El Brujo Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 This evening I applied a coat of varnish to some parts for 3 new sofas I'm building for my house. Mostly they're so I can invite the chess club over for potlucks, but my divorced neighbor says he wants to get back in the game, and he wants me to invite some singles groups over for potlucks too. Meetup groups live and die by the competency of their organizers. What do the dating gurus say about guys who spend most of their off-work time at home, making things, and then allofasudden they start hosting happenin' get-togethers in a part of town where get-togethers are hard to come by?
sid3 Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 How happenin' are these get togethers going to be? Are you bringing back the key parties from seventies? 1
Disillusioned Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) IME potlucks and costume parties are more fun than your usual drink-a-thons. Women are always saying they want a man who can make them laugh, so why not host a little stand-up comedy bit while you're at it? I'd bet you any money there aren't many other singles groups doing that. Edited January 26, 2013 by Disillusioned
phineas Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 Word of advice, get a woman friend to come over & look the place over first. As a divorced guy whose furniture was composed of Craigslist findings & the miss-matched stuff I had in the basement from my single days, mine eyes were opened to just how the college look is ok when you are in college but just kinda creepy when you are almost 40. I spend a lot of time working on my home also. This winter my goal is to finish some trim work & tile a shower.
Author El Brujo Posted January 26, 2013 Author Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Well, when I'm done with the place, it's not going to look like a Frankenstein monster. While personally I know there's truth to the saying that straight men can't decorate, the house was in bad shape when I got stuck with it; it looked like the Grapes of Wrath people would be embarrassed to live in it. When I'm done building the sofas, painting the walls, etc etc, people will be able to walk in and tell that it's the home of someone who likes to do a first-class job of making things... all the furniture will be dark wood... nothing mismatched the way it was when I started working on it. This is partly due to the fact that dark walnut is the only color stain I have plenty of... I really want one of those saw clocks to hang on the wall, but OTOH it might send the message that here lives a man who's TOO into his work. So, no saw clock for the living room. Edited January 26, 2013 by El Brujo
Disillusioned Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 Actually, I'm using the contour of the seated human butt. :lol: The sofas look kind of like the stylized letter B logo used by Bertone auto body styling.
StanMusial Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 Just try like hell to make sure some females show up. Just based on the context of this situation, I am thinking it might be a sword fight. I once went to this supposedly "happening" party that this one girl threw. She basically invited a bunch of dudes that I suppose she considered potential suitors. There was about 70 or 80 guys there and the hostess and her two friends. Me and my buddy stayed about 10 minutes. Which was 10 minutes too long. PS. That "girl" is now in her 40's and still single.
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