Why would someone ask this?

LegacyUser · 23-07-2003 9:58am #1

I haven't asked her yet (because I haven't seen spoken to her today yet) but why would my girlfriend want to know what blood type I am?

Wook · 23-07-2003 10:03am

she is a sucker for blood ?!

Maguined · 23-07-2003 10:06am

er .. thats a weird on. to be honest i dont have a ****ing clue why she would ask you that, just ask her why and get it over with. maybe she is testing how paranoid you are and she is reading this post right now?

cue phreaky stalker doo deee dooo ddee type music.

mooman_00 · 23-07-2003 10:08am

she wants to sell your organs on the black market for some serious cash......but dont worry at least you'll know that you'll be saving someones life..............

or maybe its one of those lovey things where she wants to know everything about you...........

Beruthiel · 23-07-2003 10:12am

she doesn’t want the baby to be rhesis (sp) negative

bug · 23-07-2003 10:21am

Sounds like a question I'd ask tbh.
for no other reason other than I'm still facinated by leaving cert genetic permutations...mmm...
maybe she's gonna put you on the blood type diet??? A-should eat grain etc....
Maybe she's gonna sell your tissue on the black market..
I doubt it though, are you seriously worried?

hedgetrimmer · 23-07-2003 10:27am

Just sounds like a conversation piece to me, tbh, and something that people should really know about friends and partners. Say if something happened for instance (Heaven forfend, etc) and an ambulance had to be called, one of the bits of informatiob that might help expedite matters would be the blood group of the person receiving treatment.

Very few people, in relative terms, actually know their own blood group. Seems to be more men that women that have this particular tendency not to bother finding out.

LegacyUser · 23-07-2003 10:57am

Beruthiel sounds about the closest '':/

Although I sincerly hope it is planning in advance rather then after the fact?

It was more "Hi see you later, btw what blood group are you? I am xxxx".

Quigs Snr · 23-07-2003 11:14am

I'll tell you what it is. She's probably read some stupid supplement in the News of the World or some girlie magazine that claims that the can match perfect partners based on a combination of blood type and or star sign or some such nonsense.

The crap they come up with in those things. Ooooohhh looky here, if I eat wispa bars and my partner eats Galaxy then according to Mystic Maura here we are not destined to get married and have 112 children.... pah.

Jimi-Spandex · 23-07-2003 11:29am

It makes sense if she's japanese.

In japan blood type is used as sort of Star Sign equivalent, love compatibility and all that cobblers. This explains why they seem to mention character's blood type in japanese computer games.

John2002 · 23-07-2003 11:31am

Originally posted by Quigs Snr
I'll tell you what it is. She's probably read some stupid supplement in the News of the World or some girlie magazine that claims that the can match perfect partners based on a combination of blood type and or star sign or some such nonsense.

The crap they come up with in those things. Ooooohhh looky here, if I eat wispa bars and my partner eats Galaxy then according to Mystic Maura here we are not destined to get married and have 112 children.... pah.

Lol, I'd say you're probably right!

patch · 23-07-2003 11:33am

Originally posted by Quigs Snr
I'll tell you what it is. She's probably read some stupid supplement in the News of the World or some girlie magazine that claims that the can match perfect partners based on a combination of blood type and or star sign or some such nonsense.

The crap they come up with in those things. Ooooohhh looky here, if I eat wispa bars and my partner eats Galaxy then according to Mystic Maura here we are not destined to get married and have 112 children.... pah.

LOL.....it's funny cos it's true. I used to go out with a girl who read Cosmo. I quickly realised that in order to be ready for her ambushes, I was as well off flicking through the articles at least!

LegacyUser · 23-07-2003 12:41pm

Originally posted by Jimi-Spandex
It makes sense if she's japanese.

In japan blood type is used as sort of Star Sign equivalent, love compatibility and all that cobblers. This explains why they seem to mention character's blood type in japanese computer games.

Actually I take it back, this sounds more like it. Is there a page with this stuff on it so I know what to expect?

Beruthiel · 23-07-2003 12:56pm

stuff on it so I know what to expect?

when it comes to us women
get used to the fact you will never know what to expect!

DapperGent · 23-07-2003 1:10pm

Originally posted by Beruthiel
when it comes to us women
get used to the fact you will never know what to expect!

Help me out here.

Is the confusion deliberate? Do you like have secret competitions amongst yourselves and stuff with a super secret scoring system?

Ten points for inducing a facial tick and fifty for hypertension?

Maybe I'm just paranoid.

