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> But she offered first I think it’s mild paranoia. Don’t worry about it. As someone else said here, the best way is to pretend that you’re interacting with a
by jansho 9y ago
> But she offered first
I think it’s mild paranoia. Don’t worry about it. As someone else said here, the best way is to pretend that you’re interacting with a male. Without the bro jokes..
- sillysaurus3 9y agoI'd agree, but... Well, she mistyped the number, then typed out a text and didn't send it. One hypothesis: it was creepy for some guy she just met while working on her product to be asking for her number. Which is true. You can't really pretend you're with a male, any more than women can pretend they're with a woman. I wish you could.
- jansho 9y agoIt’s entirely possible that you’re misreading the situation. Here’s my anecdote, which is similar to the girl’s: I used to be really tensed in public, and when I have to take a phone number from someone (networking event etc) I would fumble a lot, make all sorts of silly mistakes while feeling the intense pressure of the other watching me. Sometimes I give up, pretend that I’ve taken the details, and smile, half friendly, half apologetically. Then I’d go away feeling super bad. Now I understand that it was silly to feel pressured in the first place. But you know, it happens. >You can't really pretend you're interacting with a male Well yes, with practice. Just how you learnt to overlook skin colour, height, dreadlocks etc, by understanding that we’re all fundamentally humans. Can’t comment much about humour, I’m an ethnic minority so have the unusual advantage that some banters are forgivable ;)