tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post7526017786779375622..comments2024-03-28T10:33:26.317-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: Today's Special - - Jeanne Adamspjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-54106454735480408742011-09-07T17:43:08.358-04:002011-09-07T17:43:08.358-04:00Now as for my best date; that would be the date I ...Now as for my best date; that would be the date I had with a boyfriend who I had dated before for almost three years. He had stopped calling me because I was not ready for a serious relationship and marriage. After not calling me for a YEAR, he called to make a date for, of all things, Valentine's Day! We were narried the next spring and celebrated our 33rd anniversary this year. I guess fsbuchlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928364594015643639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-38339230785833782072011-09-07T17:35:03.574-04:002011-09-07T17:35:03.574-04:00Wow, PJ, you certainly had a busy day with that wo...Wow, PJ, you certainly had a busy day with that wonderful review and this engrossing interview.<br /><br />Congratulations on your new release, Jeanne. You can be sure that my interest is totally piqued!<br /><br />My worst date was the guy who would not go away. We went out only once and I knew he was not for me, but he kept calling and calling me for months! Maybe I should have been fsbuchlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928364594015643639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-62856400409265804492011-09-07T10:02:25.736-04:002011-09-07T10:02:25.736-04:00"Be that as it may, though, with whom would l..."Be that as it may, though, with whom would love to be stranded??Grins."<br /><br />@ Jeanne: Just one person? :P Well at this moment I think I'll settle for the male cast of the upcoming Avengers movie. Yum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-2159014776069164382011-09-07T01:38:17.325-04:002011-09-07T01:38:17.325-04:00I once subbed for a friend on a group date (I was ...I once subbed for a friend on a group date (I was going to go to bed early - fun college years, let me tell you). Unfortunately, I was tired so I wasn't as accommodating as I would have been and, as I found out later, the guy was way younger (one of those got-into-college-at-the-age-of-16 types). So he was way too shy and I just yakked at him. As I told his friends later, conversation withShereehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205244523389110839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-88931856434133092042011-09-07T01:09:41.485-04:002011-09-07T01:09:41.485-04:00Marybelle said: I found myself below decks wearin...Marybelle said: <i> I found myself below decks wearing someone's smelly pullover & vomiting. Not how I had visualised the day.</i><br /><br />Ugh, now that IS a horrible date! Yikes! Bless you!<br /><br />But how fun that the really great date was on the water too, and could "erase" the memory (at least a little!) of the awful one. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-964623826233206742011-09-07T01:08:04.638-04:002011-09-07T01:08:04.638-04:00THanks so much, PJ, and to all of the Dishers and ...THanks so much, PJ, and to all of the Dishers and friends, for such a wonderfully warm welcome today.<br /><br />I loved being here and hanging out and talking about first dates and wincing over q-tip-looking-awkward guy. Grins.<br /><br />(Poor man, somewhere, he's cringing and doesn't even know why)Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-71945354106294061582011-09-07T00:37:48.937-04:002011-09-07T00:37:48.937-04:00Worst date: I got sea sick as we sailed out of Syd...Worst date: I got sea sick as we sailed out of Sydney Harbour & into open ocean. I was wearing a strappy sun dress. I found myself below decks wearing someone's smelly pullover & vomiting. Not how I had visualised the day.<br /><br />Best date: still on water but inside the Harbour. We sailed around Sydney Harbour on ferries all night. It was magic!!<br /><br />Not the same date.<br /Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-88203727894654671652011-09-06T22:11:05.053-04:002011-09-06T22:11:05.053-04:00Jeanne, thanks so much for being with us today!Jeanne, thanks so much for being with us today!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-76128921078001323562011-09-06T20:16:42.901-04:002011-09-06T20:16:42.901-04:00Hi Virginia! So wonderful to see you over here to...Hi Virginia! So wonderful to see you over here today! And wouldn't it be fun to be "stuck" somewhere with the man of your dreams?<br /><br />I really like the idea of that secluded island - tropical, not desert - with "discreet staff" around. That way you could feel alone and not have to cook! Haha!Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-19035985649205141142011-09-06T20:15:17.943-04:002011-09-06T20:15:17.943-04:00Hi DearDoe69!! Thank you!
