Fashion Girls

Worst. Date. Ever.

One of the recurring storylines in GIRL'S GUIDE is the horrific, terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad dates of Melissa White (the best friend of the main character.)  Not one of Melissa's dates could possibly be as bad as this week's Date Lab:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901100.html

This week's segment was Train Wreck fascinating - the woman seems to be so *completely* self-centered.  I would *never* expect a guy to compliment me on my clothes; especially a cute straw-like handbag.   And calling him on perceived rudeness in the middle of the date, when a waiter asks for his dessert order?!?  I think we have a new way to spell high maintenance....  (The guy seems to be invisible - I got no sense of who he is or what he believes.) 

Now, I know from Jen stopping in here after her DateLab experience that there's some pretty heavy-duty editing going on in these segments.  But somehow, I don't think the editors needed to do a lot of doctoring for this one.

Mindy, still shuddering
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Posted on Sep. 4th, 2006 at 10:56 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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ceolnamara

I don't think the problem is that she's incredibly shallow - it's that she is very Japanese. The mannners thing, the fashion, etc. However, it could be that she's just snobby. I lean towards it being both a cultural and personal disconnect issue.

It is rather rude, in any culture, to eat dessert while your blind date is still eating her meal.

But, I am very conscious of manners, and have been called on being ultra polite to the point people think I don't like them. I'm just rather formal sometimes :-)
Posted on Sep. 5th, 2006 03:42 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]french_teacher

It sounds as if they just didn't hit it off from the git-go. That happens sometimes with blind dates. It can happen even when the match-up sounds good on paper or has been arranged by mutual friends who thought two people would get along pretty well.



Posted on Sep. 5th, 2006 09:58 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]liuseth

It seems like they're deliberately setting people up for sparks, and not in a good way. Reading their profiles, they had nothing in common!

Posted on Sep. 5th, 2006 05:07 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]french_teacher

Did you notice in one of the side bars that an editor is going to be answering questions about the whole Date Lab thing on Wednesday in one those Live On Line sessions the Post does?

I'll probably read the transcript from it after I get home from work.
Posted on Sep. 6th, 2006 12:40 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mindyklasky

When I came home today, I found that the editor had sent me email, asking if she could mention my blog during the chat (if a question is posed where the mention seems appropriate.) I said yes.

I think that the chat sounds interesting - I'm going to try to swing my lunch around that hour! (Ah, the luxuries of having a lunch hour! - I know!)
Posted on Sep. 6th, 2006 12:44 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]french_teacher

I've read the transcript, and I'm going to guess that the question from Washington, DC, about how much gets left on the cutting room floor came from you?

Posted on Sep. 7th, 2006 01:16 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]mindyklasky

Bingo! I tried to offer a couple of questions where she could mention Virtual Cocktails, but she didn't. (Totally her prerogative, of course!) I thought that the chat was interesting - it sounds like the editors are totally aware of the fact that they're having fun (not creating Great Journalistic Works of Honor) within proper journalistic restraints.
Posted on Sep. 7th, 2006 10:38 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]engineerinhell

She, on a whole, seems to be very disconnected from reality...her dream date is shopping, then a marriage proposal? Get real. And while compliments are nice, why compliment someone on their clothes? Clothes can be changed...personality, and other things tend to be less mutable.

And, yes, I self-describe as a geek, but the portrait they paint of her isn't that of someone I'd even consider dating. Though, of course, if you don't trust the source...but, then, a lot of people don't talk to each other anymore: it's all cellphone, IM, and one-line emails. I shudder at the current state-of-the-art in interpersonal communications (or, at least, the way it's used by the majority of people).

Oh...was bored a couple weeks ago: graphic commentary on cellphones.
Posted on Sep. 6th, 2006 07:33 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mindyklasky

You know, I really dislike cell phones. If they went out of existence *now*, I really wouldn't miss mine. I keep it for emergencies, and for the occasional "I'm here where we said we'd meet, where are you" calls.

Now, I met my husband online, so I'm not opposed to *all* technology :-)
Posted on Sep. 8th, 2006 12:44 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]engineerinhell

I had a prepaid cell phone, but only really used it when travelling (rarely), and as a timepiece; a $10 watch is more useful for that, and a cell phone isn't useful enough to be worth $100/yr for the measly few hours I'd use it ($100 for a year of service and two and a half hours of time). Of course, that's because I don't give the number to people, because it's pre-paid....

On the other hand, I'm online a lot, and use email, IM, and phone, and all that...but I worked in IT this summer, and was constantly running around talking to people, which was atypical. (Everyone had a blackberry or similar, and tended to avoid face-to-face if they could.) Going to a geek school also means that most people have cell phones, but I don't see any real advantage unless one is doing consulting work, or something.
Posted on Sep. 9th, 2006 12:25 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply