Dating terminology

Once again a post on Halley Suitt's blog provides an opportunity for insightful social comment by Mr. Gutman.

First, we refer the reader to the Oscar-winning movie, When Harry Met Sally. In a dialog between college-aged Harry and college-aged Sally:

Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends.

Sally Albright: Why not?

Harry Burns: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.

Sally Albright: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.

Harry Burns: No you don't.

Sally Albright: Yes I do.

Harry Burns: No you don't.

Sally Albright: Yes I do.

Harry Burns: You only think you do.

Sally Albright: You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?

Harry Burns: No, what I'm saying is they all want to have sex with you.

Sally Albright: They do not.

Harry Burns: Do too.

Sally Albright: They do not.

Harry Burns: Do too.

Sally Albright: How do you know?

Harry Burns: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.

Sally Albright: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?

Harry Burns: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too.

Now Ms. Suitt quotes someone saying something similar to what Harry Burns is saying:

"When a girl says she's dating a guy that means they're having sex. When she says a guy can get a date that means he can get laid. When a guy is having sex with a girl he'll say he's having sex with the girl. When he says he's dating her that means he wants to have sex but hasn't gotten any yet."

If you think about it, it's fairly obvious that the person she is quoting is a man.

Yours truly,

Mr. Gutman