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#30: October 01, 2010, 10:39:14 AM
Don't know if this works for everyone....but I'm darkish/dim right now...and every once in awhile I'll peek out as the "flirty, funny smiley gal"...mostly email and text...then when he shows up I'll be dark again...Did this this week and he showed up early at house expectin me to be in that role but wasn't....throws them off a bit and adds some mystery I suppose...I did it cuz it was really FUN and forged a connection and recognition between us....let's him know I'm still here even though I'm not...
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Re: MLC Humor
#31: October 01, 2010, 11:32:25 AM
This one is hard  can't come up with anything good well that's not cruel anyway. I'll keep thinking about it.   

Personally, If I was able to communicate with him, I'd get great satisfaction answers all his questions with " I don't know"





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Re: MLC Humor
#32: October 01, 2010, 11:40:11 AM
When I think of these kinds of jokes, I use the definition from an old internet newsgroup, alt.shenanigans:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/shenanigans-faq/

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1.  What exactly is a shenanigan?
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A shenanigan is something that is done for no purpose other than to confuse or fool its intended victim.  Shenanigans differ from the mainstream usage of "practical jokes" or "pranks" in that they are, above all, harmless.  Throwing eggs at someone's car is a prank; Handing out eggs with odd sayings written on them at a mall is a shenanigan.  I hate to use this example, but most of the things you see on "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes" are shenanigans.

Although there is much overlap between practical jokes, pranks, and shenanigans, I would like to make this distinction:  The victim responds to a prank by saying, "Damn those kids!" or "I'll get you for this."  (Or by taking legal action.)  A shenanigan, on the other hand, receives a response such as "Why would anyone go to the trouble?" or "I don't get it." from 'normal' citizens, or is responded to in kind by a fellow shenaniganist.

In short, if you laugh at it, even if you're the victim...  It's probably a shenanigan.  Obviously different people laugh at very different things, so use your judgement and know your victim.

It should be noted that this is strictly "my" definition of the term, and any similarity to your definition or the dictionary's is entirely coincidental.
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Re: MLC Humor
#33: October 01, 2010, 12:42:39 PM
Hmm... maybe we should invent some kind of new trend or style that "all the kids" are doing.  You know, tell them that it's cool for guys to wear short cut-off shorts or that mullets are back...
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Re: MLC Humor
#34: October 01, 2010, 01:03:34 PM
In my case, there is a [suspected] OW (should I refer to her as SOW? ;)) EA and I have been toying with the idea of making comments here and there that may make him worry I know who she is and that she even exists (I am at least 90% sure I am correct) - he thinks I know nothing because I haven't said anything for many many many months.  They would be comments that in no way mention SOW but might make him squirm after a few, like just MAYBE I might know something but I never say and he sure as heck won't. 

I don't know.  Maybe that is too evil.
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Re: MLC Humor
#35: October 01, 2010, 03:15:23 PM
I'll go with one I mentioned on my thread, but still appeals... Can't I just superglue squealing OW (face first) to a public wall, upside down preferably????
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Re: MLC Humor
#36: October 01, 2010, 04:13:56 PM
This was something I did to throw him off, and made him think I was seeing someone else.

My hairstyle kept changing...I normally wore it in a ponytail to work, to keep my hair from getting caught in the machines I was working with.

It came to me one day to come out with my hair down; but have my pony tail clip in my pocket; we were creating an illusion for him.

There was the usual round of questions at first; "Aren't you going to tie your hair up?  Why not?"

I'd give him vague, one word answers and leave..of course, when I got to work, my hair would go up; and when I got off work, my hair would come back down; and of course, he was still awake watching for me to come in; JUST to see what my HAIR was doing.

And he'd refuse to speak to me; and I knew why, but continued on with the charade I was putting on.

He NEEDED to wonder what I was doing, and his own guilt was filling in the blanks. LOL!

It went on for a week, before it all came to a head. :)

There finally came a day when he was tired of the answers he was getting and said that I must have a boyfriend; I laughed like a hyena; and denied it; said I respected myself more than that.
Then he sorta pounced on me about my hair down; and I told him that if I DID have a boyfriend; HE would know, because signs would drop.

He said "What signs?"  I said "You would know what they are!"  But, I wouldn't enlighten him; and he didn't dare ask any more questions at that point.  LOL!!

I nearly laughed IN his face, because I could almost see the wheels turning within his brain; trying to figure out what I was doing; he was off balance...and that was the effect I was looking for. LOL!!

Change the way you normally do something, anything....and they surely DO notice it; and questions begin..they don't like your routine to be subject to variation; they don't like change in the LBS.

Never mind what THEY have done, or are doing; it seems to be ok if they toss everything upside down, but  HOW DARE YOU do it to THEM!  LOL!!

They really don't like the sense of "unbalance" they feel when routine, and what they are used to seeing/experiencing with the LBS changes.

