I totally agree with her. When one sees a man and a woman sitting together talking, it is assumed that they are a couple. If the third party observer catches the guy checking out other women, it's a big insult to the woman he's with, the presumed girlfriend.

Ladies, however, this goes for you too. You're not allowed to check out, dance with, accept a drink from a non-me guy if he didn't clear it with me first. It's a simple courtesy for saving face.

Well this gets into the question of are you somewhere 'with someone' or not. A guy and a girl can go to a bar together even if they're not dating (and even if they're dating other people). But if you go with a person then they deserve a reasonable amount of attention from you. If i went to a bar with a female friend and she spent the whole time ogling guys or talking to other people that would really piss me off.

However, I don't think an occasional look hurts, as long as you're not obvious about it. Sitting and talking with a girl I would never point out someone across the room that I was looking at, but a glance here and there is fine, and if my friend were to notice so what? It can be an amusing conversation starter.

I think the rule should be best expressed as you shouldn't talk about girls as objects while there are women present. Looking is a different matter.

Politics is in a boring stage right now. (The year following the reelection of a president is always the slowest.) That will change over the next few months, either with the fallout from the Nuclear Option or with Supreme Court retirement(s).

There we were having a perfectly happy conversation about dating etiquette, and you go and inject politics into it. Sheesh.

Also, can we please stop calling it "The Nuclear Option?" I prefer to think of it as the "Putting in Line Rogue Senators" option.

But back to dating... here's a quandary. If you aren't EXPLICITY exclusive with someone (though that person may assume so) how many other people is it OK to mess around with?

Also, can we please stop calling it "The Nuclear Option?"

Fine. Nucular Option it is. :)

I'm in a similar position Karol. Although instead of writing on relationships, I'm writing about dead men I don't care about.

Rachel

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