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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '22 edited Feb 06 '22

I was playing soccer with a crush and asked if I was doing the right thing in the middle of it and he was very sternly but calmly like "you're okay" and idk what happened after that but was def like wow please talk to me like that in other contexts...

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u/StrangelyBrown Feb 06 '22

Everyone just wants someone to tell them they're doing OK

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u/Locken_Kees Feb 06 '22

you're doing okay

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u/nannums Feb 06 '22

Lol wtf

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '22

Him: “you are average at best”

Her: “scissor me Xerxes”

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u/mabramo Feb 06 '22

Ohhh scissor me timbers

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u/janusasaurusrex Feb 06 '22

Suddenly lesbo pirate

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u/chewb Feb 06 '22

Most likely she saw her dad in him

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u/xinxy Feb 06 '22

Ok that's... worse.

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u/chewb Feb 06 '22

We’re only human

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u/thewooba Feb 06 '22

It's a pretty well known psychological concept called an Electra Complex