“So when I meet a woman, I should simply say, ‘You are beautiful’?” Tempi shook his head. “No. You would say simply ‘beautiful,’ and let the woman decide the rest of what you mean.” “Isn’t that …” I didn’t know the words for “vague” or “unspecific” and had to start again to get my point across. “Doesn’t that lead to confusion?” “It leads to thoughtfulness,” he said firmly. “It is delicate.
