I’ve been following TFM and PGP since I started my career and PGP was just a twitter account. I set up an RSS feed solely to push a notification to me every time a PGP article was posted. I’m pretty sure I’ve consumed every single piece of content this site has ever created and just the other day thought, “I should shut that RSS down and focus on getting my job done” but couldn’t bring myself to do it. I guess….”life finds a way” after all.
I feel like we all just suddenly graduated from PGP college. We had the best 4-7 years of our life, and now we’ve been thrust in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable world. What we’ve known will never be the same and it’s time we pack our bags and head off into that next phase of our lives.
Like the team always says, “never go back to your alma mater”
“First rounds on me” usually works pretty well – or get your girlfriend on board and lead with something like “lets all just throw in our cards to make it easy for the waiter” when the check comes. Like Non-consecutive Easy E’s said – just plan to pay for everything all night. Anything the friend or your significant other does is just a bonus for you.
Potentially naked at the gay bar sounds pretty risque….she definitely buried the lede a little there. Although we all know she’s staying at least partially clothed
Yoda would “weird her out with the way he talks” and Ghandi would probably be “too focused on how she could help the world and not enough on helping her solve her problems”
In the same boat – First time to Europe and traveling solo to Greece, Budapest, Vienna, Croatia, and Prague – trying to go as native as possible. Would love the PGP community’s tips
Dinner etiquette for me has always been about time and place. Are you at a place you’d rather your parents be taking you (and footing the bill for)? How many pieces of silverware are on the table? Etc. – Then pull out the chair, stand up, sit down, fight fight fight.
For a more casual setting, the easy way to work the chair move in is to suggest her seat, by grabbing the chair – “would you like to sit her so you can see the patio and people watch?” (this also either makes it a group activity, or puts you focused on her and not facing the bar where you’ll keep one eye on the game all night)
At the end though, read your girl. Does she care? Will she appreciate this extra stuff? Or is that you really want to do it, regardless? Or just do you and don’t give a damn.
Is “stop kinda-dating Jeff” not an option here? You seem really conflicted about Jack’s feelings and response to the situation, but you don’t have the same reservations about having this conversation with Jeff. How would he feel about you dating Jack? Safe money is that you like the independence and carefree style of your part-time boyfriend in Jeff (like you talk about in one of your early articles). With Jack, it feels like a much more serious situation, which may be uncomfortable and put you off your game. The impending move complicates all this further. But unless Jack’s response may change your mind, are you just trying to pull forward that eventual breakup?You’re worried about Jack making you feel less wanted, but aren’t you doing the same thing to him already?
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I’ve been following TFM and PGP since I started my career and PGP was just a twitter account. I set up an RSS feed solely to push a notification to me every time a PGP article was posted. I’m pretty sure I’ve consumed every single piece of content this site has ever created and just the other day thought, “I should shut that RSS down and focus on getting my job done” but couldn’t bring myself to do it. I guess….”life finds a way” after all.
More of a quality comment. Not a cost decision
Is this that complicated of an answer? “I fucked up” <—took like a half second
Wait a GD Second….. they KEPT DUDA?!
I feel like we all just suddenly graduated from PGP college. We had the best 4-7 years of our life, and now we’ve been thrust in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable world. What we’ve known will never be the same and it’s time we pack our bags and head off into that next phase of our lives.
Like the team always says, “never go back to your alma mater”
“First rounds on me” usually works pretty well – or get your girlfriend on board and lead with something like “lets all just throw in our cards to make it easy for the waiter” when the check comes. Like Non-consecutive Easy E’s said – just plan to pay for everything all night. Anything the friend or your significant other does is just a bonus for you.
This. Trading in her car is basically moving on fully into adulthood, where life has fundamentally changed
I blame Sir Mix-a-lot and Sisqo for brainwashing an entire generation
Is this a pitch for a new Grandex podcast? Kidding not kidding
Potentially naked at the gay bar sounds pretty risque….she definitely buried the lede a little there. Although we all know she’s staying at least partially clothed
Yoda would “weird her out with the way he talks” and Ghandi would probably be “too focused on how she could help the world and not enough on helping her solve her problems”
In the same boat – First time to Europe and traveling solo to Greece, Budapest, Vienna, Croatia, and Prague – trying to go as native as possible. Would love the PGP community’s tips
As a native louisianan, literacy can be equally challenging
I feel like the 0.0 stickers are trying harder to get attention than the stickers with actual numbers on them.
Girl probably checks the credit card spending – would light him up for not being healthy…”like, don’t you want to look good for me at our wedding?”
If dinner is only $40 a head, is it even really a wedding?
Frasier nightcap is a highly underrated move
Yea, not sure why going with “I thought you’d be fun to share this with” isn’t an ok move?
Dinner etiquette for me has always been about time and place. Are you at a place you’d rather your parents be taking you (and footing the bill for)? How many pieces of silverware are on the table? Etc. – Then pull out the chair, stand up, sit down, fight fight fight.
For a more casual setting, the easy way to work the chair move in is to suggest her seat, by grabbing the chair – “would you like to sit her so you can see the patio and people watch?” (this also either makes it a group activity, or puts you focused on her and not facing the bar where you’ll keep one eye on the game all night)
At the end though, read your girl. Does she care? Will she appreciate this extra stuff? Or is that you really want to do it, regardless? Or just do you and don’t give a damn.
Is “stop kinda-dating Jeff” not an option here? You seem really conflicted about Jack’s feelings and response to the situation, but you don’t have the same reservations about having this conversation with Jeff. How would he feel about you dating Jack? Safe money is that you like the independence and carefree style of your part-time boyfriend in Jeff (like you talk about in one of your early articles). With Jack, it feels like a much more serious situation, which may be uncomfortable and put you off your game. The impending move complicates all this further. But unless Jack’s response may change your mind, are you just trying to pull forward that eventual breakup?You’re worried about Jack making you feel less wanted, but aren’t you doing the same thing to him already?