How To Avoid Falling In Love." Instantly, it caught my eye. I knew exactly why. I'm semi-
philophobic. But that's not to say that I'm not in love. Or am I? Wait, too personal. Anyway, paraphrasing from the article, here are five ways to avoid falling in love.
1. Date only the wildly inappropriate - Meaning, date your opposite. Not as in sex, but as in personality and character. So if I were single and wanted to avoid falling in love, I'd date a dumbass. I'm not declaring myself to be intelligent but I can't fall in love with someone who can't hold a conversation with substance.
2. Take up recreational complaining - For women, that's a natural man repellent. Can't fall in love if they don't stick around.
3. Pair the bitching and moaning with bragging - "If you're artful enough, you can combine the two. "I'm so tired because I was out all night at a totally new restaurant, fending off some guy named Josh...something...Hartnett? Anyway, apparently he's an actor. I don't know because I don't own a television. I'm far too busy with my literature to watch movies.""
4. Develop an annoying catch phrase and use it annoyingly - "Why? "'Cause I'm a GIRL!" or "Catch ya on the flipside!" are fairly effective man detterents to call into play if a date is going too well. Extra points if you can combine it with an obnoxious hand gesture." (I couldn't have paraphrased it any better.)
5. If, God forbid, you find yourself starting to really like a guy, pick out his negative traits - Magnify the minute details to convince yourself that Mr. Right isn't so right for you.
Number five worked every time...until I met my boyfriend. I didn't see any of his faults. I guess that's why they say love is blind. But I think love is when you acknowledge and accept their faults and still see perfection.
What do you think about this list? Are you guilty of any of these items?
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One, three, and five. I subconsciously date all the wrong girls so that I don't feel disappointed when things don't work out, I brag a lot, though mostly because I am the shit (duh), and I'm quick to notice the little annoying things in anyone I'm starting to like so that I don't get TOO "head over heals" for them.
#5 seems to be a natural ability of most women I've dated.
I do two and three, but have found that five doesn't work if I actually do like the person. I don't think falling in love is something you can really avoid, though.
I do #5 all the time lol.
all besides #4. I probably have annoying habits that I don't even know about.
i couldn't stand a dumbass for five minutes (and vice versa...) lol. nice tips though.
have to go with number one. the others would just drive me up the wall; it's a sad day when you've become annoyed with yourself.
it iznt so much that luv iz blynd az luv iz smelly womyn chooze ther men by scent itz all chemikal no matter wat you do itz how yer brayn respondz to hiz scentÂ
I might do 2, 3, and 4 without knowing it, but I'm hoping I don't. Haha.
I kind of do #5, but I've gotten lucky so far, since the ones I stopped liking actually turned out to be huge jerks or crazy creepers.
i did all of them. and he's still stuck on me.
haha. This is a great article. I'm not sure if I've done any but I'm relatively inexperienced in the dating field.. as I've dated 3 guys & I'm currently in my second relationship, but my first serious relationship. I do complain & whine a bit but my boyfriend is still here.
I agree with you that love is being able to love someone, faults & all.. There's a phrase I use with my former freshman small group members from college: "You're perfect for me." I've learned that when I can accept someone for who they are, that's love.
Eiyyaaa....
It's a good list for avoiding love, but I wouldn't really want to.
Instead, I'm just extremely picky. As in, the guy I even consider dating, I had better already be half in-love with him XD
I'm not the type to mess around. i wouldn't date someone anyway if I didn't think it would get serious. At the same time, I'm avoiding that too now. Hm.
i don't do any of those. haha
but... i've been saying catch you on the flip side lately. as a joke. :'(
I'm pretty good at number 5. Haha. CATCH YA ON THE FLIP SIDE! :) is going to be my new catch phrase.
I am definitely guilty of # 5. But then again, I would not waste my time dating somebody I know will not work out in the end. I would much rather spend my time doing other useful stuff than playing with guys. I have, however, when in situations where I could not escape the date, done just about anything to disappoint the guy. I even put some black paper on my teeth once and mess up my hair to repel an insistent guy. It worked!
This reminds me of the movie 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'
I don't think I would ever date a dumbass. I would rather be single than be desperate.
Are these for how to prevent YOURSELF from falling in love with other people? 'Cuz aside from #1 and #5, everything else sounds like...'how to become obnoxious and annoying to prevent others from falling in love with you'.
But regardless, it's a funny read. =)
take this down...this is so dumb...first off why would u even waste your time going out on a date with a dumb person in the first place? shit dont make sense.
next....
or in other words, how to get people not to like you.
2, 3, and 4 are stupid because just because a guy doesn't like you, doesn't mean you can't like or fall in love with him. falling in love is unavoidable. it just happens. so what are you gonna do, keep dating dumbasses, keep making guys hate you, and keep thinking all guys suck? (I keep saying 'guys' because this is from my perspective)
plus, I have tried number 5, but if you like someone, you can't convince yourself that someone is terrible and stop liking them just because they have a few flaws.
overall, I think this is a kind of ridiculous post, sorrrry :/
Falling in love? No wonder there are so many naive couples. Guess that is one of the mant cues that shows that we all don't know what we're doing.
Haha. Number 1, definitely.
I will try but somehow all these hasn't worked in my way of falling in love.
hahah this is terrible
Wow!
Very good!
thanks lots ill be sure to use them!
haha
I already know and have been using number 5 on your list for years. Works great.