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Originally Posted by GoodGame
with that said being bad at pong must suck at parties
It does. But like other things that a person can suck at, if you just own it and laugh at yourself rather than getting rattled by it...you can spin a negative into a positive or at least a neutral. I will admit, however, that my competitive side ****ing hates losing.
By the way, while I do side with Karak about the tone of your posts, I give you huge credit for your ability to mostly let crap roll off of you when you get criticized. That's worth some respect to be sure.
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Originally Posted by DerrtySlime
just one question: why do you think your shot of hooking up with her is "miniscule at best" ?
You'd have to go back to the many stories I posted about chasing her in this thread. She's a lost cause. I mean, yes, stranger things have happened than a turnaround in a situation like this, but odds are so against me at this point that any chance of successfully hooking up should basically be ignored unless something surprising and overt happened to make me think otherwise.
This girl adores the hell out of me, but she's not into me at all. And I've taken every different approach you would want me to by now. While my messing with her as described in the TR wasn't a true attempt to get with her, obviously if it had turned her head and miraculously worked then I'd still go for it.
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Originally Posted by FlyWf
LKJ- I don't like milking that joke because it makes you seem whiny. Either play it to the hilt and straight out mack on her or play it cool with her, you shoulda been all "No problem. See you around." and then gone and played beer pong with the other girl.
I don't think I milked it for too long, and I think my TR might have said that I did it "repeatedly"? After the initial "really?", I only did the follow-up thing twice, and both were fresh situations. More on that in a minute.
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Originally Posted by DerrtySlime
totally agree with fly btw. although its amusing to milk the joke that would not really actually lead in any way to get'n sum. Although not sure if the goal was to actually get sum or just to have a good time and solidify the friendship/ make it more clear.
The goal was having fun and messing with her. Showing her that while I'm attracted to her, she doesn't rattle me (anymore); she used to, but she may easily not know that.
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Originally Posted by FlyWf
It makes him look bad to the other people by establishing that he wants more than a drink from couch girl and that couch girl won't give that to him.
The first girl that I did that in front of already knew what was up, that I wanted more than a drink from her. Close friend of mine. I was going to drop it then, but saw too perfect of an opportunity later. Was talking to couch girl in a normal conversation, then saw the guy who's notorious for being the biggest manwhore in our class in the distance. I suddenly cut off my sentence and said, "Oh hey! I found the fairest judge possible." (Anyone would know that he would favor any interpretation that lets him creep on a girl...any girl, and was the least fair judge possible.) Then I asked that question again, "So if a girl tells you she owes you more than a drink..." Purely for reaction. To me, it was funny. She can think whatever of it, she obviously knows that I'm into her and just chooses to hang with me anyway. The manwhore? Well, I don't like or respect him, so he can think whatever, but he's the last one who's going to be judging me for hitting on whoever while drunk anyway. Those were the only two instances that I can recall, I know I mistakenly made it sound like more in my TR. There was no harm being done to my reputation, and considering that I was asking the question and then laughing hard when I trolled a reaction out of her, I don't think it came off as whiny. Chance that I didn't tell the story that well though, for sure.
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Originally Posted by Karak
maybe he really doesnt give a **** what other people think?
and it's ridiculous to draw these assumptions without seeing how he framed it. if he framed it correctly, and i assume he did, im sure it was ****ing hilarious
Thank you. The framing above gives a better picture I think...people can think what they will from there. But no matter what, it wasn't any big deal, positive or negative.
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Originally Posted by zugzwang83
also @ LKJs joke, pretty funny the first time, kind of meh the 2nd time, 3rd time and forward is blech
Yeah, again I misled on how many times it happened. I actually think the second was funnier than the first because of the manwhore. You'd have to know this guy to fully understand just how absurd it was to act like his opinion would possibly be valid. That was why it was funny to me.And of course it was all clearly a joke anyway.
Anyway, with regard to the one I do think I can get with, today one of my female friends just came out and asked me, "So...you and <pong/racquetball girl>, when's that going to happen?" I laughed and said, "Umm...I don't know. I'll...keep you posted?" She said, "She is just all over you anytime I see you two out together. I expect you to report some progress on that front soon. I'm just saying." I just smiled and shook my head and said, "We'll see." I was trying to be vague, but my lack of denial obviously gives me away. Whatever. Anyway, I've had a couple of other friends say similar things, so it must be kind of obvious on the surface. Hopefully I can make some headway there soon.