2008 Woodie Awards
Romance Report
By Monte Ashqar
Issue date: 9/21/07 Section: Features
Originally published: 9/20/07 at 6:09 PM CSTLast update: 9/21/07 at 3:03 PM CST
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Janie Morales, 32, social sciences and humanities senior at St. Mary's University, said she really appreciates honesty from a guy when she goes out in a date.
Morales, who is divorced, is taking geology and literature this semester to save money and graduate.
"I have a daughter, and I don't want to introduce a guy to her until I make sure it's serious between us," Morales said.
"If a guy is sincere enough to tell me that he just wants to date and have fun, then I am forced to respect him," she added. "I have a few guy friends that I chat or go to the movies with, and they are very respectful."
Morales said that intimacy is not an issue as long as it is addressed very clearly between her and the guy she is dating.
She added, "I'm hoping to evolve being intimate with the guy into a relationship or a commitment of some sort."
Fashion design freshman Karla Ramirez, 30, said she would lose interest if a guy told her he is just looking to have fun.
Ramirez's boyfriend, Gabriel Mansbach, 22, who was sitting across from her in the cafeteria, said even if he were interested in a girl, he would not tell her that because girls like to play the cat and mouse game.
"If the girl asks you about the purpose of you going out with her, just try to avoid that and change the subject hoping that she forgets," Mansbach added while ignoring his girlfriend's sharp looks.
"Girls lie all the time about not having a boyfriend, and I hate that," Mansbach said.
Speech Professor Barbara Strain said that if all a person wants out of dating is fun, then that person had better be ready to face the consequences.
"If a guy has been sexually active and has HIV, then he has an obligation to disclose that information to his partner," Strain said. "In that case, for example, honesty is very much appreciated."
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