Comments on: Interview #2

By: Dave Pullig

Dave Pullig — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:12:11 +0000

I think that the mentality behind going out clubbing makes all the difference. I know my girlfriend and I had more than one argument about clubbing. Her single friends would want her to come out with them, they would try to hook up with guys and try to make her join the fun. She would try to keep it innocent but I heard more than a few stories about guys grabbing, trying to kiss her and giving her their numbers. Thats not cool, but she still wanted to hang out with the girls. The german group activity sounds more fun and like less drama. Maybe I need to date a nice German girl.

By: Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:04:21 +0000

I agree with some of what they said. It does seem that alot of people go to clubs or bars to meet people. I have learned that this is not for me. I just don’t like the atmosphere most of the time. It does feel more like people are their to hunt for other people instead of having fun with who they came with. But, Im sure alot of it depends on who you go with and where you go.

By: Kimberly Waddle

Kimberly Waddle — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:34:37 +0000

Again with the jealousy thing. It seems to me that the more casual approach to going out witha group of friends is more conducive to a less jealous environment. I have to say though that I haven’t really noticed this thing where if one member of the couple doesn’t want to go the other won’t either. In my group of friends, if we went as a group, boyfriends/girlfriends sometimes came and sometimes didn’t, it didn’t seem like a big deal. I’m thinking that it all comes down to the attitudes of the people you’re hanging out with.

By: Brent Sherman

Brent Sherman — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:51:51 +0000

Again, I don’t have much experience in the subject, but I see both points of the story. A lot of couples here in the Untied States want to be joined at the hip, and I think a lot of it comes from the social atmosphere that we are surrounded by. We are told to date a certain way, to act and behave in a certain way, and to live life in a certain way. Of course, this is not exclusive to the American market, as I’m sure the German market caters to the youth “cliques.”

By: Kelsey Liggett

Kelsey Liggett — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:56:03 +0000

I can’t say that the ‘don’t hang out in groups’ thing is consistently true. Growing up, especially in high school, my friends and I tended to hang out in groups. The more, the merrier, right? And I know plenty of people who are dating but will still hang out in a group with other people. Although it occurs to me that these people are architecture students and for them ‘hanging out’ means ‘working in the studio for three days straight’, so maybe I’m not the best source of information here.
(Again, sorry this is late!)

By: Emily Bright

Emily Bright — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:20:18 +0000

While visiting Germany over this lat winter break i was drinking with some friends in a pub and i had this German man come up to me and start speaking to me in German. I told him i speak English and I understand very little German. He continued to talk to me and I picked up his age and a few other things. He wasn’t ugly or anything but he was signicantly older than me and i wasn’t very interested. So he follows me around and keeos putting his hand on my back. He takes my camera and starts taking pictures of us and all of a sudden as im smiling for the camera he turns his head and shoves his tongue down my throat! I guess the shocked expression on my face was enough to say how i felt about it because the bartender, who is friends with most of my friends, saw this and started screaming at this guy in German and all of a sudden the bouncer appears grabs him by the arm and pulls him out of the pub. I just stood there for a sec before everything really absorbed. Now i think it’s hilarious! The guy had this hurt puppy look on his face on the way out of there.

Guess the moral of the story is there are pervy old men in every country. hahaha

By: Justin Kooker

Justin Kooker — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:56:57 +0000

I would have to agree with the lady. I tend to see that if two people are dating, that if there significant other doesn’t come along then the other person, most of the time, won’t go. It does seem, to me, that you have to be doing things with one another or be by yourself.

By: Ashtyn Leslie-Hodge

Ashtyn Leslie-Hodge — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:53:44 +0000

Again, I don’t know if Caleb and I are weird or something, but we NEVER hang out just us. We are always with friends.

And we are married.

I realize that this is not a characteristic that applies to everyone, but I only have one set of friends that completely ignored everyone else for a while. Also, I don’t understand why dressing up is automatically synonymous with being shallow and/or potential mate hunting. I like dressing up because I like to look nice. I think it’s important to take pride in your appearance.

But, again, I enjoy the different perspective. It is interesting!

By: Jason McGee

Jason McGee — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:43:16 +0000

I’m more of a group of friends kind of guy but I always love going out with a single friend a bunch. But I’ve always been annoyed when my girlfriends have been jealous if I’m hanging out with my friends. Boy do I have stories. But I pretty much agree with what she’s saying.

By: Kyle Seeber

Kyle Seeber — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:23:01 +0000

I almost feel bad about admitting it, but if either Mandy or myself decide we don’t want to go out with friends that night,the other just says ’screw him, let’s go’ and they make fun of me all night. Mandy and I go on dates together, but we do things with friends far more frequently; we were always part of a group dynamic, and its worked out for us so far.