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  • Twin_Cam

    Jan. 4, 2009 5:18 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork

    ...and says "Hey, I have a car question for you. What does it mean if I have to step on the gas a little bit to get the car to start?"

    This is the girl who thought the reasonable interval to hook up with another guy (who's 18) after a relationship of over a year and a half with me was FIVE DAYS. She also knows very little about cars, only that some are "pretty" and some are not.

    So I can: 1. Refuse to answer it at all 2. Tell the truth and say "Well, it's a '92 Lebaron, and it's effing cold outside, it just needs a little extra motivation to start." 3. Say "Ooooh, that sounds serious, you might need to replace the battery, alternator, spark plugs, shift cables, and replace the blinker fluid."

    I was really tempted to make it #3.

    You guys ever have a situation like this? I ended up saying #2, by the way. And promptly hung up.

  • Per Schroeder

    Jan. 4, 2009 5:38 p.m. Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director

    I would have gone with #2 as well. Then I would have asked if that made her boyfriend late to homeroom.

  • Dr. Hess

    Jan. 4, 2009 5:39 p.m. Dr. Hess UberDork

    "Yeah, that's great honey. Don't call me anymore. Bu-Bye."

  • minimac

    Jan. 4, 2009 5:42 p.m. minimac Dork

    This was obviously her way to letting you know that she's now re-interested in you. Your response should be "gee, that might be serious, better come over and let me look at it." If nothing is there tell her it's O.K. and send her on her way. If there's still a spark or two, let nature take it's course. Make-up sex can be good. Then dump her.

  • ignorant

    Jan. 4, 2009 5:54 p.m. ignorant PowerDork

    She's playing games. So.. Tell her that the muffler bearings are bad and get her to go to a shop.

    I've had one rule with dating that I always stuck too.. No contact between ex's.. period.

  • Osterizer

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:08 p.m. Osterizer HalfDork

    minimac wrote:

    This was obviously her way to letting you know that she's now re-interested in you. Your response should be "gee, that might be serious, better come over and let me look at it." If nothing is there tell her it's O.K. and send her on her way. If there's still a spark or two, let nature take it's course. Make-up sex can be good. Then dump her.

    Truth spoken.

  • Woody

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:39 p.m. Woody Dork

    And see if you can do it without kissing her.

  • MikeSVO

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:44 p.m. MikeSVO New Reader

    Dr. Hess wrote:

    "Yeah, that's great honey. Don't call me anymore. Bu-Bye."

    I'm with Hess on this one.

  • JThw8

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:47 p.m. JThw8 Dork

    +3 with Hess

    Or tell her the hourly rate for your diagnostic help, payment up front please. You owe her nothing so she should not be expecting anything from you.

  • Datsun1500

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:49 p.m. Datsun1500 HalfDork

    I would have said "sounds like something is getting ready to blow, come on over and I will show you what it is" and see what happened......

    but that's just me...

  • aussiesmg

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:57 p.m. aussiesmg HalfDork

    I would have said, "Ask my replacement."

  • Twin_Cam

    Jan. 4, 2009 6:58 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork

    I love you guys hahaha.

    One of my buddies said I should send her a bill haha.

    Oh, and while getting back together with my ex would be alright, I'm going to see about the cute brunette at my internship who gave me her number back in August

  • neon4891

    Jan. 4, 2009 7:01 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

    either what the good Doctor would say or aussiemg, but the second option is a little childish.

  • gamby

    Jan. 4, 2009 7:09 p.m. gamby UberDork

    Play it cool (best option)

    or

    Tell her that adding a cup or two of sugar to her gas tank should help.

    I'd say play it cool. Always look like you have the upper hand.

  • Jan. 4, 2009 7:27 p.m. midknight New Reader

    I hope you're not just now going to call the cute brunette who gave you her number 5 months ago!! Dude, you should have been on that a long time ago!

  • pinchvalve

    Jan. 4, 2009 7:29 p.m. pinchvalve UltraDork

    She still wants you.

  • pigeon

    Jan. 4, 2009 7:42 p.m. pigeon Reader

    "berkeley you, don't ever call me again you whore" would have been my response, but I tend not to be the forgiving type

  • Jan. 4, 2009 7:45 p.m. dan_efi New Reader

    minimac seems to have this one figured out

  • fornetti14

    Jan. 4, 2009 7:47 p.m. fornetti14 New Reader

    She doesn't have car problems, she has current guy problems. Proceed with caution and call the girl from the internship already!

  • Twin_Cam

    Jan. 4, 2009 7:53 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork

    Yea, well, I was dating the girl in question when brunette girl gave me her number. So that's why that hasn't been acted on before. It certainly will be now. Come to think of it, I'll see her tomorrow, asking out in person > asking out on phone.

  • ae86andkp61

    Jan. 4, 2009 8:16 p.m. ae86andkp61 New Reader

    True, she might be interested again, but if the best way of expressing it is to make up a car question...

    ...and the funniest part is that most people still hold that women are supposed to be more communicative than men.

  • AngryCorvair

    Jan. 4, 2009 8:21 p.m. AngryCorvair Dork

    my answer would've been (and i actually used something very close to this with great success back in the day):

    "it means your current barney isn't hitting it correctly. you should stop by tomorrow after work."

    and there was no kissing the next day after work.

  • maroon92

    Jan. 4, 2009 8:24 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    I tend to not burn bridges, I am still "kinda" friends with all my ex GFs. however, in this case, you prob did the right thing, besides brunettes are better anyway.

  • maroon92

    Jan. 4, 2009 8:24 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    I tend to not burn bridges, I am still "kinda" friends with all my ex GFs. however, in this case, you prob did the right thing, besides brunettes are better anyway.

  • Jan. 4, 2009 9:08 p.m. RoadWarrior New Reader

    Nuke and pave, you don't want that aggrivation. Although I should take my own advice, i'm still in contact with my last ex who left me an a pretty ugly, hell, she up and left for germany after we were a few months into a lease in an apartment ;)

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