Okay. Two times this year, as a junior in college, I've been set up on blind dates. Well...I set myself up for the second one. The first time was a roomie's night out, which means that a girl's roommate calls a guy up and asks him out for her, then they go out as a group with other girls on the hall that have been fixed up. The girl I was fixed up with was pretty unattractive. I mean I suppose she could've had a beard, but it just wasn't good. She wasn't really that good of a date. She barely talked to me at all. I wound up talking to another girl that was with us most of the time. Yeah...not that fun. Luckily the next day I met my girlfriend (not the same girl).

This second time, I put myself in a date auction on Friday night--kinda like Groundhog Day. Although this date auction didn't turn out like GD. That might be because I'm not Bill Murray. To myself, I think I'm the hero of the movie, but to others...I'm more like Chris Elliott. So I wound up getting sold to this really ugly, weird Russian chick. She's so weird that she stalks the WEIRD guys on the hall. I seriously thought that of all the girls I'm friends with, one of them would've tried to win me. Instead, they let me get stuck with someone I didn't know and didn't want to know. Shoot...this chick doesn't even know me. Oh...and another thing that pisses me off is that she expects me to take her out, even though the rules for the date auction clearly stated that she was supposed to take me out. Well, it doesn't really piss me off that much, because it puts me at a strategic advantage to call the shots.

So yeah...blind dates suck. Before I even heard back from this Russian chick about the date, I asked out another girl at work. I've had WAY better luck going out with the girls I want to ask out. It's not really luck then, though. It's common sense.

So how should I weasel out of it? How, if I wanted to be the nice guy I am, could I make for a time of decent chit-chat, but be standoff-ish at the same time and make sure she won't stalk me or get that attached?

Well, make it clear from the start that you're just there beccause of the auction deal.

Let this be a lesson to you!

being a male gigalo isn't all its cracked up to be, is it?

Step 1) Notice a girl you actually like.

Step 2) Talk to her.

Step 3) ???

Step 4) Profit!

QFT. Also, dont be a punk and lead her on. And dont be weak and just run off and not tell her. Flat out tell her u just want to be friends. It can be done, just spit it out, it's not that hard.

^ What she said

I asked a girl out. She was mildly out of my league, but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway. I first asked her if she wanted to go see a movie, she said perhaps (and having not gotten a negative response, I thought I was a shoe in). The next day, I asked her when she wanted to go. She said she couldn't because she had plans with her boyfriend (I stomped on the breaks right there). I told her "no problem, maybe some other time". Atleast this kinda made it look like I wanted to do it as friends. One of my other friends analyzed the situation and he said that it was in 66% favor of me. He said that the reason she didn't mention she had a boyfriend was because...
1.) She forgot she had one.
2.) She didn't want to frighten me away from her.
3.) She didn't really have one, but didn't want to go out with me.
But hey, you never know unless you ask.

Psh, leading girls on is one of the most fun things ever.

blind dates are fun. you go into it without a care and just be yourself. if she's not to talkative then just start blabbing on about stupid stuff.
good times. i love blind dates.

I definitely learned that they're called blind dates because it seems like you've gotta be blind to enjoy them.