Tutoring again

[fadagaski]

12 mins to the end of Boy's mock English exam. A random post of randomisity:

A. I am self-sabotaging. Been staying up hella late this week reading badfic instead of writing my own fills or, y'know, sleeping. Brain, you are not so subtle.

B. eHarmony. Got a few convos going with some matches. I suppose the next part is to arrange coffee dates? IDEK. I've never dated before. I've never had a boyfriend before. How does this adult thing go?

C. I fail at writing fic. I'm more disciplined about running than about writing. Blaegh.

D. If the summer would just hurry up and load instead of timing out then the world would be a lot better.

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Comments

[shei.livejournal.com]

You should read good fic instead!

My avoidance issues mean I can't give advice on the second point.

[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't be reading fic when I have 4 (!) that need writing.

Being a person = hard.

[multiclassgeek.livejournal.com]

I did venture into the Internet Dating world at one point (with a small modicum of success), and the best option is indeed to plan a modest date, in a public place. Coffee is a reasonable choice (if you like coffee).

ISTR that we went to a video game exhibition at the London Science Museum for starters; But then, we *did* meet via a dating site for geeks, so...

When you get to the date, the key things are
1) Try to relax and be yourself
2) Cut the guy some slack - He's probably more nervous than you
3) Have an escape route planned, just in case

[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

Lol! Escape route! No worries or anything lol. Thanks for the tips.

[moeshas.livejournal.com]

I can only second the few things before. and I can also tell you a few things more, since I have done quite a bit of internet dating in my time (which means a few years back... :oP ). there were good dates and bad dates and horrible, boring dates. but you'll get through it if you follow these simple rules:
Meet at a public place, tell someone where you're going (you never know... :oP ) and also arrange it so that you only have a certain amount of time and not open end. (if that's not possible, arrange with someone to call you at a certain time and then you can still decide if you want to leave or not... trust me, some internet dates can be bad, but others can be really good.)
oh, and yeah: relax. if it's not working, it's not working. there's tons of other fish in the sea. and if it is working: awesome! :o) just don't try to force anything. people can be really different from the way they are on the internet. so I always tried to go to dates without expectations. which worked.
oh, and of course afterwards you need to post an update here. :o)