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What words, phrases or signs do you use and how do you get your partner's attention?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ha! Our trick is that we're never with company. We are very boring homebodies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in this context it just means "when around other people, generally in some group function, like a party or reunion."

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a sarcastic joke, like I don't understand that other people are "company."

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crap, I failed at Internet today. Even after I started with a joke...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, no prob. I do the same occasionally.