Faux Date
I have been watching a lot of "Sex and the City" episodes lately. [Hey, it's summer, and outside of watching the reality shows, and the new season of "Rescue Me," the pickings are slim].
The tone of the show sometimes gets a girl thinking in that Carrie Bradshaw-esque way, pondering some of Life's questions and amusements. Recently, I broached with my girlfriends the topic of whether a "Faux Date" is either an extension of the "Office Spouse" concept, or a modernized version of PlatonicVille.
And just what definition is being assigned to my self-coined phrase, Faux Date? As best I can determine, it's meeting with someone of the opposite sex for lunch, dinner, drinks, concert, whatever, in which you get all gussied up to look your best in anticipation of the Faux Date. For a woman, she may put on a special outfit, put extra effort into her hair and makeup, and feel nervous and giggly and excited. For a man, the Faux Date prep may include spending more than 30 seconds styling their hair, putting together a shirt and pants that match, wearing their best (and clean) underwear, and possibly some manscaping.
But they still get to pay for the meal (it is a date, after all).
posted by TrophyWife @ 2:57 PM
2 Comments:
I don't get it. So it's a date with no hook-up or physical possibilities? I don't know what women call this but I would call the guy involved a "dumbass"
Or perhaps gay but she just doesn't realize it yet.
Steve
I think you may have not considered all of the possibilities . . . a faux date strategy can be employed when one or both of the people is/are in a relationship. Or, perhaps there is chemistry between the two people, but they know it won't work out for an actual relationship, so they just get together once in a while to enjoy some witty conversation and gossip, but not cross the line. In fashion-speak, it's sorta like "trying it on," without committing to wearing the actual outfit.
A girlfriend of mine went out to lunch with a strictly platonic male friend last week (both of them are single), and she broached the idea of the Faux Date with him. They both really got a kick out of the idea, and thought it was true -- both had looked forward to the "faux date," had spent extra time/care on their appearence, and knew that there would be no hooking-up at the end of the meal. Thus, the Faux Date.
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