What's Your Excuse

After last night’s post I got a lot of comments and texts. I noticed a lot of opinions changed based on relationship status. I figured while I have everyone’s attention I might as well keep writing!

Tonight I’m flip flopping the topic to the guys who are all about making contact but very seldom follow through on plans. I like to call this particular breed of men “tech savvy”. They are all about text messages, emails, wall comments and instant messages of some sort. These guys are all talk until it’s come time to physically be in the same room.

I know a guy who will talk to me all day and night, which at first seemed nice. But then I realized he only made contact through modern marvels of the internet and smart phones. We’ve found ourselves at the same place at the same time a few times. You would think after all this “tech talk” the ground work would be laid. But he always seemed to have some excuse, one of the better ones being pet allergies.

A different guy once told me “I can’t make it out tonight, my sister hurt her elbow.” Don’t get me wrong, I’ve hit the old funny bone pretty hard over the years, but I can’t remember a time when it altered my plans or the plans of anyone in my family.

A good friend of mine was talking to a boy for a while. He finally made plans to hang out with her only to cancel at the minute. His excuse; my hip hurts. This one is my favorite. Your hip hurts? Are you geriatric?

Maybe technology has impaired us (both men & women) to truly connect with each other. It is easy to be brave behind your keyboard. If you don’t think something is going to sound right you just hit backspace. If it’s too late you say “J/K” or “LOL” and the person at the other end will just assume you didn’t mean what you said. It’s so easy to make conversation and end it before it gets embarrassing. You can me straight forward and even a little raunchy because there’s a barrier. But, when we are faced with having to stand in front of someone and talk WITH OUR LIPS AND OUR VOICE we have to overcome bad jokes and awkward silences. People are hiding behind their computers and phones. They are nervous to make real contact. Is that why guys are making these horrible excuses? Is it because they are nervous?

These guys aren’t fooling anyone but themselves! We single ladies may not know what’s appropriate when it comes to calling a guy. But we certainly aren’t dumb enough to believe these dreadful excuses. We aren’t sitting around waiting for you to call after your hip heals. Maybe we’d rather you just say you aren’t interested. But if you did, what would I have to write about?

Tell me followers, what are some of the lame excuses you’ve heard?