," I remember laying down on my friend's fraternity floor
because I was certain I was allergic to fruit punch (I had an ulcer, and it was
the alcohol that made me feel this way...Who has ulcers when they are in
college?). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I've typed this post
up at least 10 times recounting what I referred to for three years as a
"whatever you call it." I have typed to get back at him (Taylor Swift
style), to explain how I think I feel (which changes every other week) and to
tell my side of the story (but I'm not sure if there are sides). But every time
I typed it out, I stored the post away because some things are a little too
private for even the Internet. (The rest of my horrific relations are not.)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I spent 3-4 years
wishing and hoping, and just like the song says, that didn't get me into his
arms (in this case, arms is heart). And now, when I finally decide that perhaps
I am better than all of this, that maybe I deserve better, that my mother spoke
the truth when she called me “special,” my stinking memory reminds me that it
is in pristine condition and is not forgetting anything about “whatever you
call it,” no matter how hard I wish it away. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I remember meeting
him, getting to know him, liking him, being disappointed by him, first kiss,
last kiss, holding his hand, crying over mixed messages and telling myself the
entire thing was normal (it wasn't normal), but I mostly just remember smiling
whenever he deemed it an appropriate time to contact me (because isn't that
what all girls want, attention from the one person we can't get off our
minds?). I remember all of this and every conversation in between. And even
though I can remember what it feels like when I rolled up in my roommate’s bed
sobbing about it (or the time at the gym I convinced someone that the wetness on
my face was not tears, I just sweat a lot in the face), it doesn't compare to
the moments that made me happy, so my memory downplays the times I went to bed
asking the famous question, "What's wrong with me?" and it emphasizes
every smile and laugh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So this is my
question. I think this is the question many girls my age ask. If I know
thinking about this and replaying three years in my head is no good and I want
to leave this behind, why can't I move past it and let go? Because this is
surely holding me back in my search for my NJB. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Can I get some "Amens"
from my fellow ladies?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-53582813193701037192011-12-25T18:52:00.001-08:002011-12-26T09:11:36.502-08:00Happy Single Days From Me To You<br />
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Recently I saw a post on someone from my past’s facebook.
Before I dive in to tell you about what it said and my thoughts, I just want to
say what a great joy the internet has been in these last eight years of my
life. I have not only had the opportunity to be digitally rejected (slightly
like getting a נ playing dreidel), but I have recently
found the joys in seeing my ex-crushes digitally rejected as well (the best
Channuka gift a girl like me could ask for). And that, my friends, is not
karma, but Gd’s handy work and his apologies to me and my failed attempts at
glimpses of relationships. </div>
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I have found that around the holidays people tend to get
lonely if they are single. We look at the nauseating couples trade Christmas
gifts, share kisses on New Year’s Eve, and we round out the season of “joy”
with a holiday devoted to the people we hate most: Valentine’s Day (Gag me! Really?
What happened to us all getting cards from the entire class? The only thing
good about VD is the nerds are sold in my favorite flavors and at a lower price…talking
about the candy, not the boys). I know this because I have seen the Hallmark
movies that tell me this is how singles, aside from me, feel. </div>
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So to all my single readers, this post is dedicated to you.
