For years now my husband has mentioned ideas from time to time pertaining to his "million dollar ideas." His most popular, The Bean Infuser! Basically this particular machine would infuse beans with hot sauce. "A spicy kick in every bite of bean!" He is nothing if not creative. Recently though, my husband has been pushing the "million dollar idea" of a Couples Dating Website. (Not for swingers, we're not that social!) Basically this website would be somewhat similar to Match.com or other similar 'singles' websites. Couples would put up profiles and find other couples in the area that match with their interests and 'date.'
Now, don't think that this idea is not well thought out! OHhhhhhhhh no! We've done much, much research. It wasn't until recently, however, that we truly realized just how much research we've done into this matter. I was having an innocent conversaiton with my mother about our social activities when Hubby interjected with his Couples Dating Plan. My mother was floored that we actually have 'dated' several couples. At this point in our lives, late 20 somethings with no children, we are desperate for friends and have no resource to find them.
I thought that I might share some of our more recent escapades into the wonderful world of couples dating.
Couple #1, Mr. Army and Mrs. English Major
Mr. Army was a little quiet but very friendly and he and hubby got along wonderfully. Mrs. English Major and I bonded quickly with our love of writing and many common interests. We all talked and played board games till the wee hours of the morning. We had a fantastic time. Then the question happened. "Where are you guys from?" Turns out they were headed to South Carolina and we were headed back to Alabama. We're still friends, though on an email basis. Not exactly who you call on a friday night to have a little fun.
Couple #2, Mr. Hardrock and Mrs. Workswithhubby
After our second couples dating experience we were full of hope and anxious to try again to find some more local couples to hang out with. Hubby suggested we date a woman he worked with and her husband. I was warned they were a little hard, in that they appreciated rock music and beer. I can hang with that I thought, I'll try it. We decided to have dinner at a local Indian restaurant. First impressions are sometimes wrong right? They arrived in full 80's goth/punk attire. I was dressed fairly prissy considering I was meeting new people for the first time and wanted to look nice. Opps! Who knew I should have pulled out the mohawk and torn jeans. My bad! The conversation throughout dinner was forced as she and I had nothing in common and Mr. Hardrock was highly opinionated about everything. Though the date wasn't great I agreed to give it another shot, but thank goodness that didn't happen. Mr. Hardrock didn't like us anymore than I liked them. We were dumped.
Couple #3, Mr. Pokergame and Mrs. English Major
Ahhhh. I thought I'd struck gold with these folks. They were perfect...until we got to know them. This one ended before it started. I dumped them over email.
Couple #5, Mr. and Mrs. Friendsroommates
This went so well for a period of time. That is, until I began to think about the activities on our dates. This is the "only fun when they're intoxicated" couple. Oops. Still good, extremely shy, people, just only fun to hang out with when there's nothing for them to do the next day. I think they were dumped via text message.
Couple #6, Mr. and Mrs. Coffeeshop
Yes, our lives are so pathetic that we've resorted to picking up couples at coffee shops. We've yet to date this couple. We have a semi date planned. Here's to hoping that it's better than the rest.
Update: Couple #6, NEVER CALLED US BACK!! Can you believe that!!
Now, don't think that this idea is not well thought out! OHhhhhhhhh no! We've done much, much research. It wasn't until recently, however, that we truly realized just how much research we've done into this matter. I was having an innocent conversaiton with my mother about our social activities when Hubby interjected with his Couples Dating Plan. My mother was floored that we actually have 'dated' several couples. At this point in our lives, late 20 somethings with no children, we are desperate for friends and have no resource to find them.
I thought that I might share some of our more recent escapades into the wonderful world of couples dating.
Couple #1, Mr. Army and Mrs. English Major
Mr. Army was a little quiet but very friendly and he and hubby got along wonderfully. Mrs. English Major and I bonded quickly with our love of writing and many common interests. We all talked and played board games till the wee hours of the morning. We had a fantastic time. Then the question happened. "Where are you guys from?" Turns out they were headed to South Carolina and we were headed back to Alabama. We're still friends, though on an email basis. Not exactly who you call on a friday night to have a little fun.
Couple #2, Mr. Hardrock and Mrs. Workswithhubby
After our second couples dating experience we were full of hope and anxious to try again to find some more local couples to hang out with. Hubby suggested we date a woman he worked with and her husband. I was warned they were a little hard, in that they appreciated rock music and beer. I can hang with that I thought, I'll try it. We decided to have dinner at a local Indian restaurant. First impressions are sometimes wrong right? They arrived in full 80's goth/punk attire. I was dressed fairly prissy considering I was meeting new people for the first time and wanted to look nice. Opps! Who knew I should have pulled out the mohawk and torn jeans. My bad! The conversation throughout dinner was forced as she and I had nothing in common and Mr. Hardrock was highly opinionated about everything. Though the date wasn't great I agreed to give it another shot, but thank goodness that didn't happen. Mr. Hardrock didn't like us anymore than I liked them. We were dumped.
Couple #3, Mr. Pokergame and Mrs. English Major
Ahhhh. I thought I'd struck gold with these folks. They were perfect...until we got to know them. This one ended before it started. I dumped them over email.
Couple #5, Mr. and Mrs. Friendsroommates
This went so well for a period of time. That is, until I began to think about the activities on our dates. This is the "only fun when they're intoxicated" couple. Oops. Still good, extremely shy, people, just only fun to hang out with when there's nothing for them to do the next day. I think they were dumped via text message.
Couple #6, Mr. and Mrs. Coffeeshop
Yes, our lives are so pathetic that we've resorted to picking up couples at coffee shops. We've yet to date this couple. We have a semi date planned. Here's to hoping that it's better than the rest.
Update: Couple #6, NEVER CALLED US BACK!! Can you believe that!!
