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Re: The Dreaded Third Date Rule

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From: Eric Pepke
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 00:00
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In article <4n5nq7$e1c@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, bogbody@aol.com (Bogbody)
wrote:
> I think women (and probably men) have to learn pretty early on what kind
> of signs to look for in a person. I'm not just talking about potential
> mates - how about job interviews and applicants for roommates? It is niave
> and dangerous to just assume that every person I meet is OK and go out
> with them or interact with them at length...MOST people are just fine, but
> I've gotten pretty good at picking up little signals that say "This person
> is not right in the head."

It's important to realize, too, that this is something that one acquires
with experience.  Painful experience.

I can figure out more about a person in fifteen minutes than I could in
years a couple of decades ago, and be more accurate as well.  This reduces
into nonsense the notion that there must be a universally correct amount of
time to wait before performing action X.

-Eric
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From: pepke@scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Subject: Re: The Dreaded Third Date Rule
Date: 1996/05/16
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