Love Tips

So I've been getting these love tips from some site that somehow got my phone number and can't get them to go away and while some of them are just stupid and/or funny, the one I got today was just....weird.

"Flirting is like acting, it's ok to play someone different."

OK...so i think i get it if they mean "act confident if your shy" or something like that...but if they literally mean "play a different character," I wouldn't be surprised and Im not sure but I may have a problem with that. I mean, unless your entire point for flirting is for a one night stand, you never intend to see them again, and have absolutely no dignity, wouldn't you want them to enjoy your company for who you actually are? I mean, imagine the next time you see them and you're no longer the western financial wiz out of college but are now the charming, dashing, millionaire stock broker who's in on business from NY... how would you figure that one out?

Are they really saying that you should act like a totally different person? Pull the wool over their eyes and hope they never run into you when you aren't in character? Even if it is for a one night stand, does that give you any self-confidence? "If I act like myself a girl won't even talk to me, but man if I pretend to be David Beckham I'm set." Pretty cool dude, I really wish I were you (or I guess David Beckham would be more accurate).

I dont know, I guess I understand the fun that it could bring, a new twist to the night, but I guess Im just not the type of person who feels better about myself if I pretend to be someone else. Think about what you'd boast...

"Oh man, hooked up with this hot girl."
"O ya? how'd it go."
"well she thinks i own a condo and a yacht and am british. I have a six pack and own 1,000 acres of vermont countryside and get personal concerts from BONO and THE EDGE weekly while I lounge in my golden hot tub."
"Man your totally in!"

How awesome is the bar dating scene!