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Originally Posted by oregonwana_b
Ok so, for years I have heard the term 'bring something to the table'. Or someone saying 'If you are going to seek a relationship with someone, make sure you have something to bring to the table'.
Ok now, I know the general meaning of this, but others, please post what you consider it to mean. Oh and please if you can, give examples.
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I say this fairly often. I think I picked it up in college, I heard my buddies say this about people.
It seems really obvious to me.. I'm surprised you need an explanation.. but if someone "doesn't bring anything to the table", then they don't have anything to offer you.
Despite the direction of the thread, I've never heard it used to describe people of the opposite sex, although it surely could be. I always remembered it (in college) describing someone who doesn't contribute anything to "the group," particularly in a social sense.
Some people are funny.
Some people are smooth.
Some people have money, or boats, or beach houses
Some people are bat**** crazy
Some people know a lot of single girls
Some people can fight
Some people know where to get drugs
Some people are world-class musicians
Some people are just well-liked.
Other people, (who don't have any of the aforementioned traits), just consume what everyone else in "the group" brings. They are dead weight, their presence brings everyone else down.
As I recall, all this was integral in the process of forming little cliques, development of the "pecking order", and in some cases affects an individual's appeal with the opposite sex.
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