Topic: do the girls beleave me
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Tue 09/08/15 07:38 PM
iam 66. do the girls beleave me when i say " i am an old fashion romantic man. and a gentleman."? i think iam. i just got out of a relationship where we was just best friends. she was 49. but she didnt think it was a big deal that i insisted on opening the doors for her. so girls what think? am out dated? am i living in the past?

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Tue 09/08/15 07:47 PM
I really don't understand the question? Opening the doors to what?

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Tue 09/08/15 07:55 PM
Actually my guy does all that for me. I love it and I show him I appreciate the niceties of being treated that way.
Some will enjoy it and some will tell you that they can open their own doors.

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Tue 09/08/15 07:58 PM
Dude....you should date Southern chicks. You don't open the door for them......then no nookie for you. laugh

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Tue 09/08/15 08:00 PM
Edited by SitkaRains on Tue 09/08/15 08:00 PM
Hey ...never mind that didn't come out right

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Tue 09/08/15 10:31 PM
do the girls beleave me when i say " i am an old fashion romantic man. and a gentleman."?

Maybe.

Maybe it's not so much not believing you as much as not caring because it's not all that relevant until you actually start dating and exhibiting "old fashion romantic man" behavior?

There are a ton of people who constantly say things like-
"I'm smart"
"I'm funny"
"I'm old fashioned"
"I'm low maintenance."
"I'm employed."
"I'm not living in my mothers basement."
"I'm single/not married."
"That is my actual picture."

People say they are all sorts of things online.

Lots of those things just aren't true.

But, in the mind of the person saying what they are it is true.

he didnt think it was a big deal that i insisted on opening the doors for her.

Sometimes that can be annoying.
Especially if you make a big dramatic deal about it.
Or like if you're on a first date and you basically lunge over her completely violating her personal space, forcing her face into your armpits trying to reach over her head, or shoving her out of the way so you can get in the push open (as opposed to pull) door first.

am i living in the past?

You are if you are insisting on opening automatic doors for her.

Otherwise the thing about doors is someone's got to open it.
If you don't then you're just going to be standing outside staring at each other not knowing what to do.

Opening a door isn't all that old fashioned.
It's just something that needs to be done.

If you open the door for her because the metal hoops of her dress are too wide or her corset prevents her from a lot of lateral movement, then you're old fashioned.

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Tue 09/08/15 10:33 PM
laugh laugh laugh

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Tue 09/08/15 10:36 PM
Don't forget to order the chariot in advance for her and cover up the puddle directly in front of it with your haberdasherie man coat so she doesn't step into it with her dainty silk slippers.

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Tue 09/08/15 11:51 PM
Edited by Tirth95 on Tue 09/08/15 11:52 PM

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Wed 09/09/15 04:10 AM

do the girls beleave me when i say " i am an old fashion romantic man. and a gentleman."?

Maybe.

You are 66.
It is safe to say that you will be old- fashion.
Believe?
If it is important to you that "girls believe" what you say.
Then you have to be consistent.
You just don't say you are a gentleman, and when things get tough,
you can be compelled to say words, just for the luxury of lashing out.
It is contradicting.
I dont know with other girls.
But with woman who are independent and so much is at stake,
we check how far you could back up your words with actions
on how "gentleman" you really are.


she didnt think it was a big deal that i insisted on opening the doors for her.

if this is literal:
Chances are you are right.It is not big deal to her.
Does it really matter?

am i living in the past?


My take:
You are not. And you are not outdated.
More than half of women, if they are honest with themselves,
prefer gentleman.
Old fashion? Romantic? - Still very "in" as far as I know.

What is important sir, if I may be blunt is consistency.
As a man, u have the responsibility to own up your words.
And back it up with action.
If you say you are a gentleman, then be one.
Time have a way of telling, no matter how gentleman you are at first.
Consistency.

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Wed 09/09/15 04:40 AM

iam 66. do the girls beleave me when i say " i am an old fashion romantic man. and a gentleman."? i think iam. i just got out of a relationship where we was just best friends. she was 49. but she didnt think it was a big deal that i insisted on opening the doors for her. so girls what think? am out dated? am i living in the past?


Are you outdated? I don't know. What is your expiration date? :tongue:

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Wed 09/09/15 05:01 AM
well I do believe
some will appreciate the gesture
some won't
some will think you are outdated
some won't



hope this clears things up for ya happy

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Wed 09/09/15 05:31 AM
Edited by red_lace on Wed 09/09/15 05:32 AM

Actually my guy does all that for me. I love it and I show him I appreciate the niceties of being treated that way.
Some will enjoy it and some will tell you that they can open their own doors.


^^This.

Also, I do the same thing to other people, i.e. opening doors or standing up / giving up my seat in a crowded public vehicle if I see someone who needs it more than I do. It's called good manners, last time I looked. :)

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Wed 09/09/15 05:53 AM


Also, I do the same thing to other people, i.e. opening doors or standing up / giving up my seat in a crowded public vehicle if I see someone who needs it more than I do. It's called good manners, last time I looked. :)

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

^^ I do these only with elderly women and pregnant women or women with babies though :)