Should i date a comedian

Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. A self-professed goody-two-shoes high school valedictorian, he never made time for love, never mind a girlfriend. But that changed once he became a professional comedian.

He moved to the city after college, working his way up to doing stand-up full-time, and he now has up to gigs a year. His dating prospects skyrocketed alongside his career, and Greenbaum goes on up to two dates a week — a mix of women he meets at comedy clubs and dating apps. My job is exotic to them. I professionally make people laugh.

My friends laughed at the punch line, but when they walked away, John was visibly angry. You say something, others say something. It's a back and forth. I realized that for him, he was never interacting -- in his mind, he was always performing.

Rather than bending over backwards to make people laugh, I wish he'd just relax. I also wished he'd focus his energy on me. Five months later, though we were still dating, I felt pretty sure John wasn't the guy for me. One night, we went to a nice French restaurant. Don't even get me started on the comedian dress code.

We were having a good time, and I thought maybe I was being hard on him. Then a pair of hot blondes waltzed in and sat down at the table next to us. As they looked at the menu, one of them said, "Mussels sound good, but I don't want too many.

John turned to them. To my horror, he flexed his arm and kissed his bicep. The women, for some unknown reason, laughed. I was appalled. Seriously, he'd dropped our conversation to joke with these two women he didn't even know? Why was he so much as looking at them when I was sitting across the table, showing tons of cleavage?

I felt invisible, ignored, and pissed. John was always soliciting the laugh, like a kindergarten boy desperate for a gold star. He was always trying to "own the room," always trying to be the life of the party, always thinking in terms of "material" rather than having actual conversations.

And more than that, I was never the center of his attention. He didn't want a girlfriend -- he wanted an audience. Later that night, we decided that our relationship wasn't working and said our goodbyes. I've been comedian-free for a month now. Go see a famous comedian together for a date instead. Your date will introduce you to plenty of interesting characters. Well you remember about the bitchy thing? Yeeeeeeah prepare yourself. Your friends will think your significant other is hilarious.

Actually, what people find funny is one of the most subjective things in the world. Some will almost certainly find them less funny than consumption and syphilis combined.

Not every comedian exploits his personal life in his act. Most will outline boundaries with you. Some of us are ladies you know, no matter how marvellous our moustaches. Secondly, unless you outline the boundaries, forget this one. If something funny enough to be a joke happens, it will become a joke whether you like it or not, if it is inkeeping with the set. I know this because I do it. And the only reason I can get away with it is because my boyfriend is a comedian and knows that it is anything but personal.

A common love language for comedians? Words of affirmation. Just no. And a lot of comedians will understand that you might not like their material. So there you have it, fifteen solid reasons that you should never date a comedian. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

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