I met a woman on a dating website, got her number and started texting her and eventually asked her out for coffee for next weekend. There’s some possible red flags in our conversation, and I wanted to know what you guys think. On the dating website, we were bantering and having a light-hearted conversation. Then, when we were texting, it started with light-hearted bantering but eventually she got more serious and then seemed to start getting an attitude sometimes. She seems extremely dominant and aggressive and I’ve never met a woman like this before. My only experience with women in the past was hooking up with them when I was in college; I’ve never actually dated before. I’m in my early 30s and she’s in her mid 30s.
Also, before reading the text conversation, just know that I’m aware that I said some extremely stupid shit and made myself look like a submissive pussy. I did it for damage control because I was worried that she was offended by what I said and I thought she’d see it as a deal breaker and not want to go out with me. I’m also pretty sure she was running shit-tests and I failed them miserably.
What type of a woman is she? Is she crazy or just very dominant and aggressive? Is the text conversation filled with red flags?
What are the mistakes I made? Does she now see me as weak and submissive and will she start to assert dominance over me or eventually lose interest? Do you think her behavior will eventually become abusive? Did I ruin this already?
Should I cancel the date or go out on the date at least for experience? Am I likely to fail miserably on the date?
How should I act when texting her on the days leading up to the date and during the actual date itself? What should I absolutely avoid?
Here is the text conversation:
Edit: I cut out the parts of the text conversation that were extraneous and only left the parts of the conversation that worried me. Let me know if it's still too long.
Me: I saw lala land with a friend yesterday. Im not into chick flicks or musicals but its from the director of whiplash, which is one of my favorite movies. I was skeptical but it turned out to be good. The only thing I didn’t like was that I didn’t have a pint of haagen dazs ice cream with me
Her: ooh that movie looks good. I need to go see it. (whiplash)
Her: what exactly do you define as a chick flick anyways? Romantic comedies? Why does la la land fall under chick flick territory?
Me: yeah, id say definitely romantic comedies. I actually never truly considered la la land to be a chick flick mainly bc of the director and it’s a musical. It also has lots of depth to it. Ive always associated chick flicks with being more on the entertaining rather than deep and complex spectrum. Like some romance films, I think are great- one day, let the right one in (kinda romance)
Me: I mentioned chick flicks bc some people might think of la la land as one, although I know plenty of guys who want to see it and they don’t view it as such
Her: so by your definition if it’s just entertainment value all comedies are chick flicks? To me the term chick flick is pretty sexist and stereotypes women as being less complex less intelligent. But I’m also just giving you a hard time and don’t feel that strong about it…
Me: no, I see what you mean. I think the term chick flick in a way can stereotype women in a negative fashion, depending on how you view it, although I don’t use the term in a derogatory or sexist context. I also know lots of women who use the term in a very casual way or even humorous way, so I assumed that most people don’t look at it primarily in a sexist way
Her: I was just screwing around with ya. Although I did wondering how you were going to respond to that
We texted back and forth and then here’s the next part that got me worried:
Her (30 minutes later): I’m free Friday night or Sunday
Me (around 6pm): are you down to have coffee Sunday afternoon? Say around 3pm?
Her (around 7:30pm): that sounds swell
Her: you have a spot you like? I like [coffee shop A]
Her: scrabble?
Me (40 minutes later): [coffee shop A] sounds good. Never been there, but I was coincidentally thinking either [coffee shop A] or [coffee shop B] (bc I always pass by it on my way to [coffee shop C])
Me: p.s. I think the word swell is swell and I love using it- I just like the way it sounds. Its pretty rare to hear people using old school slang terms so you get bonus points! Golly gosh!
Her: oh no let’s go to [coffee shop B]. That’s a spot I’ve been wanting to check out and it’s better for scrabble
Me: ok cool, [coffee shop B] it is
Me: by the way, I probably suck at scrabble and the only time I actually played it was when my parents got me the game as a kid and my friends and I just spelled out curse words because we didn’t know the rules of the game
Her: well what the fuck is wrong with you man?! . Have another idea? Or are you not a game type person? It’s just a good way to get to know someone.
