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CrispyQ

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5. My single days were long before cell phones, but we still had a buddy system.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:59 AM

Oct 2022

1, Make sure your best friend knows the name of who you're going out with, where he works, & where you plan to go.

2. Carry enough cash to get yourself home. Don't forget change for a pay phone.

3. Once home, call your friend.

I had some other rules, too. First dates never got to pick me up at home.

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Another Twitter based discussion about women, dating and being safe [View all] irisblue Oct 2022 OP

From Buzzfeed.com, an example irisblue Oct 2022 #1

Back during the DU gender wars, there was a very heated discussion about women Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #2

I remember that time. CrispyQ Oct 2022 #6

When I could not talk a friend out of meeting some guy like that, our niyad Oct 2022 #3

Pre cellphone days, I carried a work pager irisblue Oct 2022 #4

My single days were long before cell phones, but we still had a buddy system. CrispyQ Oct 2022 #5

We had this one: If you're out with a friend and she picks up her purse to go to the restroom, Arkansas Granny Oct 2022 #7

Yep. This is reality for women who date and has been for a long time. Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 #8

I know there are some gay men who do this (waves at Shaun), but straight men irisblue Oct 2022 #9

An example of this. ::sigh:: irisblue Oct 2022 #10