April 2009
6 posts
37. If I Ask A Lot of Questions About His...
The dynamics of flirting become more complex when those infuriating significant others enter the picture. You’re completely screwed, because every effort to downplay your homewrecking intentions by sweetly bringing up his girlfriend in conversation has a flipside as an attempt to locate some critical missing scale in the armor of his relationship. If you’re interested, perhaps...
What Not To Ask The Girl You're Hitting On At The...
An unauthorized guest post (don’t call it a reblog!) from lenachen:
“Do you live alone?”
Actually, no. I live with a man who’s 6’ 2”, muscular, intimidating, and conveniently out of town if you plan on following me home. Not that the latter piece of information needs to be shared.
(P.S. It is super creepy that you patted at the seat next to yours when we entered the train and even...
36. If I 'neg' her?
The neg? Are you fucking serious? Are you a pheromone salesman who just lied and said you liked Hendricks and tonic because? Because you thought you were turning us on? Oh no now you say you are comfortable telling us what you do for a living. Never put your real name on a dating profile site, you say. I WONDER WHY because you, bald-assed motherfucker, just insulted US for being BLONDE.
Who...
35. If I’d like to do your nails?
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34. If I Feign Interest In Sport?
Baseball season is upon us, and it’s that time again: time to either deeply love or deeply pretend to love America’s game. If you put on a show of being impressed and fascinated by your amour’s knowledge of slugging percentages and deep bullpens, are you flirting? Oh, most definitely.
As Irving Goffman explains in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, we often offer...
33. If I ask her a lot about her open...
You’re a modern guy. (Of course you’ve had it in the ear before.) There was that britpop girl back who got off campus early, sophomore year, who invited you to her house party? She told you it would be “wicked” and you went anyway. You met her boyfriend there. It was. They were both so good to make out with, you never just assumed every cute girl was into the strict...