Boys, we are currently less than one week away from Valentine's Day. Do you have a date? Every year there are too many dateless boys and girls on Valentine's Day, which is comparable to being sober on the 4th of July or starving on Thanksgiving. Holidays give us an excuse to celebrate, so by god we need to celebrate them!
Valentine's Day is the day to show your love to a special someone in your life. However, many people lack a special someone. Not having a special someone gives girls an excuse to stay at home with an extra large box of chocolates, keg of milk and Channing Tatum movies. Not having a special someone gives boys no excuse to be alone, because in our society boys ask the girls on dates.
Girls can say, "I don't have a date because I wasn't asked," which is unfortunately a legitimate excuse.
However the boy's only response is, "I don't have a date because I didn't have the balls to ask the cute brunette that sits behind me in my 3:45 p.m. class."
Boys, we need to realize that we control our destiny on Valentine's Day.
On past Valentine's Days have you ever asked yourself, "Why didn't I ask her to be my Valentine?"
If so, then make this year the year you finally grow a pair and get yourself a Valentine's date. Boys, this is what needs to happen.
Seattle University has a 3:2 female to male ratio, which means there are an abundance of girls to choose from on campus, giving you no excuses for not having a girl to ask.
Every day you walk around campus, and see so many cute, smart, funny girls that deserve a date for Valentine's Day, and you must deliver.
However, the difficult task of any Valentine's Day endeavor is overcoming the fear and summoning the courage to say, "Hey, would you be my Valentine?"
This act of ultimate courage is the key to locking down a date for Valentine's Day. If you can do this, they will most likely reward you with an answer of "Yes! You handsome hunk of man, I will be your Valentine!" (Answers may vary).
Trust me, the only person that wants a date more than you is the girl.
Girls are dependent on boys to ask them on a date and if boys aren't asking, girls aren't going.
Needless to say, if you put the question out there, girls will not miss the opportunity to have a date for Valentine's Day. We must find the power of love within ourselves and share it with a lucky girl.
After all, Valentine's Day is the day to share love, and what better way share love than with a date, over a fancy dinner and some downtown entertainment. So boys, it's time to step up to the plate, be a man, and ask a lucky girl that will give you a Valentine's Day you will always remember.
Adam may be reached at johns113@seattleu.edu
Guys: 'Grow a pair' and ask her out
One student's take on how to secure a date on Valentine's Day
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 20:02
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Unless I'm very much mistaken, this article can be summed up in the following quote:
"Girls are dependent on boys to ask them on a date and if boys aren't asking, girls aren't going."
Let's take a closer look in order to explain just where Anonymous is coming from.
1. "Girls"—It's obvious to anyone that the girls who attend this university are still sexually immature children, merely gamboling in the gardens of adulthood. Isn't it cute when they pretend to learn?
2. "are dependent"—OF COURSE they are. Just name one time when a girl has done something of her own volition or stood up for herself, save Marie Curie, Hellen Keller, Jean of Arc, Dorothy Day, Mother Theresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, Anais Nin, Simone de Beauvoir, and of course Baby Bop. Besides cases such as these, their underdeveloped childlike minds prevent it.
3. "on boys"—This, I believe, the most compelling evidence against sexism. Here Mr Johnson clearly infantilizes men and women to EQUAL degree.
4. "to ask them on a date"—What else would they ask them to? A job interview? A tea party? Ridiculous.
5. “and if boys aren’t asking”—Probably due to weak genes or an impoverished masculinity, no doubt (so well pointed out by Johnson et al, SU Spectator 2010, “Grow a pair”)
<6. “girls aren’t going”—Without the offer of a date, the female hibernates for 10 more years within the chrysalis! This is practically a public service.
Alas, though I could continue, I find myself guilty of wasting the time “crapping” upon this comment page. Tell me how commenting on this article furthers our collective commitment to social justice in any way, when that precious time could be spent volunteering at fraternity houses or the Heritage Foundation. No doubt remains that true men like Mr Johnson (and, if I someday “grow a pair,” myself) will not waste their time worrying over these words, and instead will be swimming in accolades brought in by this strikingly original article, or enjoying the many, many women who now find themselves breathlessly attracted to the fearless, manly, and unshaven Mr Adam Johnson of Seattle University.
This is degrading to women. It makes it seem as if, if it weren't for a "man" relationships cannot even be instigated by a woman.
You are most likely someone who shares the article's sexist views. And that's fine - people can think whatever they'd like. However, your assumptions are sexist to think only a woman would find this offensive.
Just because The Spectator chose to run the op-ed doesn't mean it endorses the message, author or cause. Only the pieces labeled "editorials" and The Ten are endorsed opinions by The Spectator.
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Guy - has it occurred to you that Valentine's day shouldn't be used as an excuse to ask people out?
Perhaps you don't realize that not everyone wants something to do on Valentine's day?
Maybe you don't realize that a ratio (which, by the way, is kinda disgusting when you are looking at girls as a ratio) means nothing if a girl isn't interested?
I also find it appalling that you call the other men on campus "boy" several times to show your place as a man. If you can call it that.
Maybe you don't realize that randomly asking out a girl, whose name you don't even know, as shown by the "I don't have a date because I didn’t have the balls to ask the cute brunette that sits behind me in my 3:45 p.m. class.” line, is actually really creepy?
Some guys have class - which you obviously lack.But I guess that's all you know, right?
Being a man is strictly about getting some to you.
No responsibility, no caring, no intelligence.
To Adam Johnson, just ask out any random girl and you'll "be a man." Sexy.