Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The Snake Maneuver

Last Friday I was in a good mood and agreed to go to dinner (tonight) with the parents of the girl that I'm dating.

Now I'm trying to wiggle my way out.

I've already met her parents so it's really not the problem of meeting them.

The problem is that I woke up late and threw on a sloppy outfit and fitted hat. I'm really not dressed for the occassion and to complicate the problem, there's no way that I can get home and to dinner after work.

So now I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna get out of this one. To make matters worse, I haven't been able to get a hold of her all day long. Great.

Now if I flake not only will I flake, but I'll be a last minute flake. The only good news is that I think she completely forgot about the dinner because she didn't mention it at all yesterday, although that doesn't mean that her parents forgot about the dinner.

So now I'm wondering how can I get out of this. I could always go with the truth, "Look, I really messed up and woke up late today, threw on a very casual outfit and I don't feel like I'm dressed appropriately to go to dinner with your parents (and their friends)." The problem with this is that she will definitely tell me that it's not big deal what I'm wearing and to just come anyways.

My other options are working overtime, I just don't want to go, I can't make it in time, etc.

I think I'm gonna go with the truth combined with "I can't make it in time" and see what happens.

Here's my fit (with jeans and J's):

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Don't be a wuss, and go! Why would you turn down a nice evening/dinner/drinks eh?

And about you not being able to get a hold of her all day today? hmmm...

hope it goes through 4 u!

-JD

CrookedLink said...

Why don't you leave work early? Tell em' you feel likes shit or something.

That way you got time to go and change into something decent.

TJ said...

Tell'em you got arrested and couldn't make bail in time for dinner. Always works for me.