[Pashtet]

Belgareth, I\'d like to apologize for unintentionally changing the subject. I posted that Seinfeld

thing because it said, \"Basically, I can be talked into anything,\" which was going along with your persuasion

thing. I didn\'t mean to turn it into a homosexuality talk (\"not that there\'s anything wrong with

that!!!\"). As my effort to get back onto the subject...

I don\'t know much about the power of persuasion

because I was never good at it. I know a lot of little techniques like always using positive statements (never use

\"don\'t\", \"can\'t\", \"shouldn\'t\", and, interestingly, \"never\"

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]), try to show how much it\'ll benefit the person, make them

feel like they need whatever you\'re trying to get them to believe in/buy/go along with... I could never do it,

though, because I\'m a firm believer in blunt honesty, and I just give it to people straight (in as nice of a way

as possible for the given situation; I\'d rather say, \"You need to work on this\" instead of \"You suck at

this\").

Hell, my best example was convincing a girl to go out with me once. We were best friends, she loved me

more than anything, but it still took me 6 months to persuade her that it was a good thing because she\'s always

gone out with jerks with whom it would never work out and never actually had a relationship that could become

long-term serious. SIX MONTHS!!!!!!!!!! Apparently, I\'m doing something wrong.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Of course, I\'ve had two other people fall in love with me in

one night (PM me if you think I\'m full of crap and want proof).........so maybe it\'s the person. I don\'t

know. I\'m just trying to get the discussion going even though I\'m the last person to know jack about this.

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I tried, Bel. Hope it helps.

Pancho