You said: Congrats on ...Hi DearDoe69!! Thank you!<br /><br />You said: <i>Congrats on your new book I have been waiting to get it!!! Maybe this weekend...</i><br /><br />It's really a delight to know people have been waiting for this book. I'm just so excited and humbled by that. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-27770281766898017982011-09-06T20:14:05.011-04:002011-09-06T20:14:05.011-04:00Hey Andrea! *Waving madly back* And thanks to yo...Hey Andrea! *Waving madly back* And thanks to you too, for having me here at the Dish! You, PJ, Gannon and Buffy are da bomb! Grins.<br /><br />Had to LOL about the first date w/ the 15 y/o. <br /><br />And isn't it wonderful to love those dates with your hubby? Le Sigh. I wish I got more of them! It's hard when you live away from family and have no grandparents to sucker into Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-79371933746009924042011-09-06T20:12:51.316-04:002011-09-06T20:12:51.316-04:00Most of my dates were fine nothing really sticks o...Most of my dates were fine nothing really sticks out. I would love to be stuck on a desert island with the hunk of my dreams.<br /><br />lead[at]hotsheet[dot]comVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924888528166831610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-63574195369747434982011-09-06T20:00:55.577-04:002011-09-06T20:00:55.577-04:00Congrats on your new book I have been waiting to g...Congrats on your new book I have been waiting to get it!!! Maybe this weekend...deerdoe69https://www.blogger.com/profile/11749548902980843245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-84221474836407100562011-09-06T19:40:22.396-04:002011-09-06T19:40:22.396-04:00Hey Buffy! *Waving madly* I'll interrupt the...Hey Buffy! *Waving madly* I'll interrupt the blog fun to again say thanks to all of you over here at The Dish for having me on today!<br /><br />You said: <i>I assumed the friend would be hawt too but sadly he wasn't. Nope, looked like a q-tip -- tall, skinny and with a bush full of hair. Sweaty palms too. Not the best date.</i><br /><br />Snork. A q-tip. Heehee. Poor guy, he Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-84234248163547050322011-09-06T19:30:58.448-04:002011-09-06T19:30:58.448-04:00*waving madly* Hi, Jeanne!! We are so happy to hav...*waving madly* Hi, Jeanne!! We are so happy to have you with us today! Congrats on your newest release. I hope it flies off the shelves!<br /><br /><b>What was your worst first date</b><br /><br />I was 15 and all he wanted was one thing and I wasn't down with that. Needless to say, I didn't go back out with him. Yuck. <br /><br /><b>and what was your best?</b><br /><br />That's Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-37180763323850855652011-09-06T19:00:29.875-04:002011-09-06T19:00:29.875-04:00Margay said: I never realized I was that intimidat...Margay said: <i>I never realized I was that intimidating!<br /><br />As for where I'd want to be abducted to, how about Ireland or Scotland? I'm a sucker for a good brogue.</i><br /><br />It's amazing to me what intimidates guys. If you ask them, once you know them, there's all kinds of things they say they were unsure about, and you're like...wha??? REally??? Grins<br /><brJeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-39054638833999431352011-09-06T18:57:26.855-04:002011-09-06T18:57:26.855-04:00Hey Maureen! How fun, you said: The first one I w...Hey Maureen! How fun, you said: <i>The first one I went on with my husband was to a really lovely restaurant. I would want to be stranded in Hawaii since I have never been there.</i><br /><br />That's nice about your hubby. And hey, Hawaii, what's not to love? Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-39051372245209930142011-09-06T18:35:13.370-04:002011-09-06T18:35:13.370-04:00Hey Jeanne!!! Welcome back!! Congrats on the new ...Hey Jeanne!!! Welcome back!! Congrats on the new release. <br /><br />Hmmm, worse date ... would have to be the blind date my best friend (at the time) set me up on. See, she was meeting her boyfriend (who was hawt) at the movies and he was bringing a guy friend. I <i> assumed</i> the friend would be hawt too but sadly he wasn't. Nope, looked like a q-tip -- tall, skinny and with a bush Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-45368374479914733002011-09-06T18:18:02.658-04:002011-09-06T18:18:02.658-04:00Jeanne, the crazy thing was, I met him through my ...Jeanne, the crazy thing was, I met him through my sister and her husband and they set up the date, so I already knew him! I never realized I was that intimidating!<br /><br />As for where I'd want to be abducted to, how about Ireland or Scotland? I'm a sucker for a good brogue.Margay Leah Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490126898758440254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-55898991296644428352011-09-06T18:00:54.790-04:002011-09-06T18:00:54.790-04:00Hey PJ! Honestly, nobody should be subjected to th...Hey PJ! <i>Honestly, nobody should be subjected to that!</i><br /><br />I had fairly even tempered parents, so I knew those guys, no matter how cute, were not going to be the ones to spend a life with.Suzanne Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761579189372602292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-27589057952972791002011-09-06T17:55:46.196-04:002011-09-06T17:55:46.196-04:00It has been so long since I went on a date but I d...It has been so long since I went on a date but I don't remember any really bad ones. The first one I went on with my husband was to a really lovely restaurant. I would want to be stranded in Hawaii since I have never been there.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392692656456938856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-7601509858773891792011-09-06T16:55:34.040-04:002011-09-06T16:55:34.040-04:00PJ said: Jeanne, you root for Duke and Carolina? W...PJ said: <i>Jeanne, you root for Duke and Carolina? What do your Duke and Carolina friends think of that? I know what my second generation, Carolina alum family-of-the-heart would say! lol!</i><br /><br />Hahaha! My parents were both Carolina grads and rooted for the 'Heels, but I really, really like Duke. So....grins.<br /><br />I just shut my ears and go "lalalalalala" when theyJeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-19561771707524437642011-09-06T16:20:48.714-04:002011-09-06T16:20:48.714-04:00Janga said, I had my share of bad dates. The worst...Janga said, <i>I had my share of bad dates. The worst is a tossup between the guy who, for four excruciatingly boring hours, told me every detail of every action movie he'd ever seen and the guy who rarely raised his eyes above my chest.</i><br /><br />LOL! I've never had the action-movie loving date but I sure can relate to the guy who spoke to your chest. ::Sigh::pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-31591749165526209852011-09-06T16:19:05.457-04:002011-09-06T16:19:05.457-04:00I root for two of the sorriest teams in the ACC wh...<i>I root for two of the sorriest teams in the ACC when it comes to football - Duke and Carolina - although they've been making strides in recent years.</i><br /><br />Jeanne, you root for Duke <i>and</i> Carolina? What do your Duke and Carolina friends think of that? I know what my second generation, Carolina alum family-of-the-heart would say! lol!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-44708881219112106172011-09-06T16:16:31.945-04:002011-09-06T16:16:31.945-04:00Hi Donna! You said, I can't even really say m...Hi Donna! You said, <i>I can't even really say my husband and I "dated"</i><br /><br />My dh and I never went on a date until after we were married though there were several occasions when he cooked for me at his apartment. I never really considered those "dates" though since his apt. was across from mine. ;-)pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.com