This is my Channuka, Christmas and Valentine’s gift to you! And if you’re in a
relationship, you have someone else to give you gifts; it’s gluttonous to turn
to me for your holiday loot. </div>
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This facebook status I mentioned at the beginning of the
post went something along the lines of this. “Laurie, you are amazing. I was
foolish to ever let you go. I can’t find anyone else that has your humor, smile
and intellect. Your heart is something to be sought after even though you give
out so much of it.” Okay, the post didn’t say that. (But wouldn’t it have been
grand?) </div>
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The post questioned where are all of the good girls: the smart,
funny and caring ones. The boy proceeded to say that he could only stumble upon
duds that are not up to his standards because they could care less about the
world around them, governmentally and community wise. </div>
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Ladies and gentlemen (If any gentlemen are reading this and
Jewish with height above 5’6, a bright future ahead, and thinks you can handle
a slightly neurotic but good intentioned girl with mostly out of control curly
hair, message me. I will give you my number.), I resisted the urge to do what
any insane girl would do. I did not comment and say, “We are all with equally intelligent
men.” I instead let it relish. It is a piece of hopelessness that will forever
make me smile. It doesn’t make the corners of my mouth turn up because he got
his. Instead, I smile because this feeling that no one out there that’s right
for me exists, is something everyone feels. </div>
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Yes, my single readers, every ex-crush, fling, boyfriend (or
husband?) of yours feels, at one point or another, that they will never find
the person that is right for them. I would tell him and you what my mom always
says, “You will find someone who loves you just the way you are, and you will
be mad for him,” but I don’t believe this is true. While I believe this is more
possible than not, it is no guarantee. </div>
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I will say this. To everyone you have come in contact with,
you have made an imprint that will always be a memory in someone’s thoughts.
And if you have not had a glimpse of a relationship, which I doubt is true,
know that you have made an imprint on me. By reading about my most embarrassing
and most unfortunate experiences, I am encouraged to continue writing about
them. And for that I thank you, for giving me the best Channuka present a
Jewish girl could get. Maybe not an NJB this year, but I found someone to
listen to my troubles and possibly relate. While I carry on with my infinitely
slow search for my NJB, I hope you take me on your search too!</div>
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Happy holidays to all of my fellow singles. And to those in
relationships, well I have nothing to wish you since you got the present I have
wanted since I pretended to be a bride in my mother’s white pumps.</div>
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Usually it's associated with something I did wrong (running away, stealing bubble yum from Brunos, talking in class, swimming without supervision, using a curse word, etc.).<br /><br />My chest felt like pounding bricks on the chilly February day Mike said this line to me, waiting to hear what awful thing I had done this time. The door shut, he looked at me, “So, I really like you." More words that formed sentences followed after this nonchalantly built-up phrase, but this and my response is all I remember. "Okay"<br /><br />Speed through to our first meeting, where I paid for my meal. Not impressed. Then to our second date, when he asked me to coffee and paid the entire $1.63 my small coffee cost. Slow down there, big spender! Against my better judgment, I believed my parents, and sister, and aunt, and friends, and the world when they said it was a good experience for me to like him. (Since when do people talk about dating like it's a job? Should I get recommendations and referrals, too?)<br /><br />So it was to my surprise that a short month later he didn't want to go to my sorority dance with me. Not only did he not want to go with me, he went with another girl and did not want to dance with me. So like any normal girl, I cried. I cried in the bathroom. I cried on the dance floor. I cried on the bus. I cried in sorority house. I cried on the walk home. I cried in my bed. I cried on my friend's shoulder. And when I woke up, I had puffy eyes, a headache, a heart full of anger and a brain full of rage.<br /><br />When I asked to talk to him about what happened, he didn't have the decency to show up at our scheduled time. Being the punctual person I am, I was not going to wait around for some loser-jerk, dumb boy who, as my mother always puts it, doesn't deserve me! When he called me a half hour later this is how our conversation went:<br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:";font-size:12pt;" ><br />Mike: Yeah, so here is the thing: You are a really great girl. You are nice and smart (he said it this time) and you are really mature for your age (no...I'm actually not.). Any guy would be really lucky to date you (BULL).<br /><br />Me: I don't need your compliments.<br /><br />Mike: We are just at two different parts in our lives.<br /><br />Me: What you did was mean.<br /><br />Mike: I am really sorry. You are so nice and smart. Any guy would be really lucky to date you.<br /><br />Me: You said that already.<br /><br />Mike: Okay, Laurie.<br /><br />Me: I hope you're happy. (Now this comment sounds really mean, but I did mean that I hoped he was happy. He was right when he said I am nice.)