I call up a woman I got a number from when I told her we should go out sometime.
Me: ‘Hey, it’s Cameltoe. So let’s go out tonight, whaddaya say?’
Her: ‘Well, I’m waiting for my friend (Misti/Brittany/Kristi/Do-me/something that ends with a vowel) to call me back.’
Don’t.Fucking.Do.This.To.ANYONE.
People who want to spend time with you are NOT your back-up plan, you clueless motherfuckers.
You aren’t sure of your plans, but you have no problem with someone else waiting on you while you sort out your plans? Fuck you, pal.
You either say yes or no. There is no ‘maybe’ or (the very worst) that you’re waiting for other plans to firm up.
If you are actually waiting to hear from someone else, then your answer is a polite ‘no’ or a complete ‘yes’. But you don’t vacillate about it. That’s being manipulative, selfish, and incredibly self-centered.
When women say that to me, I just simply reply, ‘Well, maybe I’ll see you around’ and I cross them off. I’m no one’s back up plan, I have a little more self-respect than that.
Inevitably, that woman will call me later or I’ll run into her later. ‘Why didn’t you ever call me again?’ And I want to say, ‘Because your answer made me dodge a bullet with you.’