Escort card split - who would you accept a card from to be seen home?

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I'll go first. I'm definitely Union, but I must have a lurking Southern sympathy or two.

So, it is after the War, I would love to have an escort card from Longstreet (I have a huge soft spot for him), but I would also like one from Sherman. He went to the theater a lot after his wife died, and I could be seated near him, our eyes lock during intermission, and he produces an escort card.
 
I'll go first. I'm definitely Union, but I must have a lurking Southern sympathy or two.

So, it is after the War, I would love to have an escort card from Longstreet (I have a huge soft spot for him), but I would also like one from Sherman. He went to the theater a lot after his wife died, and I could be seated near him, our eyes lock during intermission, and he produces an escort card.

Uncle Billy could set your heart on fire just like he did Atlanta
 
I haven't got a clue what an escort card is! :pig: If it means somebody who sees you home and will make sure you get there - Forrest's my guy. If it means something like sitting with you for an event, same. Think he'd be good company. Riding - yep, that would be good times, too. I know he'd be up for a race!
I don't risk the wrath of Mary Ann!
 
What about JEB Stuart? He supposedly made flirtation an art form. I would like to flutter a fan at him, though I know his letter writing to the ladies, etc, really, really irked his wife - though he never stepped out of line. Maybe I could be visiting a southern cousin under a flag of truce. That seems gallant in and of itself.
 
I wonder what their idea of flirting was back then.

*Girl Talk Alert*

I've met people who think if you smile and laugh at someone's joke, you're flirting. :rolleyes: Please. Get your radar fixed and then leave your house once in a while to give it some practice.

And then there's the other end of the spectrum. :mad: Dudes who make your skin crawl (all from the Ren Faire).

* One guy asked me if my marriage was "a happy one". (What?!)
* Another said, "Maybe it (my marriage, that is) won't work out. When your husband gets tired of you, call me." :devilish:
* One, after engaging in pleasant, very neutral conversation about photography and music, came out and said, "I'm okay with infidelity." :O o: That came outta nowhere.
* One semi-accused me of lying about being married (despite me wearing a wedding ring). "I don't think he really exists."
I gotta say...that's a new one.

I get really insulted during these exchanges. It's not cute. At all. I can't imagine this charms any woman. I think, should this happen again, I shall ask that. "Does that actually work on anyone?"

:banghead: Many thanks for letting me vent about that. Ack! Cheers to Stuart if he managed to be sweet and funny without being insulting and lewd.
 
I wonder what their idea of flirting was back then.

*Girl Talk Alert*

I've met people who think if you smile and laugh at someone's joke, you're flirting. :rolleyes: Please. Get your radar fixed and then leave your house once in a while to give it some practice.

And then there's the other end of the spectrum. :mad: Dudes who make your skin crawl (all from the Ren Faire).

* One guy asked me if my marriage was "a happy one". (What?!)
* Another said, "Maybe it (my marriage, that is) won't work out. When your husband gets tired of you, call me." :devilish:
* One, after engaging in pleasant, very neutral conversation about photography and music, came out and said, "I'm okay with infidelity." :O o: That came outta nowhere.
* One semi-accused me of lying about being married (despite me wearing a wedding ring). "I don't think he really exists."
I gotta say...that's a new one.

I get really insulted during these exchanges. It's not cute. At all. I can't imagine this charms any woman. I think, should this happen again, I shall ask that. "Does that actually work on anyone?"

:banghead: Many thanks for letting me vent about that. Ack! Cheers to Stuart if he managed to be sweet and funny without being insulting and lewd.
On behalf of all men everywhere, I apologize profusely. That's just icky, on all counts.
 
On behalf of all men everywhere, I apologize profusely. That's just icky, on all counts.
You have nothing to apologize for. Those weren't men. What they were, I can't say without getting kicked off the forum, but they definitely could not call themselves "men".

I appreciate the sentiment though. It felt good to crab about it. Finally. I've been holding that in too long.
 
Hey @amweiner ~ you're participating in Girl Talk. :tongue: That means you have to pull up a chair, have some cookies and tea, and let us paint your nails.

General Thread Comment:

My first answer to the original question was my best one, in that it's most accurate. However, I suppose I could consider the gentlemen I've learned about over the past few years.

We all know I like Grant. I think Longstreet was a sweetie too.

Forrest intrigues me. It seems he may have had a rather down to Earth personality ~ that's good. Kinda fire-y though. I'm not sure what to make of that. How bad was that temper?
 
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