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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Complimenting Strangers
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 11:57:02 EDT
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> Ahh, finally, something other than weak attempts at bathroom humour.
> 
> Sometimes, I'll see a woman, who is smiling, seems glad to be alive, and
> looks nice.  And I'll want to say something like "it's really nice seeing
> a nice looking woman smiling on a nice sunny spring day" and then walk on.
> (Well, maybe not something that sounds quite that stupid ... :-) )
> 
> But, I don't want to be rude, and I don't want it to sound like I'm coming
> on to her (well, at least not every time :-) ), and I don't want to make her
> feel uncomfortable having this strange guy coming up to her.
> 
> How do the women on the net feel about things like this?  Would it be
> acceptable behaviour?  (assuming of course that it's not a dark and stormy
> night, or some other discomforting situation).
> 
> John

Some men have done similar things to me, and what I find to be the most
pleasant and non-ambiguous is for a man to simply say hi with a smile and
walk on without looking back (because I will be looking back wondering
whether I know this person or not).
-- 
Sophie Quigley
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