Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand From: jeand@ihlpg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: what's with the opening lines? Message-ID: <698@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 13:40:44 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.698 Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:40:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:54:48 EDT References: <2129@ut-sally.UUCP> <1131@peora.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 15 > > If I sense someone is scared to death and > > hiding behind a witty line, it really doesn't > > make me want to open up either. > > Aw, gee, now, what kind of an attitude is that to have? Maybe the scared > person is just basically shy, or not particularly practiced at walking up > to someone and saying "Hi!" in the warm way you described! I agree. When I walk up to a stranger and introduce myself, I may look relaxed, but I am not--I ASSURE you! For this reason, I do my best to put the person at ease when I am on the recieving end--I know how it feels. Jean Marie Diaz "Never play leapfrog with a unicorn."