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    This isn't strictly a dancer question so I apologize up front for that, but it is more of a general question about women. Do you find poetry about you from a significant other creepy, cute or other? Does it matter how far into the relationship you are at the time? When do you start to expect to see some vulnerability in your SO.

    I find in my relationships that I am always attempting to reign in my romantic impulses initially. I am just wondering when is too soon and if there really is a time when silly little poems about someone are well received.

    Just looking for input. I know it is different for everyone. Thank you.

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    creepy and slightly special
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    Default Re: Poetry: Creepy or Cute?

    It's something I feel like I should enjoy more. I appreciate the effort/feeling behind them, but I don't really enjoy them. Especially b/c most people don't write very good poetry.

    The worst thing is when they try to make it all rhyme, and that just makes it sound super cheezy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie61 View Post
    The worst thing is when they try to make it all rhyme, and that just makes it sound super cheezy.
    Oh jesus. This makes me want to vomit.
    It's always SOOO trying too hard. Lol

    Uhh. Bad poetry is bad poetry. It's a sweet gesture... but eh.

    As a general rule... I'd rather have it emailed/written down and given to me rather than read allowed... especially in a public setting. There's just too much pressure to react well and I wouldn't enjoy it as much.

    The well-written stuff is always a welcome gift.
    Unless it's about how you want to lock me in your basement and skin me alive or something... ya know?
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    Like any form of sexual advance, it's flattering if a guy you find attractive writes you poetry and becomes increasingly creepy as a guy is less attractive to you.

    That being said, if you think you're in the former category, maintain your sense of humor about it. My boyfriend is an unusually attractive former customer who wooed me with some pretty kickass poetry, but the best part about it was that he was totally self-aware and reveling in the cheesiness.

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    It depends on the guy and how long I've known you. If we haven't been DATING for a while it's creepy and insincere I feel, since you don't know the real me. And if you're a guy that's into sports or gaming, find another way to show you care. Poetry in my opinion only works if that's the type of guy you are and the girl goes into the relationship knowing that. But every girl is different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lol1337a View Post
    Like any form of sexual advance, it's flattering if a guy you find attractive writes you poetry and becomes increasingly creepy as a guy is less attractive to you.
    This is how I feel but keep in mind that for a woman like myself attractive does not necessarily mean good looking. In fact if a guy is too good looking I am not interested, because usually good looks come with an attitude and the guy will expect me to treat him like a girl, chase after him, do things for him. A needy guy is unattractive to me. An egotistical guy is unattractive to me. A guy who simply wants to get into my pants or who sees me as a sex object is unattractive to me.

    Guys who hang out in strip clubs are unattractive to me. Am I allowed to say that?

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    As someone who enjoys writing poetry myself, and even though I'm not a woman, I'd like to offer up my opinion.

    I would think at some point in time in a relationship your SO would know that you liked to write, either as a hobby, or professionally. So if that person became an inspiration to you to put something on paper, then you could make them aware of that fact, and if they didn't think it would be too creepy at the moment, they might ask to see it.

    For me personally, many relationships (not all of them significant) have produced inspiration, and I've written many poems about these special people. They have come from within the first couple of weeks of the relationship, to two years in, to two years after it was over, thinking about a special memory. I've shared some with these people, but usually I did it after we had known each other for a significant period of time. When I did share them, it was like a road map of our relationship, from where we started to where we were at the moment.

    Of course, when the relationship crashed (and to this point they always have) I didn't share the car wreck poetry with them.
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    i would think it was really sweet and cute, but i'd also get suspicious that the guy was bs-ing me for the lulz. so i guess if's consistent with who he is, and how we are together, it's great. otherwise, yeah, wouldn't dig it. i'd assume he was about to dump me, so i'd dump him. but i've got a history of guys acting really romantic, then just totally dissing me out of nowhere. so also factor in the lady's history.
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    Lifetravelergirl: Yeah, by attractiveness I was referring to any combination of traits that make a man attractive to you. If poetry writing is a turn off, then you probably wouldn't be attracted to the poetic type anyway, hence it would be an unattractive guy making advances on you. Tautological reasoning there, admittedly. I just think it's funny how a lot of actions that would creep most girls out are suddenly okay if a guy is attractive enough to them, myself included.

    And yeah, I feel you on the strip club customer thing, but in my three years of dancing I met one exception and decided to seize it regardless of my preconceptions. Pretty rare though.

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    Default Re: Poetry: Creepy or Cute?

    Whether something is creepy or cute really just boils down to whether the girl likes you or not. Things that will seem incredibly cute and sweet and romantic coming from a guy they are crushing on will be seen as creepy stalkerish and weird from the guy they don't want anything to do with.

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    If my husband ever wrote me a poem, I'd really wonder what kind of drugs he was on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trem View Post
    Whether something is creepy or cute really just boils down to whether the girl likes you or not. Things that will seem incredibly cute and sweet and romantic coming from a guy they are crushing on will be seen as creepy stalkerish and weird from the guy they don't want anything to do with.
    Agreed, totally.

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    Roses are red,
    Violets are purple,
    Sugar is sweet,
    And so's maple syrple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hockeybobby View Post
    Roses are red,
    Violets are purple,
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    And so's maple syrple.
    Wow, this is one of a handful of times I've actually laughed out loud on SW.

    It's also a depressingly good sample of how poetry tends to go for the menfolk.

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    Yeah, it's not really swoon-worthy on it's own. Maybe if I said it while drizzling some maple syrup on her nipple?

    ETA: combined with a huge shit-eating grin on my face. now that's romantic LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by hockeybobby View Post
    Yeah, it's not really swoon-worthy on it's own. Maybe if I said it while drizzling some maple syrup on her nipple?
    Oh yah, that'd be totally sexy. Especially if halfway through you started sucking enthusiastically on the maple syrup bottle and totally forgot about her.

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    ^^haha....and jerking off ! Now that's a love story.

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    Unless its a dirty limerick, don't bother me with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie61 View Post
    It's something I feel like I should enjoy more. I appreciate the effort/feeling behind them, but I don't really enjoy them. Especially b/c most people don't write very good poetry.

    The worst thing is when they try to make it all rhyme, and that just makes it sound super cheezy.
    Dear Charlie, you are oh so smart
    I want to keep you in my heart.
    And as the sands of time drift by,
    You shall, I'm sure, be super fly.

    Ya mean like that??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Promnesiac View Post
    Dear Charlie, you are oh so smart
    I want to keep you in my heart.
    And as the sands of time drift by,
    You shall, I'm sure, be super fly.

    Ya mean like that??
    ::swoon!!!!::

    I guess I have to change my answer now....getting poetry from women is kinda sexy...

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    Usually when a guy tells me he wants to read to me a poem he wrote, my first thought is "oh great, now I'm going to have to pretend like it doesn't suck." At least until I met my husband. He actually is a writer and successfully wooed me with poetry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elvia View Post
    Usually when a guy tells me he wants to read to me a poem he wrote, my first thought is "oh great, now I'm going to have to pretend like it doesn't suck." At least until I met my husband. He actually is a writer and successfully wooed me with poetry.
    Awww..that's super sweet.

    Yeah, being asked to listen to someone's poetry is rough. It's like "hey, read my short story and tell me what you really think". I'm terrible at being honestly critical, so I'd rather just not read it at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie61 View Post
    ::swoon!!!!::

    I guess I have to change my answer now....getting poetry from women is kinda sexy...
    Yet another piece of proof for the theory that being a woman can correct for all sorts of cheesy nerdiness.

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