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jussmile is offline jussmile Post #1  February 19,2010, 5:54pm
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I've been contacted by a guy who wants to go out with me. He viewed my profile and thought we had a lot in common. His first email had a couple of nice things in it... but then he ended the mail with:

There was a certain philosophy in your profile, without the requisite preaching. Intrigued...


Any ideas what he meant by that?

I really am not sure...

Have you ever had one of those moments, when someone just says something that you have NO IDEA what they were trying to say...
 
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Dang! Moved before any comments.

That would make me wonder!
 
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I think he sees you having a "way of thinking" but you aren't preachy about it. That is the only thing I can think of. Either that or he's a loony toon and says random things every now and then.
 
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jussmile is offline jussmile Post #5  February 19,2010, 6:11pm
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AndieIsMe wrote :
I think he sees you having a "way of thinking" but you aren't preachy about it. That is the only thing I can think of. Either that or he's a loony toon and says random things every now and then.
Okay... maybe that is what he meant. He doesn't seem like a looney, but I tried to piece it together a couple of times, and thought maybe he was just typing fast and left out a word or two... I even tried playing "fill in the blanks" and nothing...
 
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Promise it was not me. But a lot of people don't understand what I am saying.
 
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Promise it was not me. But a lot of people don't understand what I am saying.
Say what again?
 
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AndieIsMe wrote :
I think he sees you having a "way of thinking" but you aren't preachy about it. That is the only thing I can think of. Either that or he's a loony toon and says random things every now and then.
I agree, that's what it sounds like to me - he's feeling a sense of your general approach to life, a sense of personality.

But I'm puzzled about the word "requisite". If it's requisite, then the "preaching" is supposed to be there. And yet, he apparently likes that it's not there. Maybe he intends to say that the preachy tone is usually there in profiles he's read, but that's not what he said.

Very unclear writing. You'll have to ask him what the heck he means, I suppose.
 
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Spider wrote :
Maybe he intends to say that the preachy tone is usually there in profiles he's read, but that's not what he said.
It was fairly clear to me that that's what he meant, but then my humor chip is always on.

I'm not sure why all the analysis, though. The best way to find out what he means is to ask him.
 
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Something in your profile about a belief you have that you did not go on and on about. This was actually a compliment by a cynic who has read similar leanings but with more vehemence.
jussmile wrote :
I've been contacted by a guy who wants to go out with me. He viewed my profile and thought we had a lot in common. His first email had a couple of nice things in it... but then he ended the mail with:
There was a certain philosophy in your profile, without the requisite preaching. Intrigued...
Any ideas what he meant by that?
I really am not sure...
Have you ever had one of those moments, when someone just says something that you have NO IDEA what they were trying to say...
 
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