A while back I was having dinner with a friend of mine. We were talking but couldn’t help but over hear a conversation with the young couple next to us. They were obviously college kids, and young college kids. I think they were freshman or sophomores.
The guy is obviously trying to impress the girl because he’s talking about what great shape he’s in. The look on her face was one of boredom. This didn’t inhibit his long but not really well thought out speech. The young man moved from how much he’s been working out and running to how much he weighs. This is where the conversation went downhill really fast.
He said to the young woman “I weigh almost as much as I did two years ago. Actually I should only weigh about 5 or 10 pounds more than you.”
My friend and I looked at each other with and I said, “Did he just say what I thought he said?”
My fiend said “yep.”
That’s right folks, he’s talking to a pretty slim young woman who obviously is proud her looks and this dim wit says to here, “I should only weigh about 5 or 10 pounds more than you.” About a millisecond after he said this, her faced changed, her body language changed and the mood was a bit more sullen.
Obviously he didn’t understand what he said to her was stupid because he continued on, saying how fit he was and that he’s in great shape and want to start lifting more and how she’s in good shape and again came told her he should only be about 10 pounds more than her and on and on he went. It was kind of painful to see.
My buddy and I left before they did. He was still gabbing about his new found fitness. As my friend and I walked home I said to him, “And that is why that guy is still a virgin.”
I was never smooth with the ladies and have my share of stupid things I’ve said to women so I really can’t say I’m any better than this guy was, however, being on the road fight off the groupies has educated me on how to talk to women. And guess what, I still don’t know what I’m doing. I would like to think that I know how to talk to women but like all men, I’m wrong. Every time I think I have an idea, I’m wrong. At least I’ve learned through trial and error what not to say. I’m still learning that list is bigger than I’ll ever know.
So my advice to the young man would be, pay attention to what you’re saying and don’t talk about yourself, talk about her. She’ll ask you when she wants to talk about you. And never, no matter what size the woman is, say, I should only weigh about 10 pounds more than you.
Pavel
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