What it all boils down to, is this: Want to get a MLC'er's attention and deepen their confusion?  START CHANGING THE WAY YOU ARE....they don't like the lost feeling they get when they don't know you anymore.

Stop being what the MLC'er is used to seeing.

Hey, it's a laff-a-minute out here in MLC land, LOL!!!  Only THEY are not laughing!

Nothing wrong with upsetting their apple cart on occasion; sometimes it's necessary to move them along the tunnel.  :)

But then, again, you have to KNOW when times such as those are right..a wrong word or action at  wrong time, can cause them to "stick" in the tunnel.  That's not to say you do not need to change, you do; but these types of "head games" such as what I outlined above are to handled carefully and thoughtfully.

Follow your intuition in regards to increasing their confusion. :)

Word of caution, and this is NOT intended to get after you SS, not at all; I chuckled at the different ways of increasing the confusion within your MLC'er.    In a way, the head game I played with him was intended to give him a healthy taste of what he'd given me; only on a smaller scale. :)  And it hit it's intended mark; plus, when I changed that particular detail right back on my own; it confused him further, LOL!!

It IS funny, but don't go too far with the jokes; the serious side of them, for some reason, is in high gear, much like a teen who is extremely low in self confidence; so be careful; as they DO remember what was done to them, and how they were treated while within the tunnel later on. :)

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Re: MLC Humor
#37: October 01, 2010, 07:45:25 PM
Okay
this is related to topic but it's something my MLCer does that I just picked up on....that cracks me up...When he emails me occasionally he can be very formal at times....this makes sense cuz I believe he has to go to that place in order to compartmentalize....so what I realize in some of the emails he writes strange things...here are a few that made me LOL and say He's just nuts...it actually makes me feel better

-PS at the end of one email -this one I thought was hystericall!   Maybe it's just me
-See below Wrote this yesterday about some finances....I'm laughing again right now...really....where did he think I was going to continue reading.....
-He numbers conditions he wants to set
-He uses the word FURTHERMORE way tooo much....really....never used that before

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Re: MLC Humor
#38: October 01, 2010, 08:05:34 PM
It's not hard for me to create confusion for my MLCer... it comes naturally! Because sometimes I'm a b!tc# and sometimes I'm gracious and calm, all over the same set of circumstances!! Usually, I'm the opposite of what he expects from the last time...

The other thing I do is "know stuff". He thinks I'm a witch or something because I always know when he's lying. The sad fact is, he's a terrible liar. Add to this that currently, everything that comes out of his mouth is most likely a lie, on top of that, he hasn't figured out I can see his bank account activity BECAUSE I WORK AT OUR BANK... DUH!!! Plus, we kinda have the MLC playbook here, so not too many surprises!

An Idea I came up with but probably won't bother with until later is - add neutral-gendered names with fake phone numbers to my cell phone. He snooped once and saw a couple of names of new friends (Pat, being one) and it sent him into a jealous tailspin. Mostly, he doesn't even consider that I might not want him back or that I might have activities outside of waiting for him to decide if he wants to come home or not, but sometimes the thought crosses his mind! He snoops when he is feeling guilty..
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Re: MLC Humor
#39: October 01, 2010, 08:21:51 PM
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The other thing I do is "know stuff". He thinks I'm a witch or something because I always know when he's lying.

Not only that, but there have been things you have told him that only HE is supposed to know...and I can guarantee that actually made him further afraid of you, eh? LOL!!

LOL, LG; I had actually forgotten about that kind of stuff until I read these lines; see, I, too "knew things".....I remember hitting my husband with what the Lord had shown me about his 'friend' how it came to be an affair; how she tricked him, and why he'd kept going back to her until he broke it off for good, and these were things only HE was supposed to know; because  I wasn't even THERE;  I could tell by the way he was acting; he thought I was a FLY on the wall!

He not only denied them, but he said the DEVIL was showing me these things; even as I read him lying to me, and his eyes were SO big they nearly popped out of his head!  LOL!!!!!

Talk about frightened; he couldn't get far enough away from me; I told him at one point that it was pretty bad when your wife always knew when her husband was doing something wrong, LOL!!!

I'm honestly surprised he stayed with me, even after all of me exposing ALL his secrets to his face, and him running away in fear of little bitty ME!!!  LOL!!  He was telling me at one point I was "driving" the love right out of him!!  I remember thinking; "You'd better be more worried about ME, than yourself!"  But it is how they are; self preservation takes over; and they are liable to say ANYTHING!!  :)

I think he originally thought I had talked to her; but I told him that, although, I'd seen the numbers on the caller ID that matched his cell phone; I never answered the phone; but so many other things he'd done had totally given him away, confirming what I already knew to be true....but, then, in his mind; the mystery remained of how I knew all these things, and his behavior gave him away every time, LOL!!

Talk about confused even further;  it was pitiful, but afterward, I laughed until I was in tears; thinking about he'd thought he'd gotten away with it all; and I knew everything he knew!!  LOL!!

These sessions gave HIM alot to think about!  :)




 
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