Comments on Singles Events
I just went to a singles event tonight, a mixer. This is where single men and women go to meet other single men and women. Which is fine.
However, there is a problem. It is for single men and women who are available. And not everyone there was so available. They brought their boyfriends/girlfriends. Kinda like "don't touch."
I thought it would be a bad idea to hit on them. But then I realized something.
These people are being inconsiderate by placing themselves into the mix, where people are looking for boyfriends/girlfriends. I realized that not only should I not avoid hitting on the single, unavailable chicks, it is my duty to hit on the single, unavailable chicks. In fact, it is the duty of all single people to do the same.
If boyfriend/girlfriend comes up and asks why you are hitting on their boyfriend/girlfriend, say "well, this is a mixer to meet people, so I assume everyone is available". The thing is, people who are attached do not belong there. There is this idiotic concept in American society, as a reaction to the Jim Crow mentality, that everyone belongs everywhere. That is because the concept of the right to disassociation was abused, where categories that shouldn't matter much (like race) forced people to feel unwelcome in places like resturaunts, job locations, nightclubs, churches, etc. Thus, unavailable people can go to these things, even though they do not belong. It's not like a meat market dance club, where the floor and the bar are central concepts to it, allowing all in (although focused as a pickup joint). This is meant to pick up dates.
If the unavailable, or married people, as some were, feel uncomfortable, they are supposed to feel uncomfortable because they clearly do not belong at these things. Even if it says "single's event" everyone pretty much knows that it really means "single, available people's event" - and it you don't that is because you are a dolt. It's not like a single's group in a church, which is for all unmarried people, whether or not they are boyfriend/girlfriend (and the central mission of a church is the savior of souls, not a pickup joint, as everyone should know).
Thus, I encourage everyone to do the following. If you are going to a "single's event," which is implied it is a "single, available people's event," and you see a boyfriend/girlfriend in the mingle mix, go hit on the person of the opposite sex (or if you are gay, on the person of the same sex; or if you are bi, both). If everyone does this, such assholes will feel very uncomfortable to come to such things, and it will be easier for people to pick up on one another.
However, there is a problem. It is for single men and women who are available. And not everyone there was so available. They brought their boyfriends/girlfriends. Kinda like "don't touch."
I thought it would be a bad idea to hit on them. But then I realized something.
These people are being inconsiderate by placing themselves into the mix, where people are looking for boyfriends/girlfriends. I realized that not only should I not avoid hitting on the single, unavailable chicks, it is my duty to hit on the single, unavailable chicks. In fact, it is the duty of all single people to do the same.
If boyfriend/girlfriend comes up and asks why you are hitting on their boyfriend/girlfriend, say "well, this is a mixer to meet people, so I assume everyone is available". The thing is, people who are attached do not belong there. There is this idiotic concept in American society, as a reaction to the Jim Crow mentality, that everyone belongs everywhere. That is because the concept of the right to disassociation was abused, where categories that shouldn't matter much (like race) forced people to feel unwelcome in places like resturaunts, job locations, nightclubs, churches, etc. Thus, unavailable people can go to these things, even though they do not belong. It's not like a meat market dance club, where the floor and the bar are central concepts to it, allowing all in (although focused as a pickup joint). This is meant to pick up dates.
If the unavailable, or married people, as some were, feel uncomfortable, they are supposed to feel uncomfortable because they clearly do not belong at these things. Even if it says "single's event" everyone pretty much knows that it really means "single, available people's event" - and it you don't that is because you are a dolt. It's not like a single's group in a church, which is for all unmarried people, whether or not they are boyfriend/girlfriend (and the central mission of a church is the savior of souls, not a pickup joint, as everyone should know).
Thus, I encourage everyone to do the following. If you are going to a "single's event," which is implied it is a "single, available people's event," and you see a boyfriend/girlfriend in the mingle mix, go hit on the person of the opposite sex (or if you are gay, on the person of the same sex; or if you are bi, both). If everyone does this, such assholes will feel very uncomfortable to come to such things, and it will be easier for people to pick up on one another.
posted by EricMatthew at 10:25 PM
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