Monday, 18 June 2012
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I'm Too Hot for You
Mr. Dog and Carrie Bradshaw sure make an odd couple. I think she's giving him the Szechuan Treatment. Confused? Read on.
Having no money killed any dreams of living and interning in New York City this summer, so I’ve decided to live vicariously through Sex and the City.Now, I know you either love Ms. Bradshaw or think she looks like the ugly cousin of a horse. And I know some people think she raids her dead granny’s closet for clothes. But I’m of the opinion that she’s kind of sexy in an, “I have a ridiculous dancer’s body and I always come up with sick column topics,” kind of way.
So I’ve stolen one for this post. I’ve called it the Szechuan Treatment. For those who are asking W.T.F. is Szechuan, it’s just a style of Chinese food. I’ll set the scene.
Carries just had sex with Mr. Big (Woops, it was the first date). Following on from sex on the floor, Big takes Carrie out to dinner. They run into a male friend of Carrie’s, who’s on a date. Carrie’s friend doesn’t introduce the woman he’s with because, as he later admits to Carrie, he thinks she’s “too ugly,” for introductions. That’s why he takes her to the shitty Szechuan joint that Big took Carrie to.
Cue Carrie’s paranoia. She’s broken her “no sex on the first date rule,” and is convinced that Big is hiding her out in a cheap-ass restaurant because he’s too embarrassed to introduce her to the rest of New York as his living, breathing girlfriend.
Ask yourself this question: Have you ever dated someone you thought you were too good for? Have you ever given someone the Szechuan Treatment?
If you’re not sure think about it.
1) Did you fuck, and then take them for Szechuan (or equivalent), safe in the knowledge there was no chance you would meet anyone you knew?
2) Were you too embarrassed to introduce them to your friends because, in your opinion, they’re a great fuck but also got hit with the ugly stick?3) Did you only meet them in the safety of your own house?
4) Did you just look at them and think “Oh, you’re lovely but I can’t possibly risk my gene pool on you?”
Here’s my two cents. I definitely didn't apply the Szechuan treatment to my girlfriend. In fact, I’m very lucky to have her, as you can tell by this list. It's not a pity party, just a few reasons why she's great.
And luckily for Carrie, Big wasn’t doling out the S. Treatment. He just digs greasy Chinese food.Have you given someone the Szechuan Treatment? Have you ever realized that you’ve been on the receiving end of the Szechuan Treatment?
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Never given, or been given the Szechaun treatment. If anyone did that to me I would tell them where to stick their chopsticks!
a) i had no idea that d-ish hired any interns from outside the city. why did this trend suddenly start? (not that i'm necessarily against it, just curious is all.)
b) i assure you there is no place in this city you can go where you have zero risk of running into someone you know. i have bumped into people in the lower east side who are from the northern bronx, people that i knew from california, people i met on a bus, people from undergrad that i hadn't seen for years. i have (inadvertently) hit on girls at clubs that i knew in elementary school. my friend has his current apartment because he bumped into an old colleague as he was exiting the train, and she was entering. i heard a story about a woman getting fired because her boss was (coincidentally) sitting behind her at a restaurant as she told her friend about sensitive company information.
there is NO notion of privacy around here. the only place you are 100% safe from people is in your own apartment. so no, there is no restaurant around, szechuan or not, where this is a realistic scenario. (yay for tv shows being removed from reality.)
c) as for getting the szechuan treatment. the closest i've ever gotten was kind of the opposite, where a girl wanted to bring me to meet your friends (and played it off as an accident) because she wanted them to figure out if i was gay. (obviously, i didn't know this ahead of time.) when she told me that's what she was trying to do, i was like...okay, you're kind of fat, and your friends are all kind of fat. none of you have anything going for you in life. talk to me when you get on the fucking treadmill, and probably finish your degree too.
@TheNotoriousGOD@xanga - I can't tell you for sure how long its been the case, but when I applied there was the option for remote interning.
@lovelife - ah, that makes sense. i'm actually surprised that that didn't start happening sooner. i feel like this isn't really a job that requires you to sit in an office.
sorry your dreams didn't work out, by the way. i remember struggling to get internships even when i was in grad school. it fucking sucked. better luck next year. this summer, i will drink twice as much and fuck twice as many girls on your behalf.
if mr.big is rich, why doesn't he just rent a ritzy hotel and order room service. he's probably actually the limo driver and borrowed the actual rich guy's limo like jim carrey did in the dumb and dumber movie to pick up that austrian chick or australia or whatever.
No, I would never do that. It's completely disrespectful and rude. I've never been that either. The closest I got was the opposite. I was dating this guy who had a secret girlfriend. Yet, I was the one he took home to meet his mother. Not sure what the heck it was about, but I think he was using me to make him look good!
2 props for a decent post, -1 for reminding me that Sex in the City exists.
Having been on both sides of the attractiveness scale in the past (I clean up well, but I've been a sack of shit most of my life) I don't really appreciate this sort of thing. Then again there's always the bastard who breaks game theory and somehow miraculously lands a woman far better than something he should ever be able to achieve... and that, like most people, I'm sure we've all been there and done that...
