how can you be going out with someone
you haven't yet had a date with?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:07, archived)

www.Thaibrides.com
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:08, archived)

I ordered one of those, but she came in the wrong size and colour,
so I sent her back for a refund.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:17, archived)

By being friends first
Then if you wake up next to each other three weekends in a row, you're going out.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:09, archived)

If you each drug the other,
how do you wind up in bed?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)

Haha!
You wake up on the carpet mentally kicking yourselves.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:21, archived)

I think these are the rules I play by.

( Nimble Colin camera-wrangling, globe-trotting whisky enthusiast, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)

It's like an extract from "The Rules"
What about if you're travelling and sharing a tent with your best friend?
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:13, archived)

I think it depends
whether you share a sleeping bag too
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:17, archived)

How do you think he got his last boyfriend?

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:17, archived)

Serious answer:
I imagine by the time you're best friends, you know whether you want to have sex with each other, or whether it'd be worth trying.

I speak only roughly, I will never read "The Rules" in my life and find quite offensive the fact that it's even been written.

Frivolous answer: I heard someone talk about "the rules" relating to your friend staying in your bed once (I guess the same thing applies to tents.) Something like, the owner of the bed is the one that's allowed to make an attempt without fear of embarrassment. I never knew it was that complicated either.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:19, archived)

I agree - before setting off, something may have to be said, though:
"By the way, Dave. If we wake up together three weekends in a row then we are officially a couple. Do you want me to ring Julie now?"

"The Rules": I've been married for three years now, but I can't imagine that I'd ever have gone out with anyone who took "The Rules" seriously.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:25, archived)