Sarky · 23-07-2003 1:15pm

It's not paranoia when they really are out to get you...:)

She's probably a vampire with particular taste in blood types...

dahamsta · 23-07-2003 1:26pm

Is the confusion deliberate? Do you like have secret competitions amongst yourselves and stuff with a super secret scoring system?

It's instinct DapperGent. They have a natural preclusion for thinking too hard and gossiping, we have a natural preclusion for farting and talking about football. It's just the way we are.

I think I'm a girl. Football bores the arse off me. I'd much prefer to be gossiping with the ladies, they can be right vicious.

adam

Beruthiel · 23-07-2003 2:12pm

Originally posted by DapperGent
Help me out here.

Is the confusion deliberate?

no, it’s not deliberate, our brains are wired differently, we happen to know exactly what we are talking about, it makes sense to us, therefore it should make sense to you..
no? then you are thick or just not listening properly!

Maybe I'm just paranoid

maybe you are
or
maybe you're not....

LegacyUser · 23-07-2003 2:58pm

Ay yi yi.. seems Beruthiel and Jimi are correct.

took a while to get an answer but yes it is some kind of zodiac based on blood type. apprantly I am good for 12 babies. :rolleyes:

mooman_00 · 23-07-2003 3:07pm

Originally posted by Confused
Ay yi yi.. seems Beruthiel and Jimi are correct.

took a while to get an answer but yes it is some kind of zodiac based on blood type. apprantly I am good for 12 babies. :rolleyes:

ill buy two off your hands, only if they are cheap tho

DriftingRain · 23-07-2003 3:41pm

apprantly I am good for 12 babies.

WOW!!!
HEHEHEH :eek: I guess thats a good thing if you want that many and she's willing to give you that many

patch · 23-07-2003 3:42pm

Originally posted by Confused
Ay yi yi.. seems Beruthiel and Jimi are correct.

took a while to get an answer but yes it is some kind of zodiac based on blood type. apprantly I am good for 12 babies. :rolleyes:

Shes a witch, get rid of her! :eek:

WhiteWashMan · 23-07-2003 4:33pm

maybe she saw a program on tv about something and was curious about it.
i know if i get some osrt of weird info on something, i would ask someone.

either that, or shes a vampire.
or its a kid thing.
actually, theres a load of reasons.
youshould ask her, becuase most of our answers are wrong*

*or they could be right.
who knows?

Victor · 23-07-2003 6:23pm

Originally posted by WhiteWashMan
*or they could be right.

Shes could be a caring, curious / gossipy, superstitious, fussy, Cosmo-reading, TV-watching, blood-sucking, vampire / thugee / witch, maybe-pregnant, Japanese woman.

LegacyUser · 23-07-2003 8:34pm

A woman once asked me what colour did I like.

It never occoured to come to baordsie and ask what it all meant!!!

Why do you think she asked me?

Am i going to die?

DriftingRain · 23-07-2003 9:35pm

A woman once asked me what colour did I like

Why do you think she asked me

Hehehehehehe
/me blushes...I wonder?:o

Caesar_Bojangle · 23-07-2003 10:31pm

Perhaps she got knocked up by some other bloke, and is trying to find out if you share the same blood type as the knocker upper(culprit). So if you ever suspect foul play and demand a *paternity test, the little bastard will be proven to be yours.

*Never having the misfortune to do a paternity test, I can only guess they are determined by taking a swab of blood to be analysed?

Mercury_Tilt · 23-07-2003 11:44pm

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DriftingRain · 24-07-2003 12:06am

There are many two diffenent tests we do here at our hosp. Ceasar. We swab cheek cells and strain out the DNA then analyze and compair. Or we draw blood and do the same thing. You can rule out paternity by blood type if there is a dramatic difference in the blood types...like a type A+ mother and type B+ father can't have a type O- child? otherwise your wasting your time in the ABORH catagory...Go for DNA!

simu · 24-07-2003 1:17am

Uhh... Instead of all this frantic worrying/wild speculation, why not just ASK her why she wants to know?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-07-2003 1:21am

because that would be straightforward and sensible, be serious man.

simu · 24-07-2003 2:00am

Oh... right... :rolleyes:

Victor · 24-07-2003 5:12pm

Originally posted by DriftingRain
like a type A+ mother and type B+ father can't have a type O- child?

Careful there. They could have an O+ child couldn't they, as A+ can be either AA+ or AO+ and B+ can be BB+ or BO+?

AO+ and BO+ = AB+ / AO+ / BO+ / O+

skittishkitten · 24-07-2003 5:35pm

Sometimes girls are just curious

An odd question doesn't necessarily have to mean anything . She may have read an article somewhere or saw some silly quiz that got her curiousity up . More than likely it's one of those off the wall questions that shouldn't send you into a panic .

