So much for "traditional" dating
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So much for "traditional" dating
| Wed, 02-23-2005 - 3:48pm |
A female friend of my brother recently attended a lecture. Most of the attendees were significantly older than her but there was one young handsome guy. The two chatted for a bit and exchanged phone numbers. The woman asked the man how old he is. He refused to answer.
The woman had mentioned in passing that she typically dates men who are older than her and she suspected that this guy might be younger. She told him that age is really not a dealbreaker so there's no reason why he should feel the need to keep it a secret. He had said that he was working on a Master's degree so she already knew that the age differences couldn't be huge since he'd have to be at least 22. . He still refused to tell his age.
She decided not to go out with him.

I think he should have answered, but I also think that it's a tad weird to just ask some guy right out front like that how old he is. Is he nice? Attractive? Intelligent? Then why would she ask him, unless she's got some kind of rule about it?
If I were the guy, I'd feel like she was just trying to find some reason to not go out with me if she just flat-out asked me how old I was like that.
Chalk it up to both of them being a tad "off", with it mostly him (if she's at all cute, he should've just rolled the dice and answered).