<br /><br />Mike: Okay. Laurie.<br /><br />And that was that. He was not my NJB, and he was not an NJB at all. And my search hit a pot hole, but only for a little while. </span>Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-41444702191592187332011-07-22T07:48:00.000-07:002011-07-22T07:49:26.769-07:00Did You Just Break Up With Me?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:donotshowrevisions/> <w:donotprintrevisions/> <w:donotshowmarkup/> <w:donotshowcomments/> <w:donotshowinsertionsanddeletions/> <w:donotshowpropertychanges/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> 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(My other thoughts included: how to get into the right college, where I will be in ten years and Alabama football.) So when I got the over-hyped and meaningless FB friendship request, I was ready to experience uncharted waters…liking the same person who likes me back, but it took a while to get there.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>A week or two after the party I asked Mike to attend my sorority formal with me. Outside of Hillel, Mike shot back with a few questions: wouldn’t I want to go with someone my own age, wouldn’t I want to go with someone in a fraternity and wouldn’t I want to go with one of my friends. Looking back he was telling me “no” in the most round-about way possible, but I wasn’t letting him. I soldiered on and answered “no” to every question he posed. 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Any guy would be really lucky to date you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Me: Haha thank you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mike: (The conversation goes blurry, but I continued to get compliments)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Now, I have never been broken up with before, but I am pretty sure Mike’s second line is usually what is said when a girl gets dumped. As I hung up the phone, I just stared into space not understanding what just happened. Mike dumped my intelligent, dateable self before we even went out…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Remember this conversation, my dear readers, because it was not the last time I had to hear his confusing compliments. This NJB was turning into a BJB, and I was beginning my search for that apparently. </p>Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473067626691893708.post-4313708500087952112011-06-26T09:30:00.000-07:002012-10-03T20:31:17.819-07:00The Beginning of a Terrible ExperienceEighteen years. Eighteen, long years. Eighteen, long, boyfriendless years. Just to make something clear, I, at this point, am the only one out of all of my friends to have never had a boyfriend. (You know what that does to a girl’s self esteem? 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So 11 or so hours after my crush with Garret was over, I was on to accomplishing my quest for an NJB with Mike. (Gotta move fast before these boys get snatched up.) Maybe 11, is an exaggeration, but it was November and I had just finished up the worst week of my life. (For sorority social calendar purposes we will call this week sisterly bonding week. My sorority most definitely 100% did not haze me… They gave me sisterly bonding time.)</div>
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Instead of attending the party at the end of the week to celebrate being initiated, I decided to celebrate someone else’s 21<sup>st</sup> birthday. (While I had just been initiated, the sisterly bonding time made me question my bonds with everyone but my pledge class. Shout out to my ‘12s…look of disgust goes out to all the older girls.) Still at the ripe age of 18, I was lucky the party was at the piano bar that was 18 and up rather than 19 and up like the rest of the bars in my college cities (Urbana and Champaign). </div>
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As I walked in with two of my friends (not in the sorority), I would like to say that as the great friend I am, my eyes darted to the birthday girl. Instead, my eyes went straight to Mike, and my brain went to complete mush. I politely said my happy birthday and pretended my excitement was for her and not for me. Then I proceeded to the Orthodox end of the table. </div>
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I fondly refer to these boys as Orthos. What I am about to say might come as a shock, but it’s the honest truth. These wonderfully weird boys are my comfort zone. There is something nice about being around boys I am in no way remotely interested in since they won’t touch me and find me repulsive because I prefer jeans to skirts and tights like the Ortho girls they drool over. I guess you could say, I can be completely myself (not on my best behavior with my shoulders back) since they can’t judge me. (If you polled America, Orthos would totally win on the weird scale…no offense…you know it’s true...) </div>
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My Orthos were friends with Mike who was sitting in the middle of the table. I am not sure how it happened but 15 minutes later I had removed myself from the Orthos because Mike has shimmied his way down, and for the first time in my life I was shy so I had to disappear. Five minutes later, Mike was in front of me, and we were dancing to “Rock Your Body Now” by the Backstreet Boys on the piano. Absolute bliss doesn’t begin to describe the feeling of someone you have a butterfly for dancing and talking to you. </div>
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After showing off a few of my amazingly terrible dance moves, we sat down and he began the questioning. I don’t remember the entire conversation, but this is the question burned in my head, and the answer I know I will never repeat again in my life:</div>
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Mike: Tell me about yourself.</div>
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(Long Pause)</div>
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Me: I’m awkward.</div>
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WHAT WAS I SAYING! Who in their right minds admits that, especially to the Jew of their 18-year-old dreams! (So that it’s not all on me, who the hell says that? How was I supposed to respond…my year and major?)</div>
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I must have done something right. I woke up Sunday morning with a facebook friend request. At 11:04 am when I accepted, I was positive I had landed my NJB and was ready to call my search off. </div>
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PSA: I most definitely have fond feelings for my awkward, completely nerdy, Jewish sorority, even if I did want to quit the Friday before sisterly bonding week was over, and even though my sisters dropped me on my head once during a trust exercise (trust you right off a cliff).</div>
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*I was asked to take my sorority name down, because the "H" word was included. Apparently that's some sort of myth that the Greek system participates in that.</div>
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One was my cousin, one had a speech impediment (as mentioned before), one had been my enemy since birth, and the others were…well I am still not their type. (A girl can still dream of my best Jewish friend’s brother.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Moral of this list: I wanted to go to a college where I would meet Jewish boys. (I mean top universities were also a priority.) Thus, I found the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Jewish students here make up 10% of the student population…about 4,000 Jews. With some rough calculations, I decided there were about 2,000 Jewish boys…1,800 straight, Jewish boys…1,000 single, straight, Jewish boys. That’s a lot more than seven in Montgomery, Alabama. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>At 18, I was ready to embark on the second stage of my search. 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Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>If Urban Dictionary asked me to define prom I would say: An expensive night that causes great stress in the weeks following up to it and high expectations that will never be met. It also causes painfully funny memories that at the time are simply embarrassing and sad. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><i style="">Peggy: Laurie how was your prom?</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style=""> </span>Laurie: I spent a lot of money on a dress, hair and nails for a night that society tells me is supposed to be GREAT, and I am not even FB friends with either of my dates anymore. What do you think?</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>In the summer following 11<sup>th</sup> grade, I joined the restaurant industry. My smile, friendliness and door opening skills scored me a job as a Smiling People Greeter (better known as an SPG or a hostess) at Ruby Tuesday. I got to work with alcoholics, baby daddies, spoiled kids and college dropouts! Not only did I get to work with these fantastic characters, I became friends with them…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>So when my senior prom rolled around, I was presented with the same problem I faced the year before. I resorted to asking the semi-decent looking ex-druggie/alcoholic I worked with after begging my parents telling them that if I went stag to prom I would just perish right in the middle of senior lead out.<span style=""> </span>The ex-druggie/alcoholic said he would be honored to go with me and he was so happy I asked. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Everything was perfect, I was taking a recovering addict, all of my best friends were going and I had the tickets in hand. This was all true until the Friday a week before the big show. After being told the doctor doesn’t think prom would be good for the addict, I let a new form of rejection set in. (I mean really, could I get any lower than going to prom with someone who has serious problems…?)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I cried, and cried, and cried a bit more in third block study hall with the rest of the girls who had their free periods. It was decided that I would go with a boy nicknamed Nub. His nickname describes the look of one of his not-so-much-there arms. Fine. I was desperate. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Everything was fixed. I was taking a blind date who stood out in a crowd. No biggie. That was all true until the next night when I got a call saying that he could no longer go with me. (To recap, we are at two rejections.)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>No worries though, I got another blind date who actually took me to the dance. He was very friendly, very nice, very short and a decent dancer. However, things went down at our after party at the bowling alley. He left with another girl in our prom group. No big deal, I just became the 13<sup>th</sup> wheel in the prom party without an actual way to get home. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>To have a really quick recap we are now at three rejections in the time span of a week. I wasn’t even actively searching for my NJB this time. PROM: the most Hellish experience I have ever been through…</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>So much for high school, on to college to find my NJB.</p> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac>Nice Jewish Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03145035324645217093noreply@blogger.com0