{"id":5014,"date":"2010-04-10T07:39:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T11:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2010-04-11T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T16:39:11","slug":"my-pain-is-all-too-palpable-or-mockable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/piercing-glares-enticing-stares\/04\/10\/my-pain-is-all-too-palpable-or-mockable\/","title":{"rendered":"My Pain Is All Too Palpable (Or Mockable)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/ive-left-my-haltingly-awkward-voice-message-now-th,17206\/\">I&#8217;ve Left My Haltingly Awkward Voice Message; Now The Ball&#8217;s In Her Court:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a single guy who&#8217;s gotten out there a fair amount, I&#8217;ve learned how to play the game. The way I see it, if someone&#8217;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&#8217;ve left my painfully uncomfortable six-minute-long voice message on her cell, I&#8217;m not going to waste my time obsessing over my next move. The ball&#8217;s in her court.<\/p>\n<p>If she wants to make the next move and return my panicked and barely coherent phone message, that&#8217;s fine by me. If not, she can take a hike.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do they always know?!?! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve Left My Haltingly Awkward Voice Message; Now The Ball&#8217;s In Her Court: As a single guy who&#8217;s gotten out there a fair amount, I&#8217;ve learned how to play the game. The way I see it, if someone&#8217;s interested, great. If not, no skin off my nose. 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