Subj : Re: Dating apps
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Aug 14 2025 08:35:22

MP>I think I was as tall as I am now at ~14.  That didn't seem to help much,
  >though, as most the girls around my age them were into two types of guys...
  >deadbeats who'd upset dad, and those who were, ummm, "ambiguous" and might
  >wear makeup, like George Michael or one of the Duran Duran.  :D

RM>> At 13 and 14 the girls were usually taller than almost all the guys in
  >> the classes I was in. Being taller was an advantage..

MP>I can remember that being so at 12, when I was one of the few taller ones.
  >They didn't like us at all.  They did like the taller guys a grade or two
  >ahead if they fit into one of the two categories I listed above, especially
  >the deadbeat one... if they were held back a grade or two they were a hot
  >commodity.

The only guy in our school that was held back (twice) was plenty big
but had some sort of mental condition making him less than ideal
dating material.

But, man, could he hit a baseball though!..  Over the fences every time.
(I was the pitcher on our school baseball team.)

RM>> I also may have come off as a 'bad boy' to some extent as I was
  >> saving to buy my first motorcycle and was wearing Harley T-Shirts
  >> and studded jeans to school..

MP>So you might have been able to pass yourself off as a "deadbeat" even if
  >you were not one.  :)

The jury may still be out on whether I was or not..   B)

Funny, one lady I dated was still living at home just out of university
and a few years younger than me, so I was established in a career at
the time.. The first time I met her rather well off 'fussy' parents I
had come directly from a sales call at work so I was wearing a suit
and driving my new T-Bird at the time. They took to me right off, but
I sort of wonder what would have happened if the first time they met
me I'd been on my motorcycle wearing jeans and leather..   B)

Ha.. I met her on a 'guided' hike in the Niagara Escarpment.
It was advertised for singles but the lady guiding us thought it
was a lot more about the hike than a singles meet. Needless to
say they got quite a few people showing up for it that maybe
shouldn't have been out on a long, difficult hike.

It probably didn't help that she got us lost for a while too..   B)

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