Come and prove that you ain't no bottle poppin' girl
DABA Girl #1: “Alright this sabbatical of yours has gone on long enough missy. Frankly, it’s selfish. As my emergency contact I need you within a 10-mile radius of me at all time. What use are you to me holed up in San Francisco?
DABA Girl #2: I’m busy dealing with my posttraumatic stress. My Prince Charming turned out to be a Prince Harming and I’m pretty sure the “it’s not me, it’s the recession” excuse has been played out. Either this blog has rendered me fundamentally unable to have a functional relationship or something actually is wrong with me… Is it my hips?
DABA Girl #1: Did you just quote Clueless?
DABA Girl #2: Yes and I still maintain that it is a cinematic masterpiece. It’s so deep. I mean, I would be much more social if my going out clothes weren’t so constricting.
DABA Girl #1: Home girl, you need to hightail it back to The Big Apple before all the good guys are taken. Do you want a repeat of the winter of ’05?
DABA Girl #2: That was my first winter on the East Coast! How was I to know that: (a) a boyfriend was necessary during the winter to ward off seasonal depression and (b) all the good ones are on lockdown by Thanksgiving?
DABA Girl #1: I know, I know I blame myself for not giving you a heads on that one, which is why if you will just agree to get on a plane back to NYC I will have dates lined up and waiting for you. Refresh me of your requirements: min 6′1”, EA*, appreciates California (whatever that means), orders his steak more rare than medium… what else?
DABA Girl #2: Prefers Picasso to Dali and knows my sizing in La Perla.
DABA Girl #1: What happened to Ivy League educated and former D1 athlete?
DABA Girl #2: Dude, I can’t be too picky. Thanksgiving is a mere two months away. Still, worst comes to worst I’ll just move back to San Francisco.
DABA Girl #1: Oh no you didn’t! We’re in this together my friend. ‘Til death do us part. And referring to me as “dude” only makes me resent California that much more.
DABA Girl #2: Don’t you mean ’til one of us gets married do us part?
DABA Girl #1: Marriage, death, same thing.
DABA Girl #2: You have a point, albeit a dramatic one. I mean marriage is fine for a Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy, but in real life there is something cheesy about all that fanfare.
DABA Girl #1: Exactly. Marriage is archaic. I’m over it. You’re stuck with me and therefore must faithfully fulfill your duties as my emergency contact.
DABA Girl #2: Fine, but I want a line of suitors literally waiting outside my door when I make my triumphant return.
DABA Girl #1: Done.
DABA Girl #2: and AND please brief them ahead of time that I require an actual phone call and under no circumstances should I be asked on a date via text message.
DABA Girl #1: What happened to not being too picky?
DABA Girl #2: A DABA Girl still has priorities.
DABA Girl #1: Okay well be sure and make the above event a priority because b t dubs, you’re hosting it with me.
*note latest DABA vocab word: EA=emotionally available
Tags: all for africa, cain, clueless, L'atruist, Prince Harming
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Welcome back, just about time. So, California is where you’ve been. What did I tell you about Entrepreneurs being the new bankers? Apparently all my precious advice has fallen on deaf ears. How can you abide in entrepreneurs paradise and still moan about the lack of a suitable boyfriend?
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Aww, you’re back! I missed you!
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yay! Welcome back! I seriously let out a small shriek at work when I saw your new post! Hope you had a fantabulous summer!
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so what is your la perla size? i’m in.
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This is a great entry!
Almost everything in here, esp the East Coast / California things, resonates just right. Maybe bc I am a California native, mostly raised on the East Coast, and now working in Los Angeles.
I’m also 6′1″ and a former D1 athlete; alas I am a lawyer not a banker. Also, I’m not too sure what counts as “emotionally available”…. Does preferring solitude while I watch my team play on college football saturdays mean I’m emotionally unavailable?? -
Welcome back. Just in time to witness my triumphant departure from the legal profession.
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Thank God; you guys were killing me with the long absence! I’m sorry things didn’t work out for you DABA Girl #2 but I think I speak for many when I say welcome back : )
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… asked on a date via text message? What is happening to the art of doing something face to face?
*sigh*
The ongoing struggles of the insecure and unflattering. -
Hi girls/ladies/etc.
I just ran into your site and I found it to be pretty interesting. B T dubz, welcome back. I need some advice badly. I am a gay man who is masculine with a great sence of style, I’ve been lucky enough to have dated many successful man. However, I’ve yet to be able to actually keep one for long term. I’ve been single for some years now and I’ve come to another point in my life where I’ve met another successful man. He has a warm genuine personality but he is a person in high power. The situation is, how do I go about this situation? I want to know how do you keep your relationship with men of ‘power’? is there a secret? If so, email me please. I would appreciate the help.
Sincerely,
The Gay Straight Guy.
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Cassidy: “What is happening to the art of doing something face to face?” Uh…most girls get creeped out when you show up uninvited to their home or office.
Gay Straight Guy: “The situation is, how do I go about this situation?” Yeah, you sound like a real catch. But really, every man has only three needs: food, sex and silence. Give him that and you’re set.
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welcome back dabas!!! we missed you so!
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Alas, TGSG, like true love in the straight world, ya gotta be real. If you and the man of power click on all or most levels, there is hope. If not, it may go on for a while, you’ll both have fun while it lasts, then poof! C’est la vie.
The times and tides of a long term commitment work out better when both parties understand and care as much as possible. There really aren’t any shortcuts. Those who marry for money find that they often earn every penny.
Now, dating for power, prestige and high end designer gifts? A whole different iced dish of beluga! Do what you gotta do. All depends on exactly what you are looking for, what stage of you life you’re at.
Had great fun from 21-27. Settled down with Mr. Successful Enough at 28. Still going strong many years later.
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OMG- you girls should write a novel on me. Latest finance guy dating fiasco? Guy asked me out on a date to STARBUCKS. Kid you not. Gave him the benefit of the doubt, since it was a first meeting / coffee date, he was smart, and worked at a hedge fund.
Second date? He took me to a free broker event. I was his replacement “in lieu” of a colleague that couldn’t make it that night.
Yeah. You can’t make this shit up.
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I still am looking for my FBF. Can you post a list of Doos and Don’ts to try and land a FBF? I am very pretty, and smart, and have a job in today’s tough economy. Surely this should be enough to at least get a FBF; maybe not the Managing Director, but at least an analyst with potential! HELP!!!! I want to have a relationship!
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I need a little advice. I have a boyfriend already, I like him alot but don’t think he’s going to marry me. Should I keep at the relationship (we’ve been together for 6 months) or move on. I am 26 years old, have had about 3 boyfriends like him, and want to be married.
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did you guys see this meetup group? cool, im gonna go check it out! Rich guys meet hot girls in NYC!
http://www.meetup.com/Rich-Guys-meet-Pretty-Girls-in-NYC/calendar/11572213/ -
… and you’re officially irrelevant. Hope you enjoyed your 15 minutes, and if you’re smart you can leverage it to get a man who might actually be impressed, so you’re not left old and alone. Try to keep those Loubs out of the dung you’re wading through!
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Hi, I need advise with my boyfriend. We have been together for over a year, but he never brings up marriage. Many of our friends are getting married. Can you tell us how we can make our boyfriends want to marry us?
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You were back ladies, and just like that you were gone again. what gives?
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back and gone again ?
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Its been a month since you are back, but no posts. Are you in hiding or are the days of dabagirls over?
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