BogusTrumper
October 30th, 2002, 3:39:26 PM
Okay, fess up. What is your reason?
By Margot Carmichael Lester
From Match.com
He said he'd call, but didn't. Why not? Women everywhere are dying to know.
Here's what our pool of eligible bachelors and annoyed females had to say:
10. Mental block
“If I was drunk, I might not really remember the person who goes along with the number,” admits Bert, a banker in Newark, Delaware. “Or I might have lost it.”
9. The list
“Some gents are building up their very own ‘I'm Bored/In Case of Emergency’ directory,” says Rachel, an administrative secretary in Manhattan. “You won’t hear from them in the next week or so, but you’ll get a last-minute invitation to a party months later.”
8. Burn unit
“I’ve had a few women give me wrong numbers,” says Al, a professor at the University of Minnesota. “After a couple of burns, you wonder if this new woman’s lying, too — and you’d rather not find out the hard way.”
7. Social grace(less)
“Some men have no idea how to end a conversation tactfully,” says Darlene, a Boston-based business reporter. “They ask for a number because they don't have the backbone just to say, ‘Nice to meet you’ and walk away.”
6. Dream girls
“Sometimes, I don’t call because I wake up the next morning thinking she’s out of my league,” admits Danny, a marketing executive in Houston. “I figure I’ll save her the trouble of rejecting me by not calling. It’s pretty pathetic, actually.”
5. Improving the pool
“I get many numbers over the course of the evening, and then rate them,” says Anthony, an attorney in New Iberia, Louisiana. “I’ll call the one I like the best. But if she rejects me, I feel it’s too late to call choices 2 and 3. So I just start over.”
4. Instant gratification
“When we get your number, it’s because we're interested in you at that time and place,” says Roy, an entrepreneur in San Francisco. “But actually using the number means too much effort. Dinner, a date, which won't happen without many more calls and emails back and forth, then a second date... a third... and gosh, we don't even know if we really like you.”
3. The uncertainty principle
“If I ask for your number or email, at best, I’m not certain I’m into you,” notes Nigel, a radiologist in Durham, N.C. “If I really wanted to go out with you, I’d go ahead and ask for a date.”
2. Vanity
“Some guys collect numbers for self-esteem,” divulges Lawrence, a product designer in Los Angeles. “He has no intention of calling her — hell, he might not even like her — but he wants to see if she likes him.”
1. Betting man
“Getting or giving digits is like dropping a quarter in a slot machine,” says Ted, a writer in Las Vegas. “It may or may not pay off for either of you, but it's a harmless gamble and a bit of fun. What have you got to lose, other than the quarter?”
http://love.msn.com/personals/articles/article11.asp
By Margot Carmichael Lester
From Match.com
He said he'd call, but didn't. Why not? Women everywhere are dying to know.
Here's what our pool of eligible bachelors and annoyed females had to say:
10. Mental block
“If I was drunk, I might not really remember the person who goes along with the number,” admits Bert, a banker in Newark, Delaware. “Or I might have lost it.”
9. The list
“Some gents are building up their very own ‘I'm Bored/In Case of Emergency’ directory,” says Rachel, an administrative secretary in Manhattan. “You won’t hear from them in the next week or so, but you’ll get a last-minute invitation to a party months later.”
8. Burn unit
“I’ve had a few women give me wrong numbers,” says Al, a professor at the University of Minnesota. “After a couple of burns, you wonder if this new woman’s lying, too — and you’d rather not find out the hard way.”
7. Social grace(less)
“Some men have no idea how to end a conversation tactfully,” says Darlene, a Boston-based business reporter. “They ask for a number because they don't have the backbone just to say, ‘Nice to meet you’ and walk away.”
6. Dream girls
“Sometimes, I don’t call because I wake up the next morning thinking she’s out of my league,” admits Danny, a marketing executive in Houston. “I figure I’ll save her the trouble of rejecting me by not calling. It’s pretty pathetic, actually.”
5. Improving the pool
“I get many numbers over the course of the evening, and then rate them,” says Anthony, an attorney in New Iberia, Louisiana. “I’ll call the one I like the best. But if she rejects me, I feel it’s too late to call choices 2 and 3. So I just start over.”
4. Instant gratification
“When we get your number, it’s because we're interested in you at that time and place,” says Roy, an entrepreneur in San Francisco. “But actually using the number means too much effort. Dinner, a date, which won't happen without many more calls and emails back and forth, then a second date... a third... and gosh, we don't even know if we really like you.”
3. The uncertainty principle
“If I ask for your number or email, at best, I’m not certain I’m into you,” notes Nigel, a radiologist in Durham, N.C. “If I really wanted to go out with you, I’d go ahead and ask for a date.”
2. Vanity
“Some guys collect numbers for self-esteem,” divulges Lawrence, a product designer in Los Angeles. “He has no intention of calling her — hell, he might not even like her — but he wants to see if she likes him.”
1. Betting man
“Getting or giving digits is like dropping a quarter in a slot machine,” says Ted, a writer in Las Vegas. “It may or may not pay off for either of you, but it's a harmless gamble and a bit of fun. What have you got to lose, other than the quarter?”
http://love.msn.com/personals/articles/article11.asp