Dating 101 advice given to me by my mother years ago - ease up on the highfalutin words when you first meet someone you’d like to get to know better - big turnoff.
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Only if you date women with a poor vocabulary.
aug 28, 2025, 3:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Or if I dated someone who is turned off by needless pretense.
aug 28, 2025, 4:16 pm • 1 0 • view
If you can only use your college level vocabulary in a way that is needlessly pretentious, sure. A pity, but sure.
aug 28, 2025, 4:21 pm • 0 0 • view
If your EQ is such that you are incapable of meeting people where they are and go from there (generally the difference between a baseline HS vocabulary and a baseline college vocabulary is a distinction without that much of a difference) then yes, that is a pity.
aug 28, 2025, 4:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, 39 years successfully teaching middle schoolers would suggest I'm perfectly capable of meeting folks where they are. I guess I just never dated anyone turned off by intelligence or language skills. As I wouldn't want to, that worked just fine.
aug 28, 2025, 4:55 pm • 1 0 • view