| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/5/2009 9:38:20 AM | | I agree with you Flame. The guy with the fanny pack probably thought she was really nice from her emails then found out what a complete as*hole she was in person. It happens all the time in the online dating world but you just have to keep looking. | |
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| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/5/2009 10:08:59 AM | He must not have been rocking it the right way. I remember when I was a skater kid in the late 80s and fanny packs were all the rage. But only a LOSER would where them with the pouch centered over your groin. You had to have it slightly off center to one side.
But if I was hoping to hook up with a beautiful black woman in the 2000's, I probably wouldn't be wearing a fanny pack at all. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 10:33:49 AM | You guys are freaking hilarious.
Talking about someone being shallow because they were freaked at a fanny pack.
The fish pond is FULL of PREFERENCES that people perceive as being SHALLOW.
Everytime someone posts something about someone being too tall, too short, too
fat, too thin, too old, too young, the old shallow vs preference debate ensues.
So apparently when someone shows up too fat or too old and we don't like them...we
are entitled to our preferences.
When someone shows up with a fanny pack and obviously is living a different
lifestyle than yourself and you don't like them, you're being shallow.
Where do we draw the line in what is acceptable to accept as shallow or a preference?
Oh I get it...we come to the POF PHD PP club to get the definition.
Jaysus Kerist.
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| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/5/2009 11:45:33 AM |
So - since the arbiters of fashion are here in force, clue me in: what Can I carry all my crap in, or do I have to hire a caddy to be acceptably unencumbered?
Caddys are for the wimpy polo-shirt and golf visor types. Rugged men use sherpas. Pack animals are an acceptable substitute. In a pinch you can sling your saddle bag and blanket roll over your shoulder. Whatever you do, don't try to fit it all into your pockets - that leads to unsightly bulges. | |
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| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/5/2009 12:27:33 PM | | I have to agree with the OP. If someone I went on a date with were wearing a fanny pack I would be embarrassed. Call me shallow if you want to, but I take the time to make sure that I have appropriate attire for my date. If we were going to a fancy trendy restaurant I would be embarrassed. How much stuff does he need to carry around that would necessitate an entire fanny pack? | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 12:40:12 PM | Well I have already been told I am shallow for not wanting to date a smoker so I have no problem adding more to my shallowness by saying a fanny pack is just wrong. Very wrong. It is so wrong, I would spend the entire time focused on how wrong it is. Even when they were cool, they really weren't cool.
Just remember, friends do not let friends wear fanny packs. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 12:51:00 PM | I was reading your post and started busting up laughing! A FANNY PACK??!! Are you serious? I am going to say that you did well as to just hold your composure and going on with the date. I think that you did the right thing by knowing up front that this was a deal breaker. Who wears fanny packs anyway? Also, if you saying that was unattractive to you upset him, how would he feel if you didnt say anything and then just tried to change him??? It's not about being shallow, it's about knowing what you want and knowing what will end things immediately.
I wouldnt sweat the whole thing. I wish you luck on weeding out the oddities. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 1:20:44 PM | Amazing what qualifies as a deal breaker.
Jerry Seinfeld hated "Man Hands" after all.
I personally have my deal breakers, but usually, if enough other factors meet or exceed my expectations or approvals, then sometimes, that deal doesn't break. Right now, my only real issue is too much excess weight. It's just a turn off to me. I can see how the fanny pack would be a turn off, as many fashion issues sometimes are. But really, is it THAT big a deal? Especially if there are other factors that can make up for it?
Then again, you have a right to be as choosy and nit-picky as you want. It is your life, your partner, your time, your attraction. It's all about you. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 1:39:34 PM | | Let's see. How can I put this? If someone thinks someone is perfect in every way for them but that person happens to have an article of clothing they don't like, or handbag or whatever, being arrogant & shallow is the least of your worries because it makes you a MORON. It's something that can be taken off or changed. It seems as if some of the genius comments in this thread are trying to say that fanny packs sprout from your body as some kind of permanent growth. You can't compare an article of clothing to obesity or smoking or any other physical trait. Are people really this stupid? I'm not sure why anyone cares so much. If people want to die alone and bitter or become a crazy old cat lady, let them. Meanwhile, those of us that aren't 100% perfect in every way will be in happy relationships at some point with our imperfect partners. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 1:47:51 PM |
Let's see. How can I put this? If someone thinks someone is perfect in every way for them but that person happens to have an article of clothing they don't like, or handbag or whatever, being arrogant & shallow is the least of your worries because it makes you a MORON. It's something that can be taken off or changed.
