mayonnaise and the meaning of love
just in case you thought i was a tad insane for my dating list of a while back, trust me: there are way worse people out there.
Dates with bad grammar. Yankees fans. Actors. Indecisive dates. ("Where do you want to go?" "I dunno, you?") A man who wears a backpack, or socks with his sandals. A woman who can't give good directions to her house. A man who likes pink drinks. A woman who drives a black Pontiac Grand Am with gold rims. A man who kisses you and says, "Yummy!" A woman who wears a tight leopard-print top."Any girl that orders a salad as her meal at dinner," says Koonal Gandhi, 27, who shares a place with Joe Peters in upper Northwest Washington. That's an indication she is "very self-conscious about either how she looks or eating in front of other people."
"I do have one guy who I actually stopped dating 'cause he didn't know what paella was," says Jenn Lee, a pediatrician who used to live in New York and now lives in Sterling. The gap in knowledge was a sign to her, she says, "that the guy wasn't cultured. How could you live in New York for 10 years and not experience paella?"
Denisa Canales has had a number of breakups; one because a guy was allergic to her cats, and one because she didn't trust a guy's pit bull. More recently, she left a guy over a crucial difference of opinion concerning her shoes.
(trust me, the shoes sound hideous.)
nothing really add to the article, except i found it pretty entertaining. that, and there's an anecdote in there about a guy who can't stand people who love mayonnaise. which i find telling, because approximately 80% of guys i've ever dated/liked cannot. stand. mayonnaise. they will visibly shudder at the mention of it. but me? i'm a mayo kind of gal. i'll slather it on anything remotely appropriate. it makes a sandwich that much tastier. you can even make delicious chocolate cakes with it. tommy is one of the people i've dated who hate the stuff, but yet, he manages to put up with me.
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Real mayo, or store-bought fake-ass mayo? And this pink drinks girl just needs to be introduced to Pink Gin.
all the mayo!
Your inclusivity is charming, but I have to say: blecch.
How could someone not like mayo? I can understand for health reasons considering it's oil and fat. But other than that, what's wrong with the "taste" of mayo?
What about tuna/chicken/egg salad? It has to have mayo. Also, a turkey sandwich without mayo is downright un-American!
Things I've enjoyed with mayo... french fries, burgers, fritter dipping sauce (2 parts mayo, 1 part ketchup, dab of hot sauce), and BLTs. On a related note, Steven Colbert suggests you avoid the mayo in a BLT and go for a BBBBLT (i.e. replace the mayo for rendered pork fat).
i once had a mayo vs. mustard discussion with a friend, and she told me that mustard is more of a jewish condiment whereas mayo was more of a gentile condiment. just thought i'd share.
I think people want to prove themselves as worthy of being so picky - they have SO MANY options, then can dismiss others for humorous-anecdote-generating reasons. PLEASE. How many people have we all dated despite their quirks and foibles, as long as we were into them? If you are noticing shit like mayo and lack of paella knowledge, and using said shit as a reason to break up, you are not feeling the other person. Period. I hate that article.
BTW, mayo = white death. Nasty.
kriston, you're the man. and mayonnaise is for poor people.
uh, why is kriston the man? besides his general awesomeness, that is. KATHRYN made that comment above, if that's what you're talking about.
btw, i mostly agree with kathryn...i think generally people just have a general feeling they don't like a person, but they like to assign a particular reason for their dismissal of said person a) because they like having something specific rather than, eh, they just weren't doing it for me or b) they like to be able to tell funny stories. which i understand.
Anyone see Scrubs on Tuesday? This is the same discussion from the show. JD was going to break up with the girl he was dating (whatshername?) because she never laughed and instead said "that's so funny!". In the end he dumps her for something valid instead of his usual immature hang ups.
it's also very seinfeldian, as i think the article mentions...
Tomas, you raise valid points. For the record, all weird-ass non-vegetable salads have to either be reformulated to involve olive oil instead of mayo, or avoided altogether.
It's just not an appealing condiment. I used to hate mustard, but I've come around. Same thing with olives. Even pickles are slowly growing on me. But mayo? No no no.
I think jon's saying that I'm the man irrespective of my position on the mayo debate. And I've never met a mayo I didn't like.
I bet I could make a mayo you wouldn't like.
oh, snap. major blog faux pas. sorry kriston, you're still the man but everyone is laughing at your poor ass when they see what you have on your sandwich.
Just when you think people you dont know wont find your blog!?! haha. I'm glad you found entertainment in the washington post article concerning dating pet peeves, highlighting yours truly. for the record, the shoes are WAY cute! and that guy is a total dick in life...
I actually wore the shoes to work the other day and got a compliment from my boss.
Makes me smile you included me in your blog though --- meeting Libby (from the post) at a bar one night, was probably one of the most random, and hilarious things i've ever done. And the picture that was half a page in the style section? (also on my myspace) that one will go down in history with me and my friends!!!
trust me... there are people who are way more particular out there than you when it comes to dating (and they're creepy!). I'm just not one of them :)
- from the girl who doesnt take shit from any guy, on any given day :)
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