Only thing is, except for the once in a while moment of weakness where you do something you regret (read, something you shouldn't have done) then you should never really associate with anybody if you think that being caught with them would be devastating to either party... (political intrigue aside)
People have worth, however novel, greater than the sum of their parts.
Really anyone who does this is sort of a terrible human being.
Amiright?!
I dated a guy for a while who I knew wasn't "in my league" in terms of attractiveness, but I was never embarrassed by him or anything. I thought he was a really nice guy and I had fun going out with him, so we saw each other for a couple of months. I don't know why anybody would associate with somebody that embarrassed them that much. Seems odd to me but, then again, people are odd.
I'm dating psychically beneath my ex. which is an awful thing to say but quite true. But I like him as a person-- and that is a good enough reason for me to go out and parade him!
Actually, I would not be warry about being seen with him because he may be deemed as unattractive-- but rather he's Caucasian and I'm Asian. In the country I live in... that combination results in very angry glares from the locals and shopkeepers trying to gouge my boyfriend for money-- making the (wrong) assumption that he makes a lot and I'm pimping my soul to get a share of his bling.
I've never believed in the "she/he is way out of your leauge"
Everyone has their flaws, no one is perfect. As long as the two enjoy each others company, i dont see why anyone would be too good for one another. As a matter of fact, if you truly believed that he/she is way beneath you... you probably wouldnt have even bothered going... well, anywhere with her. And if you did... then maybe they're actually way beneath themselves to not admit being attracted to them in the first place.
I did HAPPEN to go to a Chinese place (that I'd wanted to visit for a while) with a guy on the first date, and it went terribly. :P He was recovering from some kind of serious cold and decided to go for one of the spiciest dishes on the menu. Oops! I the end he kept giving me bits of his dish to give mine more of a kick. -.- He wasn't bad-looking but was terribly awkward, even for a first date.
I never did this to anyone, but I did have it done to me, sort of. :( Sucks.
My ex and I were sort of back together and instead of going out to see a movie or do dinner he would rather hang out at my house. Every time I suggested we go do something he would try to guilt me into spending alone time with him. Later I found out he was ashamed to be seen in public with me. He was telling his friends awful things about me behind my back and I guess he was scared of running into them while being out with me. God forbid he gets caught being 2 faced....loser.
@stanlee255@xanga - you should try to give her the respect that she deserves. Instead of thinking of her like your ex's replacement, think of her as another friend. They definitely deserve respect and courtesy right? But it sounds like you may still be a little too hung over your ex and not completely ready to move on to a new relationship.
@ OP : This is a hilarious post. Mostly because of the name haha. And no I haven't given or received this treatment. Why date someone you don't consider in your league?
This post made me laugh. Haha. No, I've never done that to anyone. Maybe, it's been done to me before, but I'm not sure?!
I wouldn't give someone the time of day if I thought that badly of them.
I've always went out with guys who other people believed were below my level I guess? And of course, my friends wait to tell me AFTER the break up and some of them are adamant about how much better I could do. I dunno, I thought the guys I dated were pretty cute at the time. People who don't know me or the guys I've dated would think I'm crazy because each and every single of my boyfriends were (apparently) not as good looking and were of a lower socioeconomic class than me. Hell, my second boyfriend used to ask me for lunch money every other day.
There have been times where I've been too embarrassed to introduce my boyfriend at the time to my friends though. I wasn't allowed to date so there was no way in hell I was going to introduce them to my family. I think what people kept telling me eventually got to me.
Right now I like a friend who I feel is out of my league. He's really hot and he's always got other girls after him. He's one of my closest friends and we tell each other almost everything, but unfortunately he doesn't like me back. I feel so unworthy of him and feel that he could do way better than me, but I still hope that I have a chance with him in the future,
That is absolutely disgusting behavior.
First of all, you should never be so shallow that you're EMBARRASSED to be seen with someone based on their looks.
Secondly, if you ARE embarrassed to be seen with them, why did you have sex with them in the first place?!
This is so disrespectful. ugh.
Is it sad that I knew exactly what episode you were referring to when you mentioned Carrie and the Chinese place? haha.. yeah maybe a little...
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I used to date a guy who was the opposite.He always said he was proud to be seen with me whenever we were out in public and he apparently (his own casual statement) used to show his friends photos of me. (as in, "look who I'm shagging at the moment!")
But he didn't want me actually meeting or talking to anyone because my personality was 'weird and a disappointment'
I wish Sex & the City would come to Instant Netflix already.
& as far as dating goes, if I think they're too "ugly" to introduce to anyone I know, I wouldn't be dating them. & I'm not into one night stands.
I don't think I've ever gotten this treatment. I've dated guys that I was clearly seeing for personality and not looks. I'm generally fine with being seen with him because I like him. However, after things go south and are broken off, that is when I'm embarrassed. After things go south I no longer enjoy his personality and so having dated this person is all around embarrassing. But as far as while I'm dating the person I have no qualms.
I've never done that before, though I'm sure it's been done to me. Actually not even a question, my ex used to make sure we were never seen together in public and whenever we'd run into a friend of hers she'd run over to them, not introduce me and just leave me in the background.
Once upon a time I had sex with someone and didn't tell a single soul. (But he told fucking everyone) It was great sex, really, but he's the guy that's the butt of everyone's jokes, and I couldn't handle that.