I think I come across to serious sometimes, so today I am going to lighten things up.
When I was young I was ordinarily outgoing and talked a lot. Except for when it came to boys I liked , I would become shy and not know what to say. My girlfriends had no advice for me other than “be yourself”. I realized I was on my own. I decided to make up my own questions so that I would always be prepared.
I came up with two that I kept over the years
“Can you do any tricks?”
What my friends said was a dumb question at the time has turned out to be a remarkable question in the long run. I have seen card trick (one guy could stack the deck and deal an ace at anytime), coin tricks, magic tricks, string tricks, one guy could pull a table cloth off the table and not displace anything, pet tricks and was told tricks that I can not go into here. I realized two important fact for me. 1. I like to be entertained and 2. You acquired amazing insight and information about men.
Do I have a trick? Of course I couldn’t ask others and not develop something myself. I can pop a cherry (including the stem) in my mouth. Eat the cherry and tie the stem in a knot.
“If you were not good you and you were bad you who would you be? what would you be doing?”
This question was not only a date question it became just a very interesting question. (Ask this at a party sometime). People have given such interesting responses, including: thief (a top answer), arsonist (my answer), thug, con artist, hooker. But what has surpised me the most are the number of “hitman” answers. You just never know.
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