Is it ok to bring a relative to a company function?

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Looney

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WHAT THE FVCK are you guys doing trying to talk him out of it? This could have been an awesome YAGT in the making.
 

RCN

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WTF..................wtf...............wtf.......



anyway this is what escorts are for.......


 

RCN

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oh and your mom must look way different from the front.....those flabby arms and waddle don't say "32" to me.......
 

SophalotJack

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Originally posted by: Rapidskies
I have been betweens relationships for much to long of a time now (besides my girlfriend from out of states). Now at work I have big meeting to go to with no date. I have asked several friends, neighbors, coworkers, and also a stranger at the grocery store but they are all busy. It comes down to I can either go stagnate or bring my Mom. All my friends are busy this weekends but my Mom said she would go if I mow her lawns. The bonuses to this endeavors would be my Mom is a great bilinguilist and attractive so maybe coworkers would have cause for jealousies creating a love trianlges of sorts. The nonbonuses would be if someone found out my date was my Mom then I might have to quit my jobs. So under these peculiar circumcises would you date your Mom?

Edits with the pics

MomandMe

I would say that it depends on the kind of people that you work with. Plus if you actually care what they think.

If you are in a small company where "everyone knows your name"... then I say it is totally fine.

But if it is a huge function and involves lots of people (that potentially decide your future in the company) that you have not met yet... do you want their first impression of you to be that of a "Mama's boy??"

It is essentially up to you to decide how to handle it... you know the people better than us.

Just remember that people will remember you most on how you FIRST met them. Do you want it to be with your mom or just by yourself?
 

cavemanmoron

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Go alone.

Originally posted by: Rapidskies
I have been betweens relationships for much to long of a time now (besides my girlfriend from out of states). Now at work I have big meeting to go to with no date. I have asked several friends, neighbors, coworkers, and also a stranger at the grocery store but they are all busy. It comes down to I can either go stagnate or bring my Mom. All my friends are busy this weekends but my Mom said she would go if I mow her lawns. The bonuses to this endeavors would be my Mom is a great bilinguilist and attractive so maybe coworkers would have cause for jealousies creating a love trianlges of sorts. The nonbonuses would be if someone found out my date was my Mom then I might have to quit my jobs. So under these peculiar circumcises would you date your Mom?

Edits with the pics

MomandMe

 

Svnla

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The OP can't be serious and if he is, then I do worry about our nation's youth and their future.
 

ActuaryTm

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Originally posted by: Rapidskies
Is it ok to bring a relative to a company function?
You know, the "unless you are dating her" reply only works when it isn't true.
 

cavemanmoron

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Originally posted by: Rapidskies
Originally posted by: TuxDave
This is all so disturbing. Is she your biological mom or a new young mom that your dad decided to marry.

She is my biologicals mom but she looks 32 and I look 32 so we look like mates. People in stores often stop us and tell us how happy we look together. We find it funny but my Dad gets upset when this happens he looks 62.

Update?
 

MotionMan

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Originally posted by: Patt
Originally posted by: Rapidskies
Originally posted by: HN
wait, you're intending to pass your mom off as your girlfriend?

I was going to introduce her as my out of towns girlfriend and then a few days later let everyone know we have broken apart. There are some attractive females at my work that I don't want to ruin my chances with. Would this be going beyond all borders?

I don't think you have to worry about the bolded sentence anyway ... :D

MotionMan
 

Rapidskies

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Now with the updates.

The embarassments of the situations is hardly comprehensible for what happened. I decided to go forward with bringing Mom to my meeting and proceed to spend the entire week talking of my dates and how she is my girlfriends from out of town and how she is attractives. I can tell it was in particulars tickeling Kristens interests that I had a date. Saturdays I do my side of the agreements and mow my Moms lawns and expect later that evening to go on our dates at least that was my expectance until my Dad got home. First he asked me why I was mowing the lawns and told him for Mom and he said that I never mow the lawns unless I expect some retributions and I said well Mom is doing a favors for me. He asked what favors Mom was doing and I told him that Mom was going to be my dates for my meetings and at that points he asked me if this was the hot dates I have been broasting about around the house and I said maybe and he said maybe I go old school russians on you if you date my wifes and I say fine mow your own lawns buttwipes and sort of run off to avoid confrontrations. At the company meetings everyone was asking about my hot dates and I had to say her flights were cancelled and that maybe we are on the rocks and maybe I am available again. I think I am peeking interests with my latest relationships episodes even though the buttwipes interfrencing could have cost me shame.
 

