You would have had to tell me.

I would have to tell you? ummm, is this one of those moments where the appropriate answer is I'm wrong, you're right, and I'm sorry?

I dunno, I'm a single dude, so all this relationship stuff is a bit foreign to me. Besides, I don't want to get sticky gooey stuff
on me. And as a dude, I'm obviously clue-challenged.

Can you help a fellow out?

(the meteorologist in me wants to expound upon the differences between a drizzle and a landfalling Cat 3 hurricane, but i'll refrain)

You're a fast reader. Here's another one for you, which should muddy the waters even further:

Joy: "Wait. If T. doesn't get along with B., shouldn't she be hanging out with W.?"

Science Girl: "Yes. They've been good friends for two years now."

Joy: "Oops. I should start writing this stuff down. It's a wonder I haven't committed about a million faux pas by now.

And aren't I supposed to be the novelist, the keen observer of human relations? And you're the scientist, the engineer, too focused on facts to keep track of the emotional side of life?

How did I end up being 'the guy' in this relationship?"

Science Girl: "Hahaha. There's one in every group!"

Huh?

You are just way too deep for me!

You know, for someone who swears coke does nothing for her, you certainly sound like you're strung out on something...

Please, what you smoke, and how can I get it? :)

But seriously, what's the background? Is it permitted to ask? Or are you really strung out on something...

?

See? Even your really close friend has no idea what you're talking about! :)

Unless that question mark was directed at me, but I don't recall Rin ever actually responding directly to my comments...

Twice bitten, twice shy.

You know, I''ve got a wonderfully active, creative, dirty mind, and I can kinda grasp at what you're saying, possibly maybe.

The Bible records God as requiring us to be monogamous - He created Adam, and Eve for Adam. That the two shall become one flesh.

The Bible also records what happens when humans, being the rebellious hellions we are, decide to do our own thing. Abraham, Jacob, David, and definitely especially Solomon, it has never had a good smooth outcome for any of them. Contrast Isaac, whose life seemed to be a pretty good one all in all. One woman-man, as she was a one-man woman.

God's pretty smart, is what I'm thinking. And I think I'll stay a virgin and not get involved in all the stuff I think I'm getting a vague idea of - until God tells me otherwise.

Choose wisely.

If this is addressed to me, if I am the "you" being addressed, then I would say this is not an appropriate forum or method of communication on private matters.

The "E.B." and "1990" references are opaque.

Perhaps none of it is relevant to me, but rather about some other drama, some other set of painful decisions. In which case, never mind.

Rin

It's a prose poem, Rin.

Don't you like it?

No. I like direct communication, with clearly referenced pronouns and accurately cited facts. I also like honesty and accountability and personal responsibility.

I don't know what the above is about.

As I said, if it's about me, this is not a way to tell me anything. If it's about someone else, if someone else is the victim of whoever's bad acts, then it's unclear and therefore not productive of insight or knowledge, at least for me.

If you want to tell me something important, email me directly. But only if it's current. I don't need to know anything about the 80s.

Rin