 Do you dress to impress?
When Bear and I go to meet a new couple, we do try to put our best face forward as you only get one chance to make a first impression. While I don't pile on the party paint, or club ware. I do try to dress as if I was going on a date, probably pants and some low cut top. Heck, I even shower and do my hair, brush my teeth and all that. Who knows, if things work out you might find yourself sans clothing.
On more than one occasion, on these first meets, the female half has been dressed like she was making a quick run to the grocery store; no make-up, baggy t-shirt, hair pulled back with bobby pins, sweats. I'm never sure what to make of it. Is it a passive aggressive way of the wife saying I'm not interested?
In one instance, that was just her style. She wears the baggy t-shirt to house parties and clubs alike. She is very shy on first meetings. She hasn’t lost the weight she gained during her pregnancy. If we hadn't clicked with the male half, we would have blown the couple off. That would have been a sad thing as they are now good friends. They just don't "dress up".
Other than that once instance, I usually get the feeling that the wife doesn't want to be there. Because of the one good experience, I try not read too much into it. However, other subsequent encounters with dressed down females, are making think this is a big clue she doesn't want to be there.
Have any of you encountered anything similar? Do you dress to impress when meeting potential playmates? Does what the other couple wear factor into your first impression of them?
-- The always-curious Bunny
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