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Originally posted by: Rapidskies
Now with the updates.

The embarassments of the situations is hardly comprehensible for what happened. I decided to go forward with bringing Mom to my meeting and proceed to spend the entire week talking of my dates and how she is my girlfriends from out of town and how she is attractives. I can tell it was in particulars tickeling Kristens interests that I had a date. Saturdays I do my side of the agreements and mow my Moms lawns and expect later that evening to go on our dates at least that was my expectance until my Dad got home. First he asked me why I was mowing the lawns and told him for Mom and he said that I never mow the lawns unless I expect some retributions and I said well Mom is doing a favors for me. He asked what favors Mom was doing and I told him that Mom was going to be my dates for my meetings and at that points he asked me if this was the hot dates I have been broasting about around the house and I said maybe and he said maybe I go old school russians on you if you date my wifes and I say fine mow your own lawns buttwipes and sort of run off to avoid confrontrations. At the company meetings everyone was asking about my hot dates and I had to say her flights were cancelled and that maybe we are on the rocks and maybe I am available again. I think I am peeking interests with my latest relationships episodes even though the buttwipes interfrencing could have cost me shame.

WHISKEY
 

Jassi

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Originally posted by: altonb1
Originally posted by: Rapidskies
Now with the updates.

The embarassments of the situations is hardly comprehensible for what happened. I decided to go forward with bringing Mom to my meeting and proceed to spend the entire week talking of my dates and how she is my girlfriends from out of town and how she is attractives. I can tell it was in particulars tickeling Kristens interests that I had a date. Saturdays I do my side of the agreements and mow my Moms lawns and expect later that evening to go on our dates at least that was my expectance until my Dad got home. First he asked me why I was mowing the lawns and told him for Mom and he said that I never mow the lawns unless I expect some retributions and I said well Mom is doing a favors for me. He asked what favors Mom was doing and I told him that Mom was going to be my dates for my meetings and at that points he asked me if this was the hot dates I have been broasting about around the house and I said maybe and he said maybe I go old school russians on you if you date my wifes and I say fine mow your own lawns buttwipes and sort of run off to avoid confrontrations. At the company meetings everyone was asking about my hot dates and I had to say her flights were cancelled and that maybe we are on the rocks and maybe I am available again. I think I am peeking interests with my latest relationships episodes even though the buttwipes interfrencing could have cost me shame.

WHISKEY

TANGO
 

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Originally posted by: Jassi
Originally posted by: altonb1
Originally posted by: Rapidskies
Now with the updates.

The embarassments of the situations is hardly comprehensible for what happened. I decided to go forward with bringing Mom to my meeting and proceed to spend the entire week talking of my dates and how she is my girlfriends from out of town and how she is attractives. I can tell it was in particulars tickeling Kristens interests that I had a date. Saturdays I do my side of the agreements and mow my Moms lawns and expect later that evening to go on our dates at least that was my expectance until my Dad got home. First he asked me why I was mowing the lawns and told him for Mom and he said that I never mow the lawns unless I expect some retributions and I said well Mom is doing a favors for me. He asked what favors Mom was doing and I told him that Mom was going to be my dates for my meetings and at that points he asked me if this was the hot dates I have been broasting about around the house and I said maybe and he said maybe I go old school russians on you if you date my wifes and I say fine mow your own lawns buttwipes and sort of run off to avoid confrontrations. At the company meetings everyone was asking about my hot dates and I had to say her flights were cancelled and that maybe we are on the rocks and maybe I am available again. I think I am peeking interests with my latest relationships episodes even though the buttwipes interfrencing could have cost me shame.

WHISKEY

TANGO

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