Why, he's been known to enjoy a glass himself, as you well know, Rachel Lynde.

AND ALSO, I have always thought that. Even when people were ripping you apart for your headbands, which I loved.

On a serious note, I was just a little girl when you wore those headbands, Madame Secretary. Thank you so much for enduring all the sexist, appearance-based mud slung your way so that I could grow up in a world where we are about to have a female president.

Um, holy hemoglobin.

That commercial was amazing, and also made me cry? (guess who has two thumbs and is about to get her period? THIS GIRL.)

I get the sense that the "good-looking" part was added because the LW assumes that, as a good-looking fella, he could probably attract women his own age, so it just makes it a bit more suspicious that he is dating a woman more than twice his age. I don't sense that she is jealous.

Panther in the Hive is a dystopian sci-fi YA novel (that doesn't feel YA) with PoC leads and an almost entirely PoC cast.

But....it wasn't a job. It was an internship. And I would hope the LW is smart enough to apply the lessons from this in jobs going forward.

Yes, exactly!

OP, even if he were doing something less creepy than trying to get you into his home on your second date after you had turned him down multiple times [PS - THAT'S CREEPY.], if his behavior makes you uncomfortable, then it's a no-go!

That is why it's important for men to be polite and -- dare I say? -- gentlemanly when they first meet you. Given that you are a female person dating in a world where the chance of rape and abuse is far, far greater than the 0% that it should be, a guy worth dating would try to help you feel comfortable and unpressured while in his presence. This guy is not like that.

Listen, you don't actually have to put up with stuff you don't like in people that you've been on just a few dates with. Even if the Thing You Don't Like About Him were objectively non-objectionable, if you don't like it, then you don't have to see him again. Making the choice to date someone is not some court of law decision where you have to prove that some person is off-putting enough for you to turn down. You don't have to twist yourself up into weird little knots wondering whether or not you should give him a chance. If you don't like something about someone this early in the dating game, turn them loose: time spent with them and their objectionable-to-you qualities is time NOT spent finding someone without said qualities.

I think a lot of the time we forget this about dating, because we want the other person to like us. We forget to check in and see whether or not WE like THEM. My standard for going out on more dates with someone is that s/he is at least as awesome as me and my friends, and that I come away from spending time with the person with positive feelings, just like I do when I spend time with my friends.

I'd cut this putz loose now while you're not emotionally invested, but that's because my boundaries are constructed of adamantine, obsidian, and trip-wires that emit a sonic boom when some jerk tries to trip them.

YUUUUUUUUUUUUUP

GOOD GOD. Felecia has 100% murdered someone in her life.

I'm laughing aloud at this and don't know why? :'D

FYI, the mention of community theater is because braak does actually work in community theater and so doesn't have to adhere to a dress code. It's not an insult.