Me: im down for scrabble, haha. And don’t worry, I wont resort to using curse words.
Her (around 11pm): yeah prime worry
Also, before reading the text conversation, just know that I’m aware that I said some extremely stupid shit and made myself look like a submissive pussy. I did it for damage control because I was worried that she was offended by what I said and I thought she’d see it as a deal breaker and not want to go out with me. I’m also pretty sure she was running shit-tests and I failed them miserably.
What type of a woman is she? Is she crazy or just very dominant and aggressive? Is the text conversation filled with red flags?
What are the mistakes I made? Does she now see me as weak and submissive and will she start to assert dominance over me or eventually lose interest? Do you think her behavior will eventually become abusive? Did I ruin this already?
Should I cancel the date or go out on the date at least for experience? Am I likely to fail miserably on the date?
How should I act when texting her on the days leading up to the date and during the actual date itself? What should I absolutely avoid?
Here is the text conversation:
Edit: I cut out the parts of the text conversation that were extraneous and only left the parts of the conversation that worried me. Let me know if it's still too long.
Me: I saw lala land with a friend yesterday. Im not into chick flicks or musicals but its from the director of whiplash, which is one of my favorite movies. I was skeptical but it turned out to be good. The only thing I didn’t like was that I didn’t have a pint of haagen dazs ice cream with me
Her: ooh that movie looks good. I need to go see it. (whiplash)
Her: what exactly do you define as a chick flick anyways? Romantic comedies? Why does la la land fall under chick flick territory?
Me: yeah, id say definitely romantic comedies. I actually never truly considered la la land to be a chick flick mainly bc of the director and it’s a musical. It also has lots of depth to it. Ive always associated chick flicks with being more on the entertaining rather than deep and complex spectrum. Like some romance films, I think are great- one day, let the right one in (kinda romance)
Me: I mentioned chick flicks bc some people might think of la la land as one, although I know plenty of guys who want to see it and they don’t view it as such
Her: so by your definition if it’s just entertainment value all comedies are chick flicks? To me the term chick flick is pretty sexist and stereotypes women as being less complex less intelligent. But I’m also just giving you a hard time and don’t feel that strong about it…
Me: no, I see what you mean. I think the term chick flick in a way can stereotype women in a negative fashion, depending on how you view it, although I don’t use the term in a derogatory or sexist context. I also know lots of women who use the term in a very casual way or even humorous way, so I assumed that most people don’t look at it primarily in a sexist way
Her: I was just screwing around with ya. Although I did wondering how you were going to respond to that
We texted back and forth and then here’s the next part that got me worried:
Her (30 minutes later): I’m free Friday night or Sunday
Me (around 6pm): are you down to have coffee Sunday afternoon? Say around 3pm?
Her (around 7:30pm): that sounds swell
Her: you have a spot you like? I like [coffee shop A]
Her: scrabble?
Me (40 minutes later): [coffee shop A] sounds good. Never been there, but I was coincidentally thinking either [coffee shop A] or [coffee shop B] (bc I always pass by it on my way to [coffee shop C])
Me: p.s. I think the word swell is swell and I love using it- I just like the way it sounds. Its pretty rare to hear people using old school slang terms so you get bonus points! Golly gosh!
Her: oh no let’s go to [coffee shop B]. That’s a spot I’ve been wanting to check out and it’s better for scrabble
Me: ok cool, [coffee shop B] it is
Me: by the way, I probably suck at scrabble and the only time I actually played it was when my parents got me the game as a kid and my friends and I just spelled out curse words because we didn’t know the rules of the game
Her: well what the fuck is wrong with you man?! . Have another idea? Or are you not a game type person? It’s just a good way to get to know someone.
Me: im down for scrabble, haha. And don’t worry, I wont resort to using curse words.
Her (around 11pm): yeah prime worry