can i ever get him back?

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  1. GuardianAngel82

    GuardianAngel82 Senior Member

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    Stalk him disguised as someone else? :ninja:
     
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  2. kio11

    kio11 Established Member

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    she should become a rockstar. they all come back after that point
     
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  3. Gaear

    Gaear Bastard Maestro Administrator

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    But if you're a rockstar you don't care about getting anyone back.
     
    Gaear, Dec 1, 2011
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  4. kio11

    kio11 Established Member

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    good point though she would have new ones that she would want to have back and then run for president and so on and on
     
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  5. Cujo

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    go to a beauty salon, I'm sure they'll be able to shave it.
     
    Cujo, Dec 2, 2011
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  6. Gaear

    Gaear Bastard Maestro Administrator

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    LMAO ... I went to urban dictionary to see what a Shawn was and found this gem:

    :largeclap
     
    Gaear, Dec 2, 2011
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  7. GuardianAngel82

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    Am I confused? :scratchhe
     
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  8. Sergio Morozov

    Sergio Morozov Paladin

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    English humor.

    Although "shorn" is a form of "to shear" not of "to shave".
     
    Sergio Morozov, Dec 2, 2011
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  9. Gaear

    Gaear Bastard Maestro Administrator

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    Seriously though Sergio, how does Betsey get Shawn back? (You maintained earlier that anyone can do this.) I'm familiar with the Player's Handbook methods for this sort of thing, but by definition they universally involve dishonesty and manipulation. I supect you're advocating an honest and dignified approach (because that's the kind of fellow you are ;)), but how does honesty work when the truth ("I LOVE YOU SHAWWWN AND I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOUUU!!!"), delivered to someone who has already severed the ties both literally and emotionally ("I am SO not into Betsey anymore ... she just got all weird and clingy and possessive and stalker-like so I dumped her and now I'm dodging her calls."), will just drive them further away?

    IMO the two things are mutually exclusive, which is primarily why these sad outcomes (broken hearts, sundered dreams, etc.) prevail so frequently in relationships after the shine wears off.

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    Hm, maybe a role playing exercise would be effective here. You be Betsey trying to win me back, and I'll be Shawn. It'll be silly and humorous, but it may be insightful too. (If you'd prefer, you could be Bugsey - or Buster or Bedford or Boris or whatever - the Guy and I'll be Shawn the Girl.)
     
    Gaear, Dec 2, 2011
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  10. Sergio Morozov

    Sergio Morozov Paladin

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    I did not say anything about forfeiting dishonesty and manipulation in love affairs. And indeed, I implied that when honest approach fails but desire to establish a relationship persists, such means will guarantee fulfilling of the desire. Of course, as I've mentioned, utilising them may be a great burden, especially in the part when one has to pretend he is a person with qualities the object of love likes, while he is not.

    Thank you, this tells something of my ability to look a good person! (Means I have high Diplomacy and Bluff skills, right? Hmm... Diplomacy is a class skill for a paladin, but Bluff... Guess I am a multiclass Expert/Paladin then...)

    [EDIT] But, if I am a paladin, I am lawful Good by definition... And I do not need to pretend... OK then, let me be a lv.27 Expert with a spell, preventing discerning my alignment, cast on me (with a permanency spell cast on it) by a caster.

    <Calls Shawn by phone>
    Hey, Shawn, I got my hands on two tickets to that [incredibly stupid, boring, improper and expensive]* comedy show you like so much, shall we go there this Sunday?

    * - brackets [] indicate what Betsey thinks, but does not say.
     
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    Sergio Morozov, Dec 2, 2011
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  11. Gaear

    Gaear Bastard Maestro Administrator

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    I'm shocked at you, Sergio - advocating dishonesty! ;) Anyway, I'll still play along, though I acknowledge from the outset that your success is distinctly possible now. (I'm not going to make it easy on you though.)

    Am I Ms. Shawn or Mr. Shawn?
     
    Gaear, Dec 2, 2011
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  12. Sergio Morozov

    Sergio Morozov Paladin

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    I would not call this outright "dishonesty", but an "attempt to correspond to the ideals of my beloved".

    I do not think a guy could be called "Betsey"?
     
    Sergio Morozov, Dec 2, 2011
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  13. Gaear

    Gaear Bastard Maestro Administrator

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    That's why I suggested the alt names. Since you're the one under pressure to perform here, I want you to feel as comfortable as possible (e.g. not have to portray a woman when you're a man, etc.). Ms. or Mr. is fine for me, I just need to know so that my responses are tuned to the correct sensibilities.
     
    Gaear, Dec 2, 2011
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  14. kio11

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    one might as well argue about human nature
     
    kio11, Dec 3, 2011
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  15. Emirkol the Chaotic

    Emirkol the Chaotic Proud Polytheist

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    This thread has officially gotten creepy.
     
    Emirkol the Chaotic, Dec 3, 2011
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