Comments on: The Boyfriend Card

By: Dani Christopher

Dani Christopher — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:47:22 +0000

since we’re talking feminists here, the feminist in me (aka me) thinks the best thing to say is that we’re not interested. it’s a horrible construct of our society that men think they can harass us into doing what they want. i think we’re only doing ourselves a disservice if we pull out the boyfriend or gay cards. however, i have been in a situation where a guy wouldn’t leave me alone & i couldn’t find my friends to help me, so i pulled the boyfriend card. he still wouldn’t go away until i repeated it several times. i do, unfortunately, think that when it’s a situation where you’re feeling threatened, it’s ok to say whatever you have to to make the guy go away. with texts though, i say i’m not interested and if he won’t back off i do as others here have said, i stop answering & turn my phone on silent. especially because half the times the guys texting me that crap have girlfriends, so saying you have a boyfriend is like a yellow light to them, not a red one.

By: Carrie Levine

Carrie Levine — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:30:37 +0000

this is genius. desribes a situation i just had and resorted in playing the boyfriend card.

3. He was texting me for over three hours asking me to hang out. “Just come over! I wanna see you!” at midnight. Let me clarify, this is not a person who I have ever dated, thought about dating or even rejected. I haven’t seen this person in years and he barely qualifies as a friend. So why does he think that I am this pathetic and easy? When did I become his booty call? I should probably be insulted and therefore, should not try to spare his feelings.

This was my exact situation.

Nice to know there are others out there who experience the same thing.

By: Maria Lopez

Maria Lopez — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:56:25 +0000

This should have been the article instead of what I just read up there. You win at the internet.

By: Stephanie Titus

Stephanie Titus — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:53:28 +0000

This. This was perfect.

By: Grace Rulloda

Grace Rulloda — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:16:18 +0000

I’ve been toying with the idea of the boyfriend/lesbian card on *really* annoying people before, but then I figured I could just block them in Facebook and they don’t know my number and address anyway.

By: M Jackson Von Doobz

M Jackson Von Doobz — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:27:42 +0000

Just another example of the complete emptiness of this society. It’s now virtually impossible for a guy to even talk to a girl, let alone compliment her or ask her to hang out. Things like TV and the Internet have actually driven us away from each other; we set up archetypes of people who are “qualified” to be in our lives and filter out any others (the majority) who don’t fit the mold.

Thanks for reinforcing my sense of hopelessness with this article, it makes me want to renounce humanity, cut my dick off, and throw myself out of a skyscraper.

By: Katy Littlejohn

Katy Littlejohn — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:51:29 +0000

I’ve used the fiancé card before, but only at a sketchy club. I even put my birthstone ring on my ring finger to support my backstory. If a guy won’t stop texting, I don’t text them back. My phone gets set to silent and I slumber in peace. Let him figure it out. No means no, and no, I won’t say it again. Good night!

By: Cassi Baker

Cassi Baker — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:06:38 +0000

I have only ever pulled this card once, and I felt semi-hormible about it after. But I was so tired of this guy not getting the hint that, no I did not want to come over at eleven at night. Now he leaves me alone, and it is awesome!