priceless

New, very cute, very short, black sequined mini-skirt to go with my black boots and turtleneck: $19.00 (clearance!)

Bottle of Chardonnay, and very cool silk scarf to wrap around the bottle, for the birthday girl: $42.00

Two Grey Goose martinis, straight up, very dirty (and no bartender, you aren't funny or original, I have heard that stupid joke before, I know your last girlfriend was dirty, shut up and make my drink): $24.00

Hearing from a well intentioned guy that part of the reason I can't find a guy of my own is because I intimidate and offend them: priceless.

Ok, so I am having a conversation with Gigi's DH, and he is (I think) trying to be helpful and nice, but in doing so completely blows my mind. He tells me that he wouldn't introduce me to any of his friends, and if he did it wouldn't be without first letting them know that I am a sports nut, I can play golf, and have a crazy busy life. He felt like if I were to go out with someone, and they didn't know these things first, they would, upon finding out, run screaming from me (ok, he didn't say that, that was just the picture I got in my head). What he did say though, was that a lot of guys would try to impress me with their own knowledge of sports, or some other thing, and if I were to call them on it (No jackass, the Steelers WERE, in fact, better than the Raiders this year, but go on...) they would get all embarrassed, and never want to see me again. Well duh, but I am only that mean to my guy buds, I don't think I have ever called out a dude on a date...oh wait, I have only had one date, scratch that, maybe he is right.

Well we all laughed about it, and I gave him a hard time about calling me "offensive" but afterwards I got to thinking about it...are all the things that make me cool to my guy buds, and "one of the guys" the same things that make me NOT cool to guys who might want to date me. Do I really scare or intimidate? It's not like I'm an expert, I don't watch SportsCenter EVERY night, I don't like ALL sports, and like I said in a previous post, I no longer jump in and try to "impress" with my vast (lol) knowledge. I thought it was a good thing to like sports and be athletic...I thought it was ok to be smart and independent, I thought being passionate and fun would make me MORE desirable, NOT less...wow.

Something to ponder I guess...guys? wanna weigh in, gimme the skinny...Booya, Mclovin, Dude, JD...anybody?