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The Audacity of Shamelessly Asking
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beanoriginal.net
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12 points
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wallflower
on Dec 26, 2010
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joezydeco
on Dec 26, 2010
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So the lesson is not to be audacious in private - do it in front of a large audience where rejection won't be tolerated the same way.
fezzl
on Dec 27, 2010
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The same principle applies in romance (proposals, confessions, etc.), where, if you win over the crowd, she'd be vilified for rejecting.
abraham
on Dec 29, 2010
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Or he.
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