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What was a situation when, in retrospect, you realized that your first impression of someone/something was extremely incorrect? ~

Posted - December 13, 2020

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  • 6477
    That's not really happened to me much. There was a guy I refused to meet because online he kept getting angry.... my refusing to meet him made him more angry, but we did keep talking and I think a long while after that I did meet him. I was wrong about him posing a risk to me in terms of his anger. However, he still wasn't 'right' for me. 
      December 13, 2020 10:29 AM MST
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  • 44654
    I was at at get-together at a wife's friend's house and I met this big, beer-bellied, bushy bearded biker-looking dude.  When he started talking I told him he sounded like a professor. He was. And yes, he was a biker.
      December 13, 2020 12:44 PM MST
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  • 10052
    I'm having a hard time with this one. Is it because I try to reserve judgements or do I have great intuition? I'm not sure. A little bit of both or neither? 


      December 13, 2020 5:05 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      Why; what is your intuition telling you?
      ~

      December 13, 2020 5:31 PM MST
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  • 10052
    I think it's a bit of both. 
      December 13, 2020 5:33 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      So I’m beginning to grow on you after that original bad impression is slowly fading away. I like that, I really do.
    ~

      December 13, 2020 5:41 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Of course, you thought my reply was about you! I thought you were asking my intuition about myself and why I have a hard time thinking about such a situation! 

    Of course.  

     
      December 13, 2020 8:46 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      I know, right? I was going to ask you to stop obsessing about me, but then I reflected on how much it must be doing for you. I wouldn‘t want the responsibility or guilt of you going off the deep end, so I will do you a favor and let it keep going. Oh, look, there’s a spot in my schedule opening up next week for four hours and twelve minutes!  I should pencil you in for the first half of that, shouldn’t I?


    ~

      December 13, 2020 9:38 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Jeez, how sweet of you! 

    SMH 
      December 14, 2020 4:22 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      You waited too long to get back to me, someone else has also caught my eye in the meantime, so now I have to split the four hours and twelve minutes three ways.



    ~

      December 14, 2020 4:32 PM MST
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  • 10052
    However will I cope?

    I think it's now been 2-3 days. I'll bet it's now going to be split 27 ways, isn't it? 

      December 16, 2020 6:30 PM MST
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  • 53526


      You took way too long getting back to me again. Don’t worry, you know I wouldn’t try to squeeze you into such a narrow time slot. I’m sure there are other things you can do for me around here while I entertain the ladies who are courteous enough to respond to my invitations . . .


    ~

      December 17, 2020 5:58 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Where's the dog in that illustration? No dog, no deal. 
      December 17, 2020 6:34 PM MST
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  • 53526

    ~

      December 17, 2020 11:04 PM MST
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  • 10052
    He's cute. Okay, I'm in. I'll even make him a sandwich. 
      December 18, 2020 7:16 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      Hey, wait! I’ve been trying get sandwiches from you for quite some time now, and he just shows up yesterday and you’re already drooling all over him?  What are you trying to do, run me into Jane’s arms? Grrrrrrr. 


    ~

      December 18, 2020 9:27 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Jane's, Jaimie's, Honeydew's, ROSIE'S... whoever. 

      December 18, 2020 9:31 PM MST
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  • 53526


      You’ll be sorry! Just like all the others, you’ll eventually come crawling back. See you then.


    (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr for the Rosie crack.)
    ~

      December 18, 2020 9:34 PM MST
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  • 10052
      December 18, 2020 9:41 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      (whoever whomever)

      December 18, 2020 9:39 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Whatevs.
      December 18, 2020 9:42 PM MST
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