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Old 12-15-2007, 09:14 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fullcrum View Post
3. Total unreactivity. Someone blows you off, you f*ck around with it, play with it, but never take it personally. For me, I answer with off the wall random crap. Once someone was giving me **** about how my chest hairs showing, and I'm just like "Yeah dude... uh huh...yeah...yo, hug time!" I gave him a double hug and flipped his hoodie on himself, haaha. I wasn't friends with the dude before, but we became friends after that. Mutual respect. Unreactivity to the core.
Agree, but I boldfaced the part that's actually important. "unreactivity" isn't really what happened. Reacting spontaneously and in a friendly and playful way was.
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