Oh and I like Cosmo .... some rather interesting reading in there . Most of it's "been there , done that already" but every once in awhile they surprise you with wicked little suggestion or two.

razorfeather · 04-08-2003 10:24pm

Originally posted by Quigs Snr
Mystic Maura

ROFLMFAO how irish. ROFLMFAo hahahaha excellent

sceptre · 05-08-2003 1:04am

Originally posted by patch69
LOL.....it's funny cos it's true. I used to go out with a girl who read Cosmo. I quickly realised that in order to be ready for her ambushes, I was as well off flicking through the articles at least!

Absolutely. Know how the enemy thinks. As long as you never start a conversation with "...see I was reading this Cosmo article..."

I see they've dumped "Smart Girls Carry Cosmo" from the spine. I always wondered what category a girl who actually read Cosmo was in. The last committed Cosmo reader I went out with switched to Marie-Claire after I asked that. Mind you, she was a fruit basket.

easygoing724 · 05-08-2003 3:51pm

Does it really matter what she asks or why........answer the question and see what happens...........go on live a little, take a chance !!!

commuterised · 05-08-2003 4:02pm

I asked my bloke this one day..
it was purely out of curiousity.
I'm a blood donor so I know what blood group I am.
Was curious as to what he was.

no biggie, maybe your gf was just the same.
Nothing to do with cosmo, or the moon and starts, just being nosey.
Ever thought she might just be nosey?

The Sweeper · 05-08-2003 4:08pm

Right, on blood types, I've nicked the following off the blood donor pages (here) over here to offer an explanation:

Here we go.

We all have these little marker things called antigens on the surface of our red blood cells. These are so tiny they can't even be seen under a microscope. Everyone's got different ones - blame your parents and grandparents for all that. In fact, only identical twins will ever possess all the same antigens.

All that's very well and good, but when it comes to blood transfusions, there are two very important systems of antigens which need to be matched to avoid any nasty complications.

The ABO System

If you have blood group A then you've got A antigens covering your red cells.

Blood group B means you have B antigens, while group O has neither, and group AB has some of both.

The ABO system also contains lots of little antibodies in the plasma, antibodies being the body's natural defence against foreign antigens. So blood group A has anti-B in their plasma, blood group B has anti-A (you probably get the picture at this stage). To complicate matters though, group AB has none and group O has both of the antibodies.

Which means giving someone blood from the wrong ABO group could be fatal.

The anti-A antibodies in group B attack group A cells and vice versa. Which is why group A blood must never be given to a group B person.

Group O negative is a different story.

The Rhesus system

Still with us?

Well, it gets more complicated here on in, because there's another antigen to be considered - the Rh, (or rhesus) antigen.

Some of us have it, some of us don't.

If it is present, the blood is RhD positive, if not it's RhD negative.

So, for example, some people in group A will have it, and will therefore be classed as A+ (or A positive).

While the ones that don't, are A- (or, wait for it...A negative).

And so it goes for groups B, AB and O.

This effectively doubles the number of different blood types to be matched, because you shouldn't mix blood type A+ with blood type A-.

84% of the population is Rh positive.

(And yes, that means the other 16% of the population is running around with Rh negative blood.)

But to help clarify, here's one of those chart thingies to show you the national distribution of all the various blood groups

Frequency of major blood groups
in the UK population

O Rh (D) Pos 38%
O Rh (D) Neg 7%

A Rh (D) Pos 36%
A Rh (D) Neg 7%

B Rh (D) Pos 8%
B Rh (D) Neg 1%

AB Rh (D) Pos 2%
AB Rh (D) Neg 1%

I'm blood type A Rh(D) Pos, along with 36% of the population here. I'd ask people their blood type out of curiosity - I mean, how cool and different would you be to be B Rh(D) Neg or AB Rh(D) Neg? Not to mention what a pain in the ass you'd be for the hospital if you were ever in an accident...

Borzoi · 05-08-2003 4:19pm

Originally posted by Minesajackdaniels

I'm blood type A Rh(D) Pos, along with 36% of the population here. I'd ask people their blood type out of curiosity - I mean, how cool and different would you be to be B Rh(D) Neg or AB Rh(D) Neg? Not to mention what a pain in the ass you'd be for the hospital if you were ever in an accident...

But it doesn't quite work like that, you don't necessarily have to receive your own blood type.

For instance O- is a universal donor type, which can be given to anybody. Unforunately it can recieve from a much more limited stock.

And as I'm O- the BTSB seem to have my number on speeddial, cause every few months I get a call - sometimes literally to say come in today there's somebody needs my blood.

Why would someone ask this?

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