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I’ve Left My Haltingly Awkward Voice Message; Now The Ball’s In Her Court:<\/a><\/p>\n

As a single guy who’s gotten out there a fair amount, I’ve learned how to play the game. The way I see it, if someone’s interested, great. If not, no skin off my nose. Take last night: I got the number of this hot young thing at a bar and decided to give her a call. And now that I’ve left my painfully uncomfortable six-minute-long voice message on her cell, I’m not going to waste my time obsessing over my next move. The ball’s in her court.<\/p>\n

If she wants to make the next move and return my panicked and barely coherent phone message, that’s fine by me. If not, she can take a hike.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do they always know?!?! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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