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Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12569
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 5:30 pm: | 
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las's thread is closed now, but I found this interesting. Miss Manners puts her stamp of approval on flirtation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401914. html
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las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 986
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 8:51 pm: |
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Some of Miss Manners' suggestions are as steamy as LilLB's. (I never got all hot and bothered reading the Washington Post before.) |
ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 1111
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 9:31 pm: |
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Yes.....agreed. But Miss Manners is the paragon of mannerliness, so, Las, if she says it's OK, it's OK. Capish?
(That second letter to Miss Manners reminded me of "Mulva".) |
LilLB
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Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1298
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 8:28 am: |
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Miss Manners is using all my moves!!! The nerve.... |
Brett
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Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2158
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 8:39 am: |
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Ha ha
"Dear Miss Manners:
I have been dating my boyfriend for four months and it came up this week that he still does not know my name. I do not know what to do about this because he has heard my name so many times, both my English name and my Italian name. I also write it on everything I have given to him, yet he still calls me by the wrong name." |
las
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Username: Las
Post Number: 990
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 9:56 am: |
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Slight thread drift:
Is there a discreet way to do the wedding band glance? |
LilLB
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Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1302
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:08 am: |
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Unless you're the kind of person who always looks someone straight in the eye, the guy probably won't notice the wedding band glance. Probably won't even realize you're looking.
If you get caught looking - immediately ask him the time - he'll think you were trying to see the time on his watch (of course if you're wearing a watch, mention that your battery died) |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1761
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:15 am: |
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or if you get caught, just say "I was checking to see if you're wearing a wedding band."
If he is, he'll be flattered. If he isn't, he'll be flattered
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las
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Username: Las
Post Number: 991
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:25 am: |
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Lil, dear, you should be published. I don't wear a watch, so this will work perfectly, especially when walking down the aisle of the train I sometimes have to strain to find a man's left hand. They won't have to know I know the train is on time.
May I keep you on retainer?
Pippi - I'll try that one next week. Will you be my wing man? |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1762
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:35 am: |
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Absolutely! |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1303
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 11:04 am: |
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At your service, Las! |
Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug
Post Number: 48
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 12:13 pm: |
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Sorry to burst the bubble, but just because there is or isn't a ring doesn't clue you into whether they are married or not. I know married men that do not wear rings, and I know some singles that do wear rings.
Just knock them against the wall and ask them if they want you or not!!!!  |
Bettina
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Username: Bettina
Post Number: 111
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 10:38 pm: |
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Thank you for this Tom Reingold. I love Miss Manners. She is my personal hero. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12589
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 11:00 pm: |
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Mine too. I've been reading her for years. She has said some other interesting things about it. For instance, she points out that it is not merely acceptable, it's expected to dance with other partners when you go dancing. It's not stealing someone's girlfriend or whatever. This flirtation leads to fantasies that you don't act out, and these fantasies can make you even more appreciative of the relationship you have.
Miss Manners' column comes out every week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Bookmark it!
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