Boyfriend-Be-Gone I've been dating this great guy for a few months. We both like each other a lot, but I don't think either one of us knows where our relationship is going to go. I've just been invited to a friend's wedding, and I was told I could bring a date. I really don't want to go alone. Should I ask him?
--Tuxedo Junction
THERE ARE A LOT of creative ways to get rid of unwanted boyfriends. Few, however, top the effectiveness of White Lace/Rental Tuxedo Boyfriend-Be-Gone, otherwise known as a premature invitation to a new man in your life to be your date at a wedding. No matter how innocuous your intentions, he'll still end up feeling like a hunted animal (which is all the more uncomfortable when one is garbed in a tuxedo and doofy black patent leather shoes.) If you must bring an escort, invite your postman, the guy who reads your meter, or some skinny stranger who looks like a few pieces of seventeen-layer wedding cake would do him good. At some later date, should this guy's status change from new boyfriend to unwanted boyfriend, you needn't wait until a wedding invite crosses your transom to get rid of him. In a pinch, dragging him in to browse Baby Gap should do the job quite nicely.
Disagree, my dear Amy. After several months of dating, it would be a slap in the face to go to a wedding without the man. True, it's an uncomfortable situation rife with potential awkwardness and unspoken "ooh wish it were me" thoughts (on either side). Nevertheless, she has been dating for "a few months" which means, hes, he is her escort at all functions requiring escort service. Attending a wedding without your sig other cries out, "Available," which is almost certainly not what Ms. Tuxedo intends.
Eener
Renee at October 6, 2007 6:28 PM
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