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ladies only (i guess the men can answer if they've done it too): have you ever intentionally "played dumb" around a guy to seem less smart

Posted by jingoist pixie (aka chris) Mar 2 '10, 10:07

than you actually are?

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i do that everytime my manager comes along with some shitty important job -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 2, 10:43 1
- *laughing* -- nm - kare Mar 2, 10:47
No. -- nm - Callisto Mar 2, 10:41
hell no. that said: i've never really needed to. -- nm - kare Mar 2, 10:28 1
- oh, this could come across as very conceited. what i mean to say: i is already kinda dumb. -- nm - kare Mar 2, 10:29
Never had time for this ploy. -- nm - OAE Mar 2, 10:14
my college gf sandbagged me in chess and then brought out the whoopass. We never played again. -- nm - Max Mar 2, 10:12 1
- The Color of Money is . . . black and white -- nm - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 10:14
*thinking* I don't think I've done it seriously or with intent to fool. - b. Mar 2, 10:12 2
- what about to get out of trouble, like being pulled over by a cop? I've done that. -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 10:12 1
  - not that I recall. -- nm - b. Mar 2, 10:13
not played dumb, but... - Andie Mar 2, 10:11 3
- I think managing a Subway would be more interesting than my job. (nm) - musubi Mar 2, 10:13
- should be a fun HS reunion - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 10:13 1
  - oh, i told people i knew the truth. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 10:13
At work I constantly have "dumb down" stuff for co-workers, does that count? (nm) - musubi Mar 2, 10:10 1
- for what purpose? are they just not smart enough to understand it?? -- nm - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 10:12
sure. (not on a guy I'm trying to hook up with, though) -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 10:09 6
- i would have expected a woman to do it more for the latter - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 10:17 5
  - I've seen other women do it. In the long run I think it would backfire. you can't do it forever. -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 10:33 3
    - *secretly does ny times crossword for twenty years* -- nm - b. Mar 2, 10:35 2
      - sure, you can finish the monday ones - jingoist pixie Mar 2, 10:38 1
        
        I was thinking, twenty years is a long time to do a crossword. -- nm - loosilu Mar 2, 10:39
  - oh, I've known this is likely true; and I've thought about it; but I could never bring myself to do it. -- nm - b. Mar 2, 10:21

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ladies only (i guess the men can answer if they've done it too): have you ever intentionally "played dumb" around a guy to seem less smart

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