But hey, I can actually imagine a female doing this. They are keen that way. My loverly wife of a happy 17 year marriage still keeps me guessing. Women are an enigma locked inside a paradox, but I find that part of the attraction. Just when you get to make heads or tails out of them, they'll do a 180' on ya just out of spite. Gotta love 'em, just dont try to totally understand them, you'll lose.
Still an interesting read . . . if you like fluffy bunny! (try it, its great) Smi "deboned, and smoked with Cajun seasoning" les.
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I had asked my girlfriend to marry me, but she said I needed her fathers' blessing first.
I dutifully went to her fathers house, dressed in my best suit. When I got there, her younger (very attractive) sister was the only person home. She said I could come inside to wait.
She then started to flirt outrageously with me. She made it quite clear that if I followed her upstairs, I would get lucky. I ran for the front door.
I threw the front door open and bolted outside....straight into my girlfriends' father. He was smiling at me and gave me a big hug.
He explained that this had been a test of my love and fidelity to my girlfriend. I had passed with flying colours. He gave me his blessing on the spot.
I was so glad I had left my condoms in my car.
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See, here's the problem i have with these types of stories... he still gets the hot girl.
If this story had a proper moral to educate the masses of society, he would have been a bit disappointed at first, then found that he really did love the woman with the rose, because they had connected on a different level, and her appearance didn't matter.
Here, the ending seems to be "Phew! He almost got stuck with an ugly chick!"
I think the hot chick gets him to support her financially, while she carries on affairs by letter with other soldiers/sailors, whom she leaves this guy for when his usefulness has run out, or she finds a better prospect. Yeah, that's how this one REALLY ends.
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Edited because I am a bean brain that didn't read the thread carefully, nothing to see here.
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Besides what's already been stated, I have two main problems with this story:
quote: “And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to identify me to her. This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful.
Why "this would not be love?". He's only seen her, and already discarded her as a romantic partner? To me, that destroys the whole point of the story (that Blanchard is able to see beyond mere appearance).
And then:
quote: “I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment.
A nitpick, maybe, but I can't see a military man saluting in this situation. Saluting a civilian is a much more serious matter than the author of this glurge seems to understand.
Yeah, that has probably been told millions of times (and in more appropiate threads), but I feel better now, thank you
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quote:Originally posted by Damian: I had asked my girlfriend to marry me, but she said I needed her fathers' blessing first.
I dutifully went to her fathers house, dressed in my best suit. When I got there, her younger (very attractive) sister was the only person home. She said I could come inside to wait.
She then started to flirt outrageously with me. She made it quite clear that if I followed her upstairs, I would get lucky. I ran for the front door.
I threw the front door open and bolted outside....straight into my girlfriends' father. He was smiling at me and gave me a big hug.
He explained that this had been a test of my love and fidelity to my girlfriend. I had passed with flying colours. He gave me his blessing on the spot.
I was so glad I had left my condoms in my car.
You aren't seriously trying to pass this off as true, are you? It's been emailed to me thrice.
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Latiam, I love that you used the word thrice.
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quote:Originally posted by Latiam: You aren't seriously trying to pass this off as true, are you? It's been emailed to me thrice.
It seems my wacky escapades have become net lore.
Obviously it was a joke. It just works better when told in the first person.
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quote:Originally posted by Hans Off: Yes, indeed. And I was that sister.
Hans "Scrubs up well" Off!
Which one?
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They also used the worst version of that story, that one that badly switches from third to first person halfway through.
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I had asked my girlfriend to marry me, but she said I needed her fathers' blessing first.
I dutifully went to her fathers house, dressed in my best suit. When I got there, her younger (very attractive) sister was the only person home. She said I could come inside to wait.
She then started to flirt outrageously with me. She made it quite clear that if I followed her upstairs, I would get lucky. I ran for the front door.
I threw the front door open and bolted outside....straight into my girlfriends' father. He was smiling at me and gave me a big hug with his massive, manly arms.
Now, I've caught teh Gay, and the father and I are moving to Canada so we can get married. To hell with the daughters!
Robbiev -who's your girlfriend's daddy- 427
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