Why do Great Gals Say Goodbye?!?

I was reading an interesting column as to why ladies get a wee-bit turned off after the first date.

Here's the guy…congratulating himself on his (debatable) charm and thinking......CHA-CHING!! Ok, I have hit paydirt and she is the one!

But the moment he calls up (after doing the customary two-day wait), all geared up for a second date.......all he gets is Voicemail!...and soon it's pretty clear that the Great Gal ISN'T GOING TO CALL BACK!

What went wrong?

Well, according to the scribe, there could be 10 main turnoffs. What tickled my funny bone were the cheeky terms assigned to the poor guys!! I tweaked the article a fair bit and added my two-bit opinion. Here goes:

Great Gal Turnoff # 1: Showboat Sammy
You’ve got a fantastic bank-balance, the spiffiest car in town and if the Good Lord is feeling really generous…a sprawling white villa on the French Riviera!! But droning on and on and ON about it on your first-date.....not exactly a crowd-pleaser!

Great Gal Turnoff # 2: Messy Mohinder
Your money may talk….but the “just-out-of-bed” persona? Does it really work for you? Unless you double up for an A-List celebrity, no gal is going to lose sleep over the unkempt, bushman-on-holiday look.

Great Gal Turnoff # 3: Rude Rajiv
Treating the service staff like dirt and expecting them to perform like trained seals…not nice…not nice AT ALL!!

Great Gal Turnoff # 4: Cheapie Charlie
Foot the bill or Go Dutch….but don’t expect the gal to pick up the entire tab on the first date. (Why do I sense the feminists flinging their burning bras at my window???)

Great Gal Turnoff # 5: Still-Married Manav
Marriage.....separation.....divorce.....definite terms, no room for ambiguity. Dating does not equal cheating on your unsuspecting wife. Be honest and upfront from the start.

Great Gal Turnoff # 6: Hands-on Harry
Don’t give an Octopus a bad name!! Read the signals well and clear before treading into your date’s personal space!

Great Gal Turnoff # 7: Stereotyping Sahil
Ask a gal a question, she answers .....and you nod knowingly. Then you make the all-mighty blunder of imagining that.....Ok, she is THAT kind of a girl.
You aren’t a seer, atleast not yet!!

Great Gal Turnoff # 8: Distracted Dave
She’s spilling out her life-story, and there you go hopping behind the nearest potted palm, answering your cell-phone.....which by the way, rings…EVERY FIVE MINUTES. Phone etiquette aside....not a good move, pardner!!

Great Gal Turnoff # 9: All-Business Barry
It’s a date, not a million-dollar deal to be cracked! Business and Leisure.....two different departments, keep them separate.

Great Gal Turnoff # 10: Nervous Nikhil
Put that fork down ALREADY!! Stop twitching and shooting shifty glances at your date. Truth be told, she must be as nervous as you are. Acting like the chemist stopped peddling your Calmpose, is not going to work in your favour.

So that’s it……the prototypes which turn a seemingly successful first-date into a disaster area. How far they apply, is beyond my limited understanding.

To each his own I say……what drives one woman running for the hills, would probably have another hearing wedding bells!!