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- From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
- Subject: Re: I'll Call You
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.183616.11306@jetsun.weitek.COM>
- Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
- References: <00963A4C.F93ABC60@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> <1992Nov16.191144.25469@jetsun.weitek.COM> <1992Nov16.204826.21237@eff.org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 18:36:16 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <1992Nov16.204826.21237@eff.org> fsquared@eff.org (Fawn Fitter) writes:
- >
- >My $.02:
- >
- >This past summer, I had a first date with a guy who seemed interested in me,
- >who told me repeatedly during the course of the date that he really really
- >wanted to see me again, who called the next day and left a message on my
- >machine to tell me what a great time he'd had and how much he wanted to see
- >me again, who called again that same day to ask me out for Sunday night.
- >
- >He stood me up.
- >
- >I called him on Monday to find out what had happened -- giving him the
- >benefit of the doubt, you know, maybe there had been some sort of emergency
- >or something -- and he hemmed and hawed and told me not to call him again.
- >That I was a great woman but he just didn't feel comfortable continuing to
- >see me.
- >
- >Go figure!
- >
- Well, I have been stood up, and it is rude.
-
- Sounds like he took the 'shoot first and ask questions later'
- approach. He decided to act more interested than he was until he
- figured out whether or not he really had an interest. It's crude, but
- it tends to work (for him, not for you).
-
- If you act naturally, and then decide that you are interested, you may
- miss some opportunities, and you will make a bad impression. Especially
- if you are a man. Men are still expected to make the first move. Most
- women still take a lukewarm reception as a rejection. And most women
- still see indecisiveness as a mark of bad intentions or poor
- self-image.
-
- On the other hand, if you act interested and then you find out you are
- not, all you have done is dump on the other person. For some people,
- this seems like a reasonable tradeoff.
-
- Naturally, I don't recommend this approach. It is not just that I don't
- like dumping on other people. I also think that it does me no good to
- start a relationship that ends up badly. A relationship that starts
- with manipulation will tend to be manipulative.
-
- I try to communicate that I am interested in dating someone, rather
- than trying to act as though I already know I want involved with them.
- I think this usually works better in the short run, too, since if you
- appear too interested in someone you have just met, they will tend to
- discount it as infatuation.
-
-
- Michael.
-