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    So, did anyone get asked out..?

    RE .1  I was asked to leave, does that count ?  :-)

    
    This so-called tradition must be an urban legend..

    
    
    		As it turns out, Monday morning I received a phone
    	call here at work. A voice from the past (5 years ago) was 
    	on the other end. She made the usual small talk for a few
    	minutes and then asked if I would like to get together.
    	Hmmmmmmmm I said. Why in the world would she decide out of 
    	the clear blue to give me a call and ask me out? It was this
    	morning, when I logged into Mennotesm, that I got my answer.
    	In short, YES, some people do believe in that old custom ;-)
    
    				Kevin

    i made bob an offer and he turned it down...
    so don't feel sorry for him.
    
    so what if i live on the east coast
    
    
    kelly

On Feb. 29th in 1976 I asked Neil to marry me and his answer
    was he didn't know.  I told him it was a yes or no question.
    We'll be married 12 years this June.

    Well.. I asked Bob out...  we started to have dinner, when an emergency
    happened at my house, that I had to go home for....
    
    So.. we didn't get to have dinner together, and now he'll have to
    wait four more years to see if anything was planned for after dinner
    :-)....
    
    Gale

    RE: .10
    
    Bonnie, does "the whole year" mean that after 31 December 1988,
    men can come out of hiding?
    
    Or do we need to lay low through next February 28? :-)
    
      Alan

    Bonnie,
    
    I know I have the whole year to ask, but I am still that old fashion
    female who waits to be asked first :-)
    
    Maybe in four years, if Bob hasn't popped the question, I MAY change
    my mind though...  We have only been dating for two years (this
    month!), so I have quite a long while to go I think...
    
    Gale

    re .8  four years !?!?  That's a long time to wait for dessert :-)

    re .11
    
    Alan, I think in most cases men can come out of hiding at the
    end of 1988. In your case however....perhaps early in the 21st
    century? :-) :-)
    
    re .12
    
    Gale, there is always the line that has worked for many others..
    "if you asked me to marry you I would say yes."
    
    

    re: .11
    
    What do you mean by " ... lay low .... " ?
    
    Bob

    RE: .14
    
    Bonnie, to be safe, maybe I ought to wait until the middle of the
    21'st century. That way, I'll be past my prime, and by then, they
    may have even outlawed attorneys. :-)
    
    RE: .15
    
    Bob, ".....lay low...." as in "to hide". But of course, there are
    some men who don't mind being exposed. :-) :-)
    
      Alan
          

    aw Alan, come on...lay low?  What about all these notes about
    woman asking men out, etc....  I thought that was what you were
    all waiting for!
    
    I didn't even think of asking someone out on that day (have had
    my hands full lately :-) ) but I wouldn't need any special day 
    to allow me to do it anyway.  I'd just need the courage :-}.
    
    I thought that Feb 29 was called Sadie Hawkins day, and that the
    rule of the "women ask the men" applied only to that day.  Guess
    I have to brush up on my Lil' Abner.
    
                                                cj
    

    RE: .17
    
    cj, it's not getting asked out that I'm concerned about.
    
    It's answering yes to a proposal of marriage that concerns me
    (although I'm sure my lawyer is licking his chops at the
    possibility of handling another divorce for me. Visions of
    Mercedes are running through his mind right now, I bet. ) :-)
    
      Alan

    
     I've come to the the conclusion that theres too many Bobs 
     associated to this conference and conversation. One could 
     really get confused quick :-)
    
     But on the other side, Traditionally via the archives of
     Lil' Abner, it is traditionally accecpable and correct that
     a woman may ASK a man out during the ENTIRE year of a leep
     year. The most significant day thou is leep day, which is
     Feb 29 or best known as Saddie Hawkins day. For traditionally
     it was accecpable and proper that a woman could ask a man
     to MARRY her and he HAD to accept.
    
     So, for any of you that didn't know, thats the story. Thats why
     Lil' Abner use to "head for the hills" each Feb 29. Now of course
     as for me, if I had Daisy Mae a'chaceing me, I don't think Ide
     be running all that fast  ;-) As for being asked out by some lady,
     the rest of the year, well that remains to be seen  ;-)
    
                                                 Bob B.

    
    That might have been true when there were 5 eligable F's
    to 1 M. 
    
    Today its the men who had better be doing the running after
    for the tables have turned appreciably.

    RE: .20
    
    Bob, are you saying there are now 5 eligible males for each
    female?
    
      Alan

    
    re .21
    
    Not quite 5 to 1 yet. Seems more like 3.5 to 1. 
    
    Then again, I can only speak for this immediate 
    locale (Palo Alto/Northern Santa Clara Co.)
    
    If there are census figures for this (?) I'd
    love to see them.
    
    Consider that demographics have changed since
    the days of the draft, WorldWar[n], Korea, VN...
    

    
    RE  Last few ...HUH ?????? The way I understood it was that via
                    the last nation wide census, there was susposely
                    something on the order of a ratio of 2.7 women to 
                    men between the ages of 20 - 50. Now that ratio 
                    may vary by geographical area of the country, but
                    overally there has always been more women then men
                    on a nation wide basis.
    
                    Does anyone out there have the break out of the
                    actual figures ? Besides that, what would one do
                    with .7 of a woman ???     :-) 

                                                     Bob B

    
    re .23
    
    Well, that depends on which .7 you have, I guess...hehheheh

    I'm convinced there are at least eight eligible women (girls?)
    per male out there and they all seem to be between 20 and 25!
    
                                   cj
    

    RE .25       And not a single one of them is interested 
           in a man over the age of 30. So where does that 
           leave those of us that are over 30 to do ??
    
                                         BB 
    

    RE.25  May I ask where you have discovered this convincing evidence?

    Purely for academic reasons, y'all understand. 

    re: .26 (BB)
    
    	Alas, you are wrong on this one...
    
    					Carla
    

    
    RE .28   Ahhhh just **what** does "alas" allude to ????? 
    
             And should I say it figgures because your in Colorado
             and I (we) are out here in New England ...
    
                                          BB
    
             P.S. What about the 40's people ???

    Hey, Bob,
    
    I think the 40's people are absolutely great!
    
    -Dotti D.

    I like 'em in their 30's or early 40's if they are young at heart.

    	Sherry

    Re: .31
    
    > "boys" under 30 have too much to learn...
    
         WATCH IT, LADY!
    
             Greg
    

       
       	This Man under 30 is not a boy. (A kid at heart but that's
       different...) Just ask my over 30 women friends. Like the
       one who's one of my best friends. (Yes, you know who you are :-))
       
       	Of course, at the moment this Man of 26 is chasing someone younger
       :-)
       
       						mike

    
    	Geez Mike, that must be a real BEAR! |^)
    
    	Todd

        RE .30
    
          Gee DD, 
    
            How did I know thats exactly what you would think ?? 
    
                   :-)        :-)            ;-)
    
                                      BB

    
    
    
    RE: 35
    
    
    Tee hee, BB!
    
    
    -DD