Ciao

Asked for her number, she said hundreds of dollars… should’ve said telephone.

—Jig3125

Sometimes it’s not what you say.

It’s what the other person thinks.

You meet someone.

The conversation is good.

The energy is right.

So you take a chance.

“Can I get your number?”

She looks at you…

“That’ll be a few hundred dollars.”

Wait.

What?

For a phone number?

Apparently, we’re negotiating now.

Suddenly this isn’t flirting.

It’s financing.

She heard “number” and decided it had value.

Does the number come with premium features???

Who knows.

That’s the funny thing about communication.

Two people can hear the exact same sentence and somehow walk away with completely different conversations.

Meant contact information.

She heard a price.

And just like that…

Romance became retail.

The lesson is simple.

Words matter.

Context matters.

A little clarification can save you a few hundred dollars…

At this point, there’s only one thing left to say.

Ciao.

— JIG3125