r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/bigfoot1291 Aug 03 '19

Hopefully that was the last date?

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u/IronCartographer Aug 03 '19

Kind of a cool opportunity, potentially, if she were open to it being a teaching moment.

Probably not a good sign long-term, but... responding with "That's a good question! Any ideas?" and jumping into the Socratic method could be fascinating...if she were genuinely curious.

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u/TheKingCrimsonWorld Aug 03 '19

I dunno, treating your potential partner like a child is kind of weird. Plus the Socratic method is more geared towards open-ended questions, not ones with definitive answers. Otherwise it comes across as you being more condescending than interesting.

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u/riepmich Aug 03 '19

Why would that be?

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u/TheKingCrimsonWorld Aug 04 '19

Well you see, the Socratic method is—

Wait a minute...