{"id":32888,"date":"2011-05-20T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T23:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=32888"},"modified":"2011-05-20T15:13:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T23:13:58","slug":"the-best-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=32888","title":{"rendered":"Laughing Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite way to connect is through conversation.<\/p>\n<p>When I meet a girl and we can talk for hours, that is the best sign that we are meant for each other. Table tennis comes and go but conversation remains. <\/p>\n<p>I think that the more we have in common, the easier it is for us to converse.<\/p>\n<p>I once dated a girl who did not speak English beyond a few words such as &#8220;condom.&#8221; I did not speak Spanish beyond a few words such as &#8220;por favor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I look back on our weeks together in 1994 with fond memories, but though we had good times, I do not believe they would have necessarily provided the firm foundation for lasting commitment. <\/p>\n<p>All the girls I like talking to enjoy laughing. The easier and freer they laugh, the better. Laughing girls are less likely to say things like &#8220;I&#8217;m offended&#8221; or &#8220;stop&#8221; or &#8220;quit&#8221; or &#8220;don&#8217;t&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Laughing girls are more likely to find me interesting. <\/p>\n<p>Laughing girls are more likely to pick up the check. <\/p>\n<p>Laughing girls are less likely to get haggard.<\/p>\n<p>If you can make a girl laugh, you can hook her for life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite way to connect is through conversation. When I meet a girl and we can talk for hours, that is the best sign that we are meant for each other. Table tennis comes and go but conversation remains. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=32888\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3913,26471,26470,6970,9297],"class_list":["post-32888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-few-words","tag-firm-foundation","tag-fond-memories","tag-good-times","tag-table-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32893,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32888\/revisions\/32893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}