Thu 14 Jun 2007
Crowded Shuttle from the Gulf Tower to the Boardwalk Parking Lot in the Strip:
30-Something Woman #1: Yeah, so my sister set me up with this guy, and we’ve been dating for awhile, and he’s totally great, but he just told me last week that he doesn’t want to have kids.
30-Something Woman #2: Oh my god! That’s terrible. I know how much you want to have kids.
Woman #1: Yeah, and the weird thing is that when my sister set us up, she told me that he broke up with his last girlfriend because she didn’t want to have kids.
Woman #2: That’s so weird.
Woman #1: Well I think I taught him a lesson: The other night we were going to see a movie, and he called and suggested that we go see Shrek the Third or Ocean’s 13 because he knew that I really wanted to see those. I knew that he hadn’t seen the first two Shreks or Ocean’s 11 or 12 though, so I suggested that we go see Pirates of the Carribean 3 instead because I knew he really wanted to see that. I hadn’t seen the first two Pirates movies, but a girl at work told me you don’t have to see the first two to enjoy the third. So we went to see Pirates 3, and afterward, he said to me, “Thank you so much for going to see Pirates. I really wanted to see it, and I know that you didn’t see the first two.” So I said, “Well, you know, realationships are about compromise, on big and small things.”
So now I think he might think a little bit more about having kids.
— Overheard by Ben
June 14th, 2007 at 8:34 am
i hope she’s sterile.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:29 am
I know seeing pirates makes me want to make babies. It’s everything my wife can do to keep me from forcing her to conceive.
June 14th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Man, if that guy could have held out for the video release, he could have rented Pirates 3 from Blockbuster and only had to babysit for a friend.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:03 am
I’m going to have to side with the woman on this one. She compromised on a movie, he should have to compromise on having children. It’s only fair.
June 14th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
It hurts me that there are women out there that are this stupid.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
It COULD be a fair compromise if she promised to watch Pirates 3 EVERY DAY OF THE REST OF HER LIFE.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:13 am
I don’t know PittGirlie . . . I think she’d have to promise to watch something like Grindhouse. I mean dirty drunken pirates, tiny pirate monkeys, and whirlpools just don’t match up to raising kids the way that Melting Genitals, Texas one legged go-go dancers, and riding on the hood of a 71 Dodge Charger only to get your ass stomped by 3 hot girls does.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Sorry I should say riding on the hood . . . or getting your ass stomped.
My bad.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Good point Rev. Randy. Grindhouse is much similar to the pain and agony of raising children. Although I’m sure putting up with a drunk pirate who bathes irregularly isn’t much fun either.