The Truth Behind Black Friday
November 26, 2010 
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From where does the term “Black Friday” come? Black Friday. It sounds so bleak. Why can’t it be Yellow Friday, since it’s sunny and happy and all the stores are advertising that they are giving away stuff (that they’re not really giving away).
Well, it’s true. You have to wake up at 1:00 in the morning, be first in line, and be armed with a great pair of track shoes so you can sprint faster than everyone else to get the one and only plasma television they are selling for $529.00.
Here’s something, though, about which probably none of you are thinking on Black Friday. Black Friday is probably one of the best days to meet people.
Why? People are out and about all day long. People are also thinking about the holiday season.
They just spent Thanksgiving with their family. Â Families are wonderful at making you feel like a total loser. Â When are you going to get married? Â When are you going to have kids? Â How come you’re not dating anybody this year? Wow, you’ve spent a lot of this year alone.
Family members will give you what I call “the holiday guilt,” because they make you feel like your entire life has been wasted or that you are wasting your entire life. You’re not dating anybody, so you’re dateless. Â How many of you heard some version of this on Thanksgiving: “God, at your age most people are already married. All your friends are married, aren’t they?”
This happens so often around the holidays because we spend more time with our family than we do with friends. Often we overdose on time with family during this time of the year.
You go home for Thanksgiving for four days. Â You go home for Christmas for four days. During all of those days you get tortured by your grandmother, you mothers, your father, and an occasional aunt, as they take inventory on the past year of your dating life, your career and the rest of your life.
So when you’re out shopping today for your lovely family and other friends, remember what kind of emotional state most people are in after spending yesterday with their family watching their sister with her three happy children when they don’t have any children.
That’s what being with family does to you. Â It doesn’t mean that family does this maliciously at all. It’s just the way family is. Â
When you are shopping today, start talking to people and ask people how their Thanksgiving was. Â You’ve got stories to share. Ask them, “Who are you getting this gift for?” or “How was yesterday?” or “Did your family give you the 411 like mine did?
Really think about people’s emotions today and how open people are on the day after Thanksgiving. After someone has spent a full day with their family giving them Jewish guilt (or any other kind of guilt), they are emotionally open because they’ve taken inventory. They have actually thought about what their family said.
People are very sensitive, and can really take to heart what their family says to them. They feel uncomfortable with what their family says to them.
So when you’re out there today shopping on Black Friday, talk, flirt and ask people if they got the one plasma television that was on sale for $529.00. Have fun in line if you’re one of those people who will be waiting in a line for the special 5:00 pm deals they have later in the day. Â
If you’re single, get your ass out there to shop. Don’t shop on the Internet.
I tell everyone who is single not to shop on the Internet, because you can get deals that are just as good in the stores. You can quote the Internet prices to stores, and many of them will match them.
For those of you who are single and who celebrate Christmas, it’s time to go shopping every single day. I will talk plenty about this between now and ho ho ho.
David,
Admit it. You got this idea from the comment I made on your blog several days ago.
Anyway, since I got the privilege of setting up and then guarding the deals this morning I spent the last two and half hours before five stationed by the camera bargains, which means I spent the last two hours before chaos ensued surrounded by women since they’re the natural picture-takers of our species. The conversations left a lot to desire (I only had one person the entire morning not ask me about any of the deals) but I got to talk to a lot of different people and enjoyed it very much, and all without moving an inch. My only regret is that I never initiated any of the conversations and only talked to other people when they talked to me first.
If I get a chance to do it next year I hope I will have improved on that.
you are right the deal are the same as the deals on the internet and could be could even be cheaper depending to what store you go to, i just got back from black friday shopping and i got tons of stuff so i don’t have to spend that much money christmas,
Black Friday Is The Best
I can related to the family thing. It annoys me sometimes… my parents, my brother, my sister and relatives always wonder when the HELL am I gonna get a girlfriend. It’s almost like I have to have a girl right now or something. But you’re right… that’s how family is. I’ll just do what you teach and keep at it. I’ll just treat the comments and suggestions as air.
I can relate to the family thing about “when you gonna get a girlfriend”? It’s annoyed me so much so that I hardly speak to my family members..like I’m supposed to run down to the local 7-11 and get one to take home. I have 4 sisters and 1 older brother who runs around with his hand in his pants chasing women. So he just flirts till someone takes the bait and my sisters just sit back and wait to be asked out. (they’re all married)
Good one and looking forward to hear more about your ho ho ho dating tips for the next month:)
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
You’re so right about the family thing b/c I just got my verbal abuse today lol And some reason they all seem to say the same thing about dating. Things like when am I going to date a nice girl or when will they get to see some grand kids. Unbelievable!!
That’s a good idea Alex. I’m curious what are some stuff did you buy?
Black Friday is the first day that the stores will have their balance sheets “in the black”, thus, black Friday. Kind of like we work the first 4 months of the year for the government, then for ourselves.
I have found black Friday, a not so good time to meet women. They are stressed, high strung, in a hurry to get to 15 different stores with specials,and tired, from getting up at two in the morning. Not friendly, and certainly not looking for some random stanger to start hitting on them, and making their day even longer. I have done the black Friday, and that is my experience. I think it would be better to wait some time between then and Christmas to try and meet them, certainly not on “black friday”.
i just saw two of ur vids
1.watching porn
first of all, people watch porn to enjoy in their heads what they can’t can’t do in real life
second, if i want, i can jerk off on most a girls face (but i find that childish); i can face fuck them (which i do); i can fuck them in the ass, even though i’m quite big
why?
cos i fuck well, that’s all
2.transition to sex or smth like that
u’re rite in this one (partly)
b urself, b confident… and the rest will follow
rite on!
but then again, where does this confidence, self-assurance come from?
from fucking well, surprise surprise
so then, mate
all men need to know is how to satisfy women sexually
all the other bullshit, if u’re not twisted in some way, comes NATURALLY
Interesting comment on the family thing. The family is our primary source of values, beliefs and basic life ideals. We should always be aware of that. So on the one hand, our family is our largest support system, giving us warmth and happiness and this being-at-home feeling whenever we want to. But on the other hand, the family background controls the way we think, which may not always be helpful to us, and moreover, the family wants it to stay that way (so that they can feel OK with themselves!).
Think of that and you can have happy family reunions without worries!