But the fanny pack is just not a piece of clothing or an accessory, it is an indication of a life style. I do not want to be part of the fanny pack life style. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 1:53:37 PM |
But the fanny pack is just not a piece of clothing or an accessory, it is an indication of a life style. I do not want to be part of the fanny pack life style.
LOL! | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 3:27:03 PM |
When someone shows up with a fanny pack and obviously is living a different
lifestyle than yourself and you don't like them, you're being shallow.
Where do we draw the line in what is acceptable to accept as shallow or a preference?
Actually, it's not that she didn't like his fanny, it was the way she treated him
He had the audacity to embarrass her by wearing one and she wasn't going to let him forget it
He didn't find the humor in my comment or the subsequent comments that I made all night.
She was only amusing herself and didn't care that he didn't think it was funny. He deserved it because she was embarrassed and he was going to sit there and take it like a good boy | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 4:02:05 PM | OP, I hope you are still around, because I have a story about a Pack named Fanny (awesome!) myself.
I was set up with a friend of my roommate. He showed up on our doorstep, in all his stone washed jeans and skulleted glory. I ignored that, but wait, what's that strapped DIRECTLY over the package area? A FANNY PACK?????????
He was anxious to treat me to dinner. He took me to a greasy spoon, after ranting on the way over what a luxurious lifestyle he lived, and how he enjoyed fine dining. I obsessively repeated the mantra in my head: FANNYPACKFANNYPACKFANNYPACK!!
While conversating in the greasy spoon, I was told he had learned his lesson about greedy women from the last woman he dated, who was apparently homeless, and apparently moved in with her child after a very brief dating period. Therefore, he only takes women to cheap places until he gets to know them better.
He told me how he raised this woman and her child from the gutter, and bought them both luxurious canvas and pleather.......FANNY PACKS!!!!!
Eventually, he found crack in her fanny pack, so he had to send Mother and child packing. He even demanded the return of those luxurious FANNY PACKS!!!
He told me he would give me her FANNY PACK!!!! once he got to know me better.
I got indigestion and the promise of a Pack named Fanny. But I only made fun of his accessory in my head. FANNYPACKFANNYPACKFANNYPACK!!!!!
I thought your story was funny, and I laughed out loud at some of the responses. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 7:13:13 PM | | I guess I am shallow too, I went out with a guy that wore a fann pack. The fanny pack wasn't that problem, it was the fact that he had to dig around under his d1cky-do to find it. And kept losing it under there. | |
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Posted: 8/5/2009 7:48:52 PM | | Gregory1075 - I was going to email you because your comments are hilarious in the forums, but unfortunately it says you don't receive emails from anyone my age or gender. Gee, I think I am a woman......maybe I need to go check. :) :) | |
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| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/5/2009 8:32:08 PM | | I wouldn't blow someone off just because of a fanny pack, but I'd probably have to laugh, make a joke, and inquire about said fanny pack :P. | |
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| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/5/2009 10:33:53 PM |
But the fanny pack is just not a piece of clothing or an accessory, it is an indication of a life style. I do not want to be part of the fanny pack life style.
The fanny pack is not necessarily an indication of a lifestyle per se.
If the fanny is used for medical reasons, or as a place for an off duty weapon, the stereotypical lifestyle may not apply.
OP may have had herself a great guy that had to give himself insulin shots on a regular schedule.
Would that fall into the "fanny pack lifestyle?" | |
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Posted: 8/6/2009 3:21:38 AM | The brits would have a ball reading stories about fanny packs.
