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• 1 jon // Nov 13, 2009 at 9:56 am

  I usually just don’t do it. Sometimes compromise has to happen and it can work out all right. Not to long ago I went to a karoke party dispite the fact karaoke makes me angry. It turned out to be a fun time.

• 2 Tiffany! // Nov 13, 2009 at 10:18 am

  It depends on my obligations to the situation. For instance, the aforementioned Karaoke Party sounds like a place that I would avoid, but if it was my best gal Beff’s karaoke party, I would have a a friendship obligation and I would go and sing my heart out.
  Without a very strong obligation such as the hypothetical one previously described, I tend to get out of doing things with brutal honesty. This is why I haven’t accepted dates, gone back to work for my angry boss, or feigned interest in anything going on outside of my immediate friends and my job hunt for the last two weeks.
  Bonus (that I just made up): I had a guy today tell me that my honesty is “fucking refreshing,” which was different because I was going for “unapproachable and bitchy.” Guess I need to brush up on that.

• 3 beth // Nov 13, 2009 at 10:45 am

  @Tiffblaster hahaha!

  You are ravishing and “fucking refreshing”. Never change.

• 4 beth // Nov 13, 2009 at 10:56 am

  Oh, and to answer the question…

  I rarely get out of things. When I do it is because I am not feeling well, so that is the reason I give. But it isn’t an excuse or fib. I suppose I am usually gung-ho for most things.

• 5 phil // Nov 13, 2009 at 11:05 am

  I pretend I didn’t hear them.

• 6 ching // Nov 13, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  My husband always complains about me making him do things that he doesn’t want to do such as changing the kitty litter, going to my after work functions, going shopping with me, etc. I always tell him that there is no getting out of it and he signed up for that when we decided to get serious after dating.

  As for me, it depends. If it’s something I have to do that I can’t stand doing, I just get it done without procrastination. I find that procrastination and agonizing over something that you don’t want to do just makes the whole process worse.

• 7 mAuricio // Nov 13, 2009 at 12:12 pm

  My wife made me answer this question.

• 8 feverishpoptart // Nov 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm

  I play dumb and pretend I don’t know how to do it, or I’ll start to do it and do it horribly so someone will feel sorry for me and take over.

• 9 jorge // Nov 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm

  usually i’ll just forget about them, or sleep through whatever it is. sometimes i just mutter “this is so fucking boring” under my breath and run away.

• 10 jake // Nov 14, 2009 at 11:09 am

  My strategy is similar to feverishpoptarts: I start to do it, then I “accidentally” break the tools necessary for doing it.

• 11 MissBella // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:04 pm

  @phil that would annoy me to death.

  If it’s stuff that’s not related to another person I think I just end up doing it, but last minute.

  If someone wants me to do something for them and I don’t see the point in it for them or me I try to explain how I see it and that usually gets me out of it.

• 12 NateG // Nov 16, 2009 at 8:41 am

  I just say i don’t want to do it usually… outside of work. I will compromise and attend things just cuz somebody else thinks its important or whatever. I have seen plenty of crappy romantic comedys inside and outside of theaters just to please some girl or whateves. I don’t hold back my misgivings though.

  If its a work thing, ill just let it slide to lowest priority on my list and avoid doing it if possible.

• 13 zjyw // Nov 24, 2009 at 8:04 am

  I want to do everything because I can do it the best.

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