So maybe I've been watching a little too much Friends on Nick at Nite....
So, there's the episode where Chandler goes on a date with a woman he ends up not being interest in (Rachel's boss). At the end of said date, he says 'This was great, I'll give you a call, we should do this again sometime.' And then, of course, he never calls.
Recently, I went out with a guy. Towards the end, he brought up that he was having a great time, he would like to hang out again. As we walked out, he mentioned a restaurant we'd both spoken about earlier in the evening - we should go there together sometime soon. We went our separate ways (just a friendly goodbye hug - no one night stand, if your mind is going there ;-) ).
Drumroll, please.
As you might expect, he never called.
I can also think of a time I ran into a coworker with which I was acquaintances. We chatted briefly and he brought up that we should totally get together and catch up for lunch or a happy hour. Sure, I'd be up for it. Then as we parted ways, he, again, said we should totally hang out. Sure, drop me a line. He has my phone number, email, and facebook. This was three months ago - no word on the matter. There had also been times when we'd worked together and we'd spoken of having lunch or going for coffee and it never happened.
One could very easily say I'm reading way too much into this - it simply slipped his mind, he got busy, he's just bad about making plans, etc. I would even say this, however, he and I have another mutual friend who mentioned him and cited the exact same annoyance - he brings up 'we should hang out' and he doesn't follow through and is flaky when my other friend reaches out and tries to initiate. This other mutual friend even cited the exact same Friends episode as a reference to him.
My other mutual friend said 'I don't get 'Joe's' deal - it's fine if he doesn't want to be friends with me or hang out, but why does he then bring it up? I can't really tell if he actually likes me or not.'
Your thoughts? Why do some people talk about making plans and hanging out when they have no intention or desire? I could see smiling and nodding and going along with it if the other person brought it up, but why suggest it when one has no intention? Anyone else deal with these kind of people? I can honestly say I certainly didn't mind that said guy never called me and, although I like said former coworker, it certainly isn't a big deal to me that we never got together. However, a small part of me ends up feeling annoyed that these people are liars (or something like that). Your thoughts?
So, there's the episode where Chandler goes on a date with a woman he ends up not being interest in (Rachel's boss). At the end of said date, he says 'This was great, I'll give you a call, we should do this again sometime.' And then, of course, he never calls.
Recently, I went out with a guy. Towards the end, he brought up that he was having a great time, he would like to hang out again. As we walked out, he mentioned a restaurant we'd both spoken about earlier in the evening - we should go there together sometime soon. We went our separate ways (just a friendly goodbye hug - no one night stand, if your mind is going there ;-) ).
Drumroll, please.
As you might expect, he never called.
I can also think of a time I ran into a coworker with which I was acquaintances. We chatted briefly and he brought up that we should totally get together and catch up for lunch or a happy hour. Sure, I'd be up for it. Then as we parted ways, he, again, said we should totally hang out. Sure, drop me a line. He has my phone number, email, and facebook. This was three months ago - no word on the matter. There had also been times when we'd worked together and we'd spoken of having lunch or going for coffee and it never happened.
One could very easily say I'm reading way too much into this - it simply slipped his mind, he got busy, he's just bad about making plans, etc. I would even say this, however, he and I have another mutual friend who mentioned him and cited the exact same annoyance - he brings up 'we should hang out' and he doesn't follow through and is flaky when my other friend reaches out and tries to initiate. This other mutual friend even cited the exact same Friends episode as a reference to him.
My other mutual friend said 'I don't get 'Joe's' deal - it's fine if he doesn't want to be friends with me or hang out, but why does he then bring it up? I can't really tell if he actually likes me or not.'
Your thoughts? Why do some people talk about making plans and hanging out when they have no intention or desire? I could see smiling and nodding and going along with it if the other person brought it up, but why suggest it when one has no intention? Anyone else deal with these kind of people? I can honestly say I certainly didn't mind that said guy never called me and, although I like said former coworker, it certainly isn't a big deal to me that we never got together. However, a small part of me ends up feeling annoyed that these people are liars (or something like that). Your thoughts?
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