Gregory 1075, you are so right. I have been sitting here sing to myself as I read this thread. | |
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Posted: 8/6/2009 5:52:29 AM | I don't understand. Why doesn't the government pass a law designating what everyone can wear in public, this way we can be certain that everyone is on board with current trends. Hmm, like burka laws for women, surely a great idea then they all look the same and no one will have to feel awkward. Clearly the fanny pak is an abomination and must be cleansed from our collective consciousness. Once we have rid the planet of fanny paks we can move on to tattoos, piercings, size and weight restrictions, hair colouring, mismatched clothing ensembles, and jewelry options.
Ah what a wonderful world it would be without any variations. Everyone acting the same, doing the same things at the same times, everyone molded to the ideal human. | |
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| He brought his Fanny with him...
Posted: 8/6/2009 7:12:29 AM |
carrying a plastic bag from Wal-mart full of junk is likely to set off the fashion police.
No, that is acceptable. Maybe not a Wal-mart plastic bag, though. Walgreen's, Publix, or even Dollar Store are all acceptable. I draw the line at Winn-Dixie, but Piggly Wiggly is very retro and hip.
Why would you need to carry an MP3 or an extra battery to a date? Charge your phone right before you leave. Better yet, leave the damn thing in the car. Talking on your phone on a first date is up there with fanny packing.
Isn't it clear that the OP started this thread to share her sense of humour, rather than to bash the Packers of Fanny? I doubt she was actually rude to the man. I'm more offended that the Packer told her to remove her blackness. That's just beyond stupid.
To those seeking out their very own FP-I've seen them at flea markets, and I'm sure they have a stock at Goodwill. I saw Moon boots in GW recently, so FP can't can't be too far down the aisle.
Happy Packing to all. | |
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Posted: 8/6/2009 7:31:11 AM | OMG I am soooo dieing laughing. I have a dear friend who in most ways thinks he is a snazzy dresser. He has a lot of money. And a very "cash" based business. His sport coats cost $500.
He wears a fanny pack everywhere. Most the gals dont complain as the fanny pack is full of cash generally. SERIOUS ! Bundles of it.
That seems to make fanny packs much more acceptable in society. (wink) When they are crammed with cash.
Cowboy | |
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Posted: 8/6/2009 8:09:56 AM | see people, this cuts both ways. and betcha every single one of you that never had the unmitigated gall to reject someone just for wearing an ASS-BAG (i mean come on, who wouldn’t be mortified?!?, lol) on the all-important first date is just as guilty for rejecting somebody else for wearing blue eyeshadow, having a little bit of a belly or a bald spot, small tits, big tits headed south, for not knowing how to play a musical instrument, for liking rap, hating rap, driving an 8-year-old chrysler, confessing to peeing in the shower, or voting for bush/obama and actually admitting it with a straight face. go ahead and try to deny it you sanctimonious little liars you. oh excuse me, i mean unsainted paragons of virtue and blinding charisma! heh heh.
many sins are forgiveable but never on a first date. heck everybody knows "first dates" are NOT dates, they're full-blown inquisitions during which the most exacting level of dissection and scrutiny is applied unsparingly and without mercy to the most inconsequential of acts and personal details. admit it! think about it, at what other time in your life does something as seemingly trivial as a stray nose hair or a shirt that clashes just so with your pants make all the difference between the first day of the rest of your life and an eternal purgatory of utter rejection, solitude and unreturned phone calls.
hey OP, if you want to date a man who is conscious enough of his appearance to dress appropriately for the occasion and reasonably well, then that's perfectly normal and just a personal preference based on your own lifestyle. but if you want to summarily reject a man you otherwise like just because he's oblivious enough to society at large to commit the heinous fashion faux pas of wearing a fanny pack on a first date that doesn't include an evening hike through the back woods of arkansas right behind the wal-mart, then that makes you shallow. trifling. superficial.
damn girl you're walkin' right on the razor's edge!! better watch it!!
and now, back to my regularly scheduled daily dose of personal rejections from all the fine manhood of the world because i'm too fat, too snarky, not enough girly-girl, too smart, too tall, too serbian, not irish enough, too liberal, too conservative, and just too, too.......
oh and excuse the fvck outta me but i just can’t seem to get past all those NASCAR fans, dead fish collectors and loud-assed harleys.
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