You know what sucks? Spending an entire party flirting with someone who’s smart, funny and cute, only to be told immediately by several people after his departure that he has a “serious boyfriend.”
They should be tagged, branded, forced to wear a distinctive earring or something.
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Unfortunately the brand is usually seared on their backside. Like a steer.
my dear isaac, you should know in about the first 10 minutes if he’s taken or not by working it into the conversation. nothing cheesy like: “someone as cute as you should be taken; are you?” but more like: “i love heading to the beach in the summer. what did you do last summer?….oh how nice, who went with you on the trip?” if he’s honest about it, he’d let you know he was taken before the first glass of wine is finished.
Yeah, his bad. I dislike people like that.
And why didn’t these “friends” pull you aside during the party to give you the heads-up before you wasted the entire evening?
Yeah, but is it really a wasted evening to spend it with someone who is smart, funny, and cute? Besides, those four glasses of wine may pay off handsomely in a year when he’s single again.