Check out this conversation:
I am at work. I see a man wave me over, so I go over:
Jen: Hi, is there anything I can help you with?
CrazyGuy (we'll call him CG): I am sorry to bother you at work, but I was walking by, and couldn't help but notice and tell you that you are absolutely beautiful.
Jen (a little taken back, but not shocked, too many crazy people have hit on her this summer): Thank you for the compliment.
CG: I would really love to visit and get to know you better.
Jen: I can't do that, but I thank you for the compliment and the bravery it must have taken to come talk to me. (I was trying out that thing from Hitch.)
CG: Well, even if I gave you my number, and you could call me and we could get together?
Jen: Fine. (thinking taking it and pitching it was easier than refusing)
CG: This is the number I am staying at right now, and the this number here is just voice mail, I have no fixed address right now.
Jen: OK.
CG: I look forward to seeing you.
Jen: Thank you for the compliment. Bye.
So then I promptly went to the back room and pitched his number, and hid out for a while.
I have learned something this summer. Apparently I am an attractive girl. Too bad the only people who think this are strangers, and thus, only ask me out because they like my body. I don't appreciate that attention, because I know that they don't like my mind or my spirit, but just my body. And I won't let myself be used like that.
But the opening line on this crazy guy (he really was crazy, not all his marbles were there) would have absolutely melted me if it had been a guy I knew and trusted saying it. Absolutely melted.
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The crazies are the only ones with enough guts to approach you. One of the non crazies will get up the guts sooner or later. (And it's not just your body I'm sure - you have a joyful, cheerful countenance and that can be visible right away).
Thank you Shannon!
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