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Handsome Boy
You are walking one way, a cute man with a dog is walking the other. He can even be on the other side of the street. He is alone. Hmmm. The dog is cute too. You like dogs.
“I love your dog,” you can say. If he says nothing, he doesn’t love his dog so hell with him. Or… he could say, “Thanks.”
Then you quickly pause, study the dog and say quizzically, “What is it?” (That gets around the awkward problem of having to examine the dog’s undercarriage.
Maybe he says, “Rhodesian Ridgeback and Boxer with a little Malamute.”
And you say, “Beautiful. Just beautiful.”
If you like him so far you can say:
(a) I had a Boxer growing up, or if that’s not true,
(b) Do Rhodesian Ridgebacks need a lot of space? Or,
(c) Where did you get such a sweet dog?
But no matter what you do, remember to say,
(d) Your girlfriend must love that you walk him.
If he’s married and not a flat-out jerk, he’ll correct you and say, “My wife,” which is code for “You’re hitting on me, but I’m a good husband.” But maybe he has friends. Before you know it, he has volunteered to take you to the very same dog shelter where he helicoptered in and rescued Eliott.
Note: Make sure you truly like dogs before you start a conversation with someone who has one, and make sure the dog truly is cute or you might end up with a handsome guy and an ugly pup.
