Goon is $10 for a big box with a cooler bag full of "wine".

Ah, Ernest and Julio Gallo, I see.

Haha no, I dont know shit about wine, so I grabbed one that scored highly.

what else you gonna do?

^^ Buy scotch or vodka. They taste better anyhow. Or go with a good craft beer. Don't just buy wine cause it's a chick coming over. Many of them like a quality craft brew too.

No I like wine (and she does too), I just don't know shit about it, so I buy the inexpensive stuff that gets highly rated. It's always worked well.

Hey this thread is NOT about my drink selection lol.

What a man drinks says a lot about the man. what a man buys for his date says even more about what he thinks of his date. Don't be cheap!

Only a pretentious asshole would buy a $20 bottle when you can get a wine as good for $10.

I have no problem establishing early and often that I'm I'm a terrible cheapskate, and also a broke grad student - and while I appreciate the feedback I can definitely state that this has not hampered my luck with the opposite sex (my big stupid mouth does that).

As far as what a man drinks says about him.... well unless it's Zima I'm inclined to disagree, but while I drink everything, I only recently discovered that I do like wine now, so I'm eager to explore.

My local wine store specifically has a section of high scoring wines for under $10, and unless you leave the price tag on, no one will ever know. It's more about the quality of it than the expense, because unless she's a class A sommelier it's unlikely she'll instantly know the price of any given bottle.

Scotch, vodka, and micro/craft brews (and Dos Equis) plus the occassional cider (BJ's Berry Burst is excellent). Pretty much it for me.

Dave Chapelle explains the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymNdfdQvdVc

" it's because I don't intend to call her again " --- well, why a first then ? stoopid.«
They are all head-strong these days... no way around it... Do you want her or not that is the real question....

'Sex is the easiest way crazy gets its hooks in, in my experience (hence making them wait). '

so you didn't call her a slut, you called her crazy :)

Didn't call her crazy until now :P

Making a potential mate wait before getting physical is a tactic long used by women to ensure their guy has the best intentions, why can't I do it too? In fact, case in point here it seems to have worked wonderfully to weed out a probable nutjob.

If I had succumbed to her feminine wiles, who's to say what kind of nightmare rollercoaster I would be embarking on at this very moment?

yup - indeed : "nightmare rollercoaster" *sigh*

@YJ - That rollercoaster would have included mind-blowing (amongst other "blown" things) sex. Insetad, you have no insanity except your own and you have your hand...

Ahh well Draugnar despite your greater wisdom in what to *say*, I think I edge you out with wisdom in what to *do*. Either that or you have just been married too long and are in need of some fresh young thing.

No good sex is worth dealing with a loon, and even if you would have made a different choice in my shoes, you would have regretted it before the end.

Fully agree with Yellowjacket. The crazy women may be better in the sack (but not always), but you always pay for it later. Always. A possibility of better than average sex is not worth a certainty of having to deal with insanity.

@YJ - Of course I would have regretted it. I made that choice a couple of times when I was single (before I met my wife) and it came back to haunt me a few times when I first got married. But, both psychos have moved on and out of my life. One got married and has a half-dozen kids (dodged *that* bullet) and I don't know where the other one is now.

It's funny, now that I'm married, I make that mistake a lot less often than I did when I wasn't married (I'm polyamorous). I think because anyone I want to get together with has to meet my wife first, and so it makes me think more carefully about what my acceptable level of crazy is.

It's unfortunate that this thread re-railed. I liked it before.

The easiest way to deflect criticism is to acknowledge it laughing.