Why don't people keep their word? - TBD2024-03-29T14:51:27Zhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topics/why-dont-people-keep-their?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI should have posted that in…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-12-17:1991841:Comment:16458732013-12-17T23:32:38.776Zfunesthememorioushttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/funesthememorious
<p>I should have posted that in the boredom thread.</p>
<p>I should have posted that in the boredom thread.</p> Thanks for painting that pict…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-12-17:1991841:Comment:16456722013-12-17T04:35:13.796ZTeeBubbaDeehttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/TeeBubbaDee
<p>Thanks for painting that picture in my head. (not)</p>
<p>Thanks for painting that picture in my head. (not)</p> I'm a naked physicist crazy o…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2013-12-17:1991841:Comment:16453242013-12-17T00:07:07.587Zfunesthememorioushttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/funesthememorious
<p>I'm a naked physicist crazy over roulette.</p>
<p>I'm a naked physicist crazy over roulette.</p> That's what people do in scen…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-01-09:1991841:Comment:7325702010-01-09T19:26:48.061ZDannyOhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/DannyO
That's what people do in scenes: act.<br />
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Otherwise they'd call it the 'dating reality'.
That's what people do in scenes: act.<br />
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Otherwise they'd call it the 'dating reality'. I blame the corporate legal s…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-10-10:1991841:Comment:4655192009-10-10T18:03:57.730ZZenDoghttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
I blame the corporate legal system . . .
I blame the corporate legal system . . . Wait for the right person to…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-11:1991841:Comment:745212009-07-11T00:33:49.655Zdarrollhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/darroll
Wait for the right person to show up.<br />
Either they are attracted or they aren’t.
Wait for the right person to show up.<br />
Either they are attracted or they aren’t. Sidney, I would guess you are…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-11:1991841:Comment:744272009-07-11T00:12:22.508ZSeaRainhttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/SusanMWard
Sidney, I would guess you are asking why people don't call when they say they will. Or agree to something that they have no intention of doing. Etc. Etc.<br />
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I think it is because they don't want to appear disagreeable to their new friend.<br />
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But, for what it's worth, it isn't only in the dating scene. Friends, spouses, lovers, kids, coworkers, will all say whatever you want to hear, when it is obvious they don't mean it.<br />
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Now why? I have no real idea, and like you, I find it really irritating. I…
Sidney, I would guess you are asking why people don't call when they say they will. Or agree to something that they have no intention of doing. Etc. Etc.<br />
<br />
I think it is because they don't want to appear disagreeable to their new friend.<br />
<br />
But, for what it's worth, it isn't only in the dating scene. Friends, spouses, lovers, kids, coworkers, will all say whatever you want to hear, when it is obvious they don't mean it.<br />
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Now why? I have no real idea, and like you, I find it really irritating. I have learned to call people on their answers too. So when someone says to me "Let's get together next Saturday; I'll call some people and we'll go out to eat.", I will, depending on the person, say "We aren't going to do that" or "That's not going to happen."