Relationships Talk

1. They secretly hate it when you borrow their car. For those who are blessed (cursed?) with an exceptional number of inches to their body, getting the driver’s seat into a comfortable configuration is an ordeal. If his car doesn’t let him store his optimal seat adjustments, having someone return the car with the seat so far up he can’t get back in is hell on earth. Even if that someone is you.

2. They can (and do) keep tabs on you in a crowded room. Plus, you can always find them. They always know what’s happening at concerts, clubs, and parties. If you need to know where anyone is at any given time, just go to them. They also make for a good human landmark if you and your friends get split up. Just maybe don’t actually refer to them as a “human landmark.”

3. The constant “why don’t you play basketball?” jokes get old fast. Just so you know.

4. Movie and concert dates are a self-conscious tall person’s nightmare. He can’t go anywhere without worrying that he’s going to block someone’s view. He either needs to stand in the back or slouch down in his seat.

5. He can’t fit into tiny beds, especially if he has to share them. Going back to your place to fool around probably means he’s not going to get a lot of sleep.

6. Airplane legroom is basically nonexistent. Going on trips is a nightmare (unless he wants to shell out for first class). He might as well get shoved in a box and shipped to his destination. It’d be just as cramped.

7. He’s always being asked to get things out of reach. He’s squishing spiders up in the corners of the ceiling, and always getting down the pots and pans you need constantly but for some reason insist on storing on a shelf you can’t reach.

8. Being tall winds up being his defining characteristic. It’s disheartening when everything he has going for him gets trounced by the fact that he’s “tall” any time he comes up in conversation.

9. Simple things like putting his arm around you or holding hands become awkward. He has to hunch over to make any of it work.

10. Gifts are never the right size. People always overestimate his size to the point where it’s almost offensive. Basically, holiday shopping for him might be a nightmare for you.

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11. Having sex with someone considerably shorter means his chest is in their face. It also means things might not line up quite right in other positions, like doggy style.

12. Sharing a bed with a shorter person means multiple blankets are required. It’s impossible to have a single blanket cover the cold feet of both parties, unless one of those parties happens to own a giant blanket.

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April 30th, 2018

Megyn Kelly TODAY welcomes “Love Rules: How to Find a Real Relationship in a Digital World” author Joanna Coles, who offers her advice for finding a meaningful relationship online. Though dating apps are “fantastic” in her opinion, “they don’t come with operating instructions.”

Yoo In Na gave Yang Se Hyung some dating advice on ‘Blind Date Cafe‘!

On the April 29th episode of the tvN variety show, Yoo In Na and Yang Se Hyung talked about the common rules of dating.

What Yang Se Hyung found most difficult was not knowing what woman mean when they say certain things during fights. With one example, he said: “What do I do when we are arguing as we drive, and the woman tells me to stop the car so she could leave? Do I really stop the car?” 

To his question, Yoo In Na explained, in her own way: “That means, ‘Please calm me down enough, so that I don’t feel the need to say that’.” 

Since ‘Blind Date Cafe’ is a variety show that arranges blind dates for non-celebrities, the cast members often try to figure out for themselves what it means to date properly. In this episode, Yoo In Na and Yang Se Hyung also tried to mimic the body language of a couple on their first date, to guess what each sign could mean.

Do you agree with Yoo In Na’s response? Watch the video above and catch Yoo In Na and Yang Se Hyung try out a mock dating scene!

If you’d like to watch what happens when a Liberal Party supporter falls in love with a Greens-supporting feminist vegan then head along to two shows being staged completely by young people at the Smith’s Alternative on May 3 and 5.

A group of 25 young people aged under 25 will take to the stage to perform a showcase of comedic monologues from the collection Paper Cuts by local playwright Kirsty Budding.

Among the other characters designed to get the audience laughing are a scientist (played by Declan Pigram) who is about to act on dodgy dating advice he got from Reddit and a woman who has just bumped into her ex and his new girlfriend.

The woman in this awkward social situation is played by Meaghan Stewart, who was last seen in a CAT award-winning performance as Mrs Lovett in Dramatic Productions’ Sweeney Todd.

Paper Cuts Youth also attempts to answer some of life’s most profound and not-so-profound questions such as ‘How does a hobbit become an elf?’ and ‘Is it creepy to accidentally-on-purpose bump into a hot guy while he’s jogging around the lake?’.

The monologues are being directed by 18-year-old Matilda Saddington who saw the pieces performed at the book launch of Paper Cuts at the Canberra Theatre Centre in December last year. Ms Saddington proposed re-staging the show with a cast of young adults and has enjoyed the results.

“My sides hurt after every rehearsal from laughing so hard,” Ms Saddington said.

“The actors are so creative and talented; every single member of the audience will relate to at least one of these monologues.”

Some of the ‘Paper Cuts Youth’ cast members, left to right: Elliot Cleaves, Caitlin Addinell, Tegan Braithwaite, Meagan Stewart and Tessani Wells. Photo: Supplied.

Ms Saddington is supported by 16-year-old Assistant Director Kara Blackburn and 15-year-old Stage Manager Anna Khan.

The production is managed by 21-year-old Glynis Stokes who has previously stage managed and acted in productions in Canberra.

Paper Cuts Youth opens at 7 pm on May 3 at Smith’s Alternative with cheap $15 tickets available for patrons under the age of 25.

For more information or to book tickets click here.