Ask a Grump #2

[MelodyB]

Did you think you could lock that first one and no one start a new thread? Did you really think you could get away with that?

[Newsman]

   Umm,  I didn't lock the other one, and just now saw this one.

   I had wondered about a second thread.


John 
Grumpyest of the Grumpye

Did you think you could lock that first one and no one start a new thread? Did you really think you could get away with that?

[MelodyB]

Well I just started this one. And I didnt know who locked the other one. LOL

Are you feeling better? And are we going to get an investigation soon?

[Newsman]

Honestly (for once on health)

    I think I'm doing better, but still a distance from normal..and not in any catastrophic life-threatening way, but several different factors adding up to me still being considerably sub-par (great for golf, not-so-great for health

   I'm still not motivated sufficiently for a new investigation series, thogh a thought or three has popped up reading stuff..I've been giving considerable thought to a new Yankee Bear episode..I think I pretty much have it all plotted out in my mind (which is how I do it..think it out in advance, then write and add extra detail as it comes to me while going along with writing the story.)


John 

[MelodyB]

YES!!! Yankee Bear story!! YES!!! Pweese? *looks pitiful*

And, so glad you are doing better. I have been praying for you. 

[Babs]

so sir John What do they call a French kiss in France?

[Newsman]

tongue in cheek!




John 

[Babs]

[Newsman]

Thankee, thankee, I thought it was good!


John 

[Babs]

lol i was almost afraid to ask it lol

[Newsman]

bwahahahahahahahahahaha

   The Grumpyest of the Grumpye instills dread and terror..or, german chocolate cake and some decent ice cream, the last two sound great at the moment! 

   Oh, Lady Melody just got stigated again


John   

[MelodyB]

Dear Mr Grump, what is your all time favorite meal?

[Newsman]

I contemplate this as I pour more diet Sunkist.

Steak, spaghetti, beef stew, apricot pie, and iced tea.


John 

[SippinTea]

Apricot pie? Never had it, but it sounds delightful.

[Sis]

I contemplate this as I pour more diet Sunkist.

Steak, spaghetti, beef stew, apricot pie, and iced tea.


John 

   

[sunlight]

have you ever been out of the country?

[MelodyB]

Apricot pie? Never had it, but it sounds delightful.

Sounds delightfully dreadful. 

[RainbowJingles]

Dear Mr. Grump:

I have been stymied by this question for quite some time.
How do guys define "flirting"?

For a really long time, I have tried not to be labeled a "flirt," but in trying to avoid that label, I find that I am not always "me."  It seems that being outgoing and opening conversations and just laughing and engaging a gentleman in conversation can all be misconstrued as "flirting."  So what is flirting?  Is there a good flirting and a bad flirting?

*sigh*

(I actually think I may start a thread in the singles discussion area about this.)

[Newsman]

Lady Elona,

   I have no witty reply at the moment.


John 

[RainbowJingles]

That's okay.  The serious reply is preferable, anyway, as I am on a quest to find some real answers to this question.

[sunlight]

me too. I can identify with that as well RJ.... I would really like to know a serious answer as well. And is there a way to let them know that you are not flirting, and just being nice instead?

[SippinTea]

[RainbowJingles]

**HUGS** random lurkers

[Newsman]

   I would say, then, that flirting is defined by it's intent: if the acting person's intent, present or future, is to create more than a friendly or humorous interest in the recipient towards the giver, it is flirting.


John 

[RainbowJingles]

Arrrgh!!!!!  lol

So - if that's how flirting is defined - why do guys that I'm SO - NOT interested in - think I'm flirting?

And why do I always botch things with the good guys?

When I'm with a guy that I might like, I say stupid things, act stupid ways, and generally make a fool of myself.

When I'm with a nice guy that doesn't seem like a possibility (either he seems off limits, or he's already told me to "take a hike"), I'm me: nice, friendly, outgoing and humorous.