The best part is when I don’t even have to ask twice.
The first few times, maybe you need a little more context. I show you something I like and you’re trying to figure out whether I’m actually asking, whether I’m serious, whether you should wait for me to say it more clearly. Fine. I can be patient once or twice. But after you’ve been around me long enough, I expect you to start understanding me without needing everything spelled out.
That’s when it gets fun for me. I send you a picture of something expensive with barely any explanation and you already know why you’re seeing it. Maybe I just say, look at this, and that’s enough. I don’t have to write some whole pitch about why I want it or why you should be the one handling it. You’ve seen this side of me enough times to know exactly where my mind is going.
And I know there’s something about that you really like. Being the person who gets it immediately. Not making me repeat myself, not asking a million little questions, not sitting there pretending you have no idea what I mean. You see what I want, you look at the price, and your first thought is already about making it mine.
That kind of reaction feels way better to me than having to drag generosity out of you.
I don’t want to turn everything into a test either. Sometimes I’m genuinely just showing you something because I like it. But I know what happens once you get used to me. You start looking for those little openings on your own. I mention a place I want to go, something I’ve been looking at, something I want upgraded, and you immediately start wondering whether this is your chance to handle it before I even say another word.
That’s the version of you that gets more interesting to me. Not because you’re trying to read my mind perfectly, but because you’re paying enough attention that I don’t have to keep teaching you the same thing. You know I like being spoiled. You know I like getting what I want. You know exactly how good it feels when you’re the reason I get it faster.
And once you’ve been right a few times, I know you’re going to start enjoying that little rush when I send you something with almost no context. You’ll look at it and think, yeah, I know what she wants me to do.
Good.
I like when it becomes that simple.