February 5, 2011

  • A Tale of Two Ninjas

    The other day, I talked about Lady Ninjas. Here's a follow-up to that. Read both these stories and tell me what your emotional response is.

    Ninja #1 is a man who has fallen in love with his next door neighbor. One day, he has his window open and, by straining to hear, overhears her talking excitedly about the concert she plans to attend soon. He goes home and learns to pick out two of the band's songs on his guitar. He then sits outside on his porch and plays the songs. Intrigued, she walks over and starts a conversation. He lies a bit and tells her he loves the band too, and the two soon become a couple.

    Ninja #2 is a woman who has fallen in love with her classmate. She can't seem to get his attention, but by stalking his Facebook finds out that he is a huge fan of the baseball Cardinals and likes the color red. One class, she dresses up in a lovely red dress she owns that shows how pretty she is, and intentionally sits in his line of vision. He's smitten, and the two soon become a couple.

    Question for you. Do you think what both ninjas did was fair? Was one fair but not the other?

Comments (13)

  • One of them lied... :- will revisit this and reanalyze when I have more time to devote.

  • Well I started keeping track of the Broncos when I found out Scott liked them. Only problem is, he's a horrible horrible fan and I could never get into a conversation about it with him because he didn't keep track and only knew about them what I would tell him... ninja FAIL *facepalm*

    I guess that's what I get when I fall for fairweather fans

  • Ninja #2 just knows how to flirt. Ninja #1 lied.

  • I think both would be fair if the guy just said he heard she liked the band.  Don't frigging lie!

  • there's nothing unfair about it, it's not as if what either ninja did made them couples. it just initiated contact :P .although, ninja 1 did lie :P

  • If this was Wall St. the SEC would have brought them up on charges. However, this is love and cheating a bit to get someone's attention is not bad. 

  • The only issue I have with either comes in #1.  As others have said "he lies...", not a good building block.  Now if he said he likes the band too (which it would seem that he does since he recognized it) then no problem.  

  • All's fair in love and war. right?  Both of these will make funny stories for the couple to tell their friends later about how they met.

  • meh, people just doing what they need to do to attract the object of their most violent affections.

  • Ninja #1 should have said he recently started listening to the band and loves them. 

    I personally don't see anything wrong with either situation. For #1, there is a difference between lying about an interest versus lying about your life. His intent was only to get to talk to her, not to deceive. Maybe she would find it endearing that he took the time to learn a couple of songs just to gain her attention. The night I met my boyfriend I told him I loved jazz and we made our first date for a local Jazz and Ribs festival. I had exaggerated my love for jazz because I didn't think a 24 year old male would love jazz as much as he did. I don't regret that exaggeration because, without it, we would have never taken that first step and I would have never actually formed a love for jazz that I do.For #2, although not really cool, I think we can all admit to doing some facebook stalking. Her intent was to get his attention and, by using a color that is positive to him, she accomplished just that.

  • It's fair. It's all fair.

  • I can't imagine that in falling for someone a dress or a song is the ultimate attraction.  If all you need to do is get someone's attention and that's the way, I'm all for it.  It's everything else that's the tricky part, and you can't fake the good stuff.

  • isn't it how this usually works? I think it just shows dedication. Let the relationship last awhile before revealing it though. Otherwise you'll just be a creepy stalker...

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