QUESTION

Hey turkiya,




You ARE da man! Although I have not purchased the e-book

yet, I will soon, as I have seen the magic work firsthand,

just from the newsletters I have been getting. Check this

out! About a week ago, I send an email to a totally rad

chick suggesting that we meet for coffee. I used the

movie "You've Got Mail" as part of my "schtick", and

although it was "cute" and "funny," I realized later that

it was actually quite "wussy-ish." After getting NO REPLY

for almost a week, I sent her ANOTHER email, this time

busting her balls a bit by saying, "Well I guess my

dazzling good looks and wicked sense of humor didn't catch

your fancy, eh?" The response was lightning fast and

almost instantaneous!!! She wrote that she had every

intention of returning my email, but she was "out of town"

blah blah blah, and she would meet me for coffee sometime.

I really believe that if I had not sent her that second

email, I never would have gotten a reply to the first one.



Here's the question (and problem): In addition to the "ball

busting" in my second email, I also told her I liked her!

(a big faux pas, I know, but I never expected a reply!) She

had taught a class of which I was a student, and I made a

comment like, "Well I'm probably not the first of your

students to have a crush on the teacher." Now that the

cat's out of the bag, how do I diffuse this damaging

admission? I already sent her a reply email, in which I

poured on the cocky/funny, but I wanted to get your input

and hopefully I made the right choice by my reply.



Thanks turkiya!



--C.K.



San Francisco, CA