chinajan and I were discussing this the other night and I'd be interested in your take on something we both think.
I was out on Saturday night with chinajan and ended up snogging some charva. I gave her my phone number in the full expectation that, because she and I were absolutely slaughtered, that she would not call me. She hasn't, but that's by the by.
She would have failed the mates' test. In other words, if I had introduced this woman (or a woman like her) to my friends and announced that she was my girlfriend, jaws would have hit the floor as my mates would think that, appearance- and personality-wise, I could do better.
In the back of my mind, and apparently chinajan's too, is the mates' test for potential partners.
Do you operate such a system, or do you think it is hopelessly shallow?
Do YOU have the mates' test?
My best mate never particularly liked my ex, although he didn't tell me until we split up!
He was right not to like her though - yes, she had this innocent look about her, but deep down she was a calculating, fucked up bitch!
He was right not to like her though - yes, she had this innocent look about her, but deep down she was a calculating, fucked up bitch!
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Feelin' ya, fella.Major James Setup wrote:My best mate never particularly liked my ex, although he didn't tell me until we split up!
He was right not to like her though - yes, she had this innocent look about her, but deep down she was a calculating, fucked up bitch!
But that's part of the male friends' rule. Women will bitch about a friend's boyfriend until they're blue in the face - women have this annoying habit of listening to their friends too much.
With men however, we keep quiet until the relationship is over and then bitch - you have to support your friend's choices.
But do you have a pre-relationship mates' test?
Erm... kinda!
My best mate was with me the moment I first met Becky, and after she had left the room he said "Those ears are a bit manic, mate, and I don't think there's much between them either".
I brushed off his comments and spent the next 6 months as her boyfriend!
My best mate was with me the moment I first met Becky, and after she had left the room he said "Those ears are a bit manic, mate, and I don't think there's much between them either".
I brushed off his comments and spent the next 6 months as her boyfriend!
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I trust you do not include me in this gross generalisation? You do recall that I actually gave this person your number because you couldn't remember it?johnnyboy wrote:
But that's part of the male friends' rule. Women will bitch about a friend's boyfriend until they're blue in the face - women have this annoying habit of listening to their friends too much.
With men however, we keep quiet until the relationship is over and then bitch - you have to support your friend's choices.
Beer goggles a-go-go you tart.
Definitely you're not part of that generalisation, Jan. As we have discussed many times before, your male outlook on life is very refreshing.chinajan wrote:I trust you do not include me in this gross generalisation? You do recall that I actually gave this person your number because you couldn't remember it?
Beer goggles a-go-go you tart.
I forgot about forgetting my number! Beer milk-bottles more like!
Some charvas can be quite attractive - when they're naked and all their Chav kit has been kicked under the bed! 
Always wear a rubber though - you never know how many boy racers have parked their gear stick up her entrance!
Always wear a rubber though - you never know how many boy racers have parked their gear stick up her entrance!
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