Comments on: How I Met Your Mother; Date #2 with Happy Gilmore

By: Jennifer Bourn

Jennifer Bourn — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 16:31:56 +0000

I’d go on date three and see if he can make you laugh or if you have anything more in common … Maybe your active dates have just had him off his game a bit, especially if yoga wasn’t his thing!

By: Bill Painter

Bill Painter — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:36:35 +0000

Okay, coming into the movie halfway (or one-third) through, I went back and read the first date. He does have a sense of humor (he did laugh at the boob comment and called “Elmers”) and you did have a good time and accepted a second date. I say go for the third date on neutral ground (golf course was his and the yoga studio was yours) and make it casual and where you can talk. If it is something you can do together you have a chance to bond and can if there is any chemistry.

By: Mitch Tublin

Mitch Tublin — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 02:01:52 +0000

You might consider your second meeting a date. It was yoga and your Mom was there. Not much of a date. Go to dinner at a really fun place where the volume still permits two people to have a conversation. See if you find his sense of humor. Let him pay. You deserve it.

By: Betsy Baker

Betsy Baker — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:57:43 +0000

Just found you and loving your blog! Okay, if you’re asking your readers to weigh in, I have to agree with Mary Ellen *totally.* If you’ve already promised a third date, I’d suggest coffee and just get’er done (Cars! – I have a 6 yo boy. 😉 This guy obviously isn’t the one. Of course, one of the first things I look(ed) (as I’m now happily married going on 16 years) is a sense of humor. My husband’s a cutie but I have to say that it was his sense of humor that first attracted me to him. You have to be a fun-loving girl to even be going on this adventure and humor will be something you need as you go along in this life with someone.

By: Sue Painter

Sue Painter — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:40:29 +0000

He might be “humor shy” and needs to know you a bit more. Try the date – and play to humor, see if he perks up. After all, he went to yoga class with your MOM!

By: Heidi Alexandra Pollard

Heidi Alexandra Pollard — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:09:07 +0000

What else have you got in your calendar that day – isn’t it nice just to meet different people and experience new places and things. I’d go on the date for that reason alone and rather than think of it as a date just think of it as a catchup with a new friend.

By: Lisa Manyon

Lisa Manyon — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 23:38:50 +0000

No laughter equal no bueno. Loved your post though. Looking forward to reading about the guy that rocks your world. xo
Write on!~
Lisa

By: Mary Ellen Miller

Mary Ellen Miller — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 19:53:33 +0000

Jessica, what about suggesting someplace/something really casual instead of a dinner date? I remember enjoying lunch dates when I was single because I could get out in an hour. Maybe coffee? His lack of a sense of humor and concern over your dog are major red flags to me, yet, I believe he does deserve another chance. To his credit, a first-timer at yoga with Mom…well he definitely was trying!

By: Michael Herman

Michael Herman — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:37:38 +0000

Hello?….there has to be a third date. Unless I read it wrong, you already agreed to go. If you don’t, you run the risk of social media backlash for the party foul of a reneg. He has to know you have a FB page and as someone else has posted, likely knows of this being blogged. This guy HAS to make YOU laugh? Dare I ask what, if anything, this poor chap should expect on a date from your end (non pun intended)? He went to a Yoga Class with you and your Mom. Relationships are about give and take. Give this guy a little rope and you will probably be pleasantly surprised. Me, I’d show up at the restaurant with a book of jokes and just start reading them.

By: Mira Dessy

Mira Dessy — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:03:18 +0000

That’s a tough one. But I agree with Ray, his second date experience was skewed against him. I’d say give him one more chance to move from friend to more-than-friend category.