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If someone told you that you 'shoot from the hip'

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 06:43

Would you consider it a compliment or a criticism?

Context (a guy I was dating and I can't remember what I had said).

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:10

I have men on bended knee for miles around SerfTerf. Teeheehee

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SerfTerf · 27/09/2017 07:10

Well that's at least three different definitions between us Grin

LondonNicki · 27/09/2017 07:10

You sound a bit snappy, maybe that was it.

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:11

All my man slaves. They bow when I walk pass in case I pull that old gun out lol.

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SerfTerf · 27/09/2017 07:12

I have men on bended knee for miles around SerfTerf. Teeheehee

Grin. Don't be greedy!

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:14

LondonNicki Snappy you say? I'm more yappy to be honest. Like a tiny chihuahua who thinks its a big dawg.

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:15

It's ok SerfTerf. I let most of them get up. Feed them to the commoners.

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Loopytiles · 27/09/2017 07:17

Your OP doesn't provide enough context, as the PP you were rude to said.

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:25

It's as much context as I have Loopy. To ask for context when I've clearly written two lines with one of them being CONTEXT is idiotic or ignorant.

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eurochick · 27/09/2017 07:25

Rude!

I think I would say something rather stronger than he did about your directness. I expect he was being polite because you were on a date. Perhaps have a think about how you interact with those around you, particularly those you have asked for advice from.

And I'm sure you remember more about the context than being on a date if you can remember he said that, even if you don't remember the exact words you used. Or perhaps you have some sort of condition that makes you rude, chippy and forgetful...

Tw1nsetAndPearls · 27/09/2017 07:26

I would take it as a compliment - maybe because i shoot from the hip

FlaviaAlbia · 27/09/2017 07:27

Tbf, unless you mentioned something along the lines of showing him the bodies you keep in the freezer, he sounds a bit like hard work if he was frightened of something you said...

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:29

So now I'm a rude dude who shoots from the hip. My counsellor will gets hours out of this.

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picklemepopcorn · 27/09/2017 07:32

Straight talking in a way which is unusual in a U.K. Woman. It doesn't necessarily mean rude, but people may blink or inhale sharply when you are more forthright than they are used to. Do you see/hear that a lot?

Sometimes people who shoot from the hip are also uninterested in the feelings of the people they are talking to, and can be careless. Not necessarily though.

You could ask him.

apostropheuse · 27/09/2017 07:33

Having read your reply to Eurochick, I imagine shooting from the hip is a polite way of saying you're extremely rude.

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:36

Eurochick was rude by not even reading my original post yet deciding she was fit to comment! I wouldn't mind if it had been a long-winded 10 pager. 2 lines was all she had to read! If it's rude to point that out, then maybe I am rude. And will continue to be.

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Papafran · 27/09/2017 07:37

Yeah, from the tone of your subsequent posts, I suspect he did not mean it as a compliment. You might want to look up what context means btw- just because you shove the word 'context' in front of a random sentence does not mean that you are putting something in context.

Since you can't remember the context, nobody has the faintest idea what he meant, but presumably he is no longer dating you...

peachgreen · 27/09/2017 07:38

Wow, you’re rude. @Eurochick was asking for the context within the conversation (i.e. what was said before and after it), not who said it to you.

FlaviaAlbia · 27/09/2017 07:39

But, she was right, you could have been either telling him what you thought about his new haircut or describing a hotel you've stayed in.

That would be the context. Not the relationship you have with the person who said it.

Loopytiles · 27/09/2017 07:39

Rude.

Your posting style suggests the then bf was not complimenting you: sounds like he had a point!

We understand what context means, thanks. Useful info would be the topics being discussed when he made the comment, what you'd said, his tone.

eurochick · 27/09/2017 07:39

Why do you assume I hadn't read it? Of course I had. You are an extremely rude individual. I hope your counsellor can help you to uncover why you are unpleasant to people using their spare time to answer a question for you.

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TiesThatBindMe · 27/09/2017 07:39

I repeat:

Context (a guy I was dating and I can't remember what I had said)

Can people not read anymore?

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Papafran · 27/09/2017 07:41

Can people not read anymore?

That is not context though.... Do you have comprehension problems yourself?

FlaviaAlbia · 27/09/2017 07:41

Yes, I assumed you meant you couldn't remember your exact works, not the subject of the conversation!

Was this a long time ago?

FlaviaAlbia · 27/09/2017 07:42

Ah, autocorrect, words, not works.