I'm sure this has happened to most of us. A Beatles song comes on the radio, Beatles are mentioned on TV, etc and you make a comment on the Beatles and
a non-Beatle fan/person gives you that "glazed look" in their eyes or just roll their
eye like "oh gezz, here we go again." How do you deal with that?

I delete her phone number and we don't do lunch any more, basically.

Happens all the time. I just move on and realize that not all people like what I like.

Quoted from Geoff

I delete her phone number and we don't do lunch any more, basically.

lmao nice they  have to get with the program or there gone, its more than an obsession its a way of life

I find tying them to a chair for a week with a strong light in their eyes and the boys playing 24/7  works

I treat people's attitudes about The Beatles as a sort of litmus test of their artistic sensibilities, as well as other things. A useful tool, really. Not surprisingly, I don't mingle in to well with the 'anti' or apathetic types. To each their own.

Quoted from DaveRam

I find tying them to a chair for a week with a strong light in their eyes and the boys playing 24/7  works

What? There are non-beatle people out there???  

i met a guy up here who said he hated lennon because his uncle told him john was against the war and was a draft dodger...i told him you moron john wasn't even a citizen of this country why would he get a draft notice....

well, i dont really run into this problem that much, but i do get real mad at the person. i pretty much think in my head, oh dear god, what is wrong with this person?
but a few days ago, my sister said something about Ringo Starr to some of her friends. they said "Whos he?" after she said he was one of the beatles, they said "oh... i thought all of them were dead!" i pretty said that was sad, but kind of funny. i mean, they were only 12 years old. what do you expect?

The worst thing about non-Beatle people is when you say things like: cha cha boom or the toppermost of the poppermost and they look at you like you're crazy. I need someone who gets it! But most people don't so I'm resigned to the fact that I live in a mostly non-Beatle world. I'm not opposed to a mixed relationship though. As long as he's willing to convert. And if not, he would have to at least agree to raise the kids as Beatlemaniacs. Otherwise it's just no good!  

Quoted from Geoff

I delete her phone number and we don't do lunch any more, basically.

It took me almost 24 hours of laughing to reply. Thanks for helping me believe
in people again (At least Beatle fans!!!) Generally, once I see "that look", I just
think to myself, "alright, just 'shut-up' and let them lose themselves into "American
Idol" / "Britian has Talent" (or what ever the current "thing" is - thank God I work
nights and miss this "stuff". Sorry to "fans" of those shows - I didn't mean to step
on toes - just not my "cup of tea".)

When someone does that, I basically am just thinking of ways to lure them over to the Beatles-side. I am not even joking.

I am constantly amazed at the lack of Beatles fans around. I mean, if sales for '1' are approaching 30,000,000, where the hell is everyone?

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I am constantly amazed at the lack of Beatles fans around. I mean, if sales for '1' are approaching 30,000,000, where the hell is everyone?

Maybe there all in the closet , i suspect there are a lot of closet Beatles fans ?

Quoted from DaveRam

Maybe there all in the closet , i suspect there are a lot of closet Beatles fans ?

I bet there are. Funny, if you say you like The Stones, you're OK. A sadder caricature I couldn't think of. There are apparently tribute bands doing the rounds that are better than them!

Quoted from BlueMeanie

Funny, if you say you like The Stones, you're OK. A sadder caricature I couldn't think of.

It's just the conventional thing to do, I think. A lady friend of mine who is probably the least rock-and-roll sort of person I've ever met saw them a year or so ago with a couple of her friends and told me she thought it all was great. But she'll say the same thing after seeing a revival of a Lloyd Webber musical, too.

Quoted from douglasleee

I justthink to myself, "alright, just 'shut-up' and let them lose themselves into "American
Idol" / "Britian has Talent" (or what ever the current "thing" is - thank God I work
nights and miss this "stuff". Sorry to "fans" of those shows - I didn't mean to step
on toes - just not my "cup of tea".)

Since you mentioned  American Idol...  

American Idol: Top 3 (Yawn)
by Ken Levine

The fun weeks of American Idol are over. All the interesting stoners, tattoo ladies, hayseeds, emotional wrecks, biker chicks, foreigners, cretins, cheerleaders, divas, endomorphs, satyrs, and future serial killers have been voted off. Now it's down to three and you know who's going to win so it's kind of like dragging a dead horse across the finish line to shoot it.

More here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-levine/emamerican-idolem-top-3-y_b_101681.html

That about sums it up, I think.  

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I am constantly amazed at the lack of Beatles fans around. I mean, if sales for '1' are approaching 30,000,000, where the hell is everyone?

eveyone is downloading songs.
or everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers, but that happens with everyone.

Quoted from DaveRam

Maybe there all in the closet , i suspect there are a lot of closet Beatles fans ?

In this case - I've been "out of the closet" for years!!

"Hi, my name is Doug and I'm a Beatle-fanatic - and I DON'T need help - unless
it's the Beatles movie." (Lord, this could go on forever, hope it does, seeeeeee!!!!)

Why all of this hate for the Stones?

I just go on about them...they can choose not to listen.

Quoted from tkitna

Why all of this hate for the Stones?

If there was something about "hating" the Stones - I didn't see it - maybe I skipped over it?? I like them myself, but than again, we are in a Beatles Forum.
Thanks for The Stones still touring that I can say I've seen them between 5 & 10
times - I have to laugh when I try to remember whom the "warm-up" band that came out before the Stones was and think - "Is that group still around like the Stones?"