paperworkanddogs:

“I’m usually too busy to do much, but I do like being with friends. I just don’t like making time to make new friends. Which sounds mean, but I am”

“Fair enough. I mean if you know that you’re mean then you know how to deal with the aftermath of that. “

paperworkanddogs:

“Dunno what I’ll have my new one be. So now I have 4 to manage…. There are just some people you enjoy going out for a single beer with, then leave. And others who you would get together with all the time. And everyone sees each other differently”

“Right. Talk about complicated matters. Of course, people relate to each other in all kinds of configurations and nothing can be remotely simple at all. Suppose that comes with actually being connected to more and more folks.“

paperworkanddogs:

I dont’ think we’re on the same page. There is no love worth the risk of humiliation, is what I’m saying. My feelings are very serious in this regard. I think, that once I put my crush out in the open, my eyes were opened to how silly it was. I’ll get over it. If I tell her now,  the worst might happen

…Ah. Yeah, that’s definitely a difference there. 

I mean it’s fine if you know you’ll get over it. I just think it’s not exactly the worst thing in the world – but that’s clearly a difference of thought process when no chance of love seems worth it. 

paperworkanddogs:

…….. Er. Promise you won’t tell anyone.

It’s Denmark. She’ll hate me because. You know. I cut her in half to steal land and then…. Anyway. She’s not to be messed with

I promise not to tell.

Hm, I see. Well if you actually like talk to her and engage her like a person maybe you’ll find that she doesn’t hate you nearly as much as she used to.

Of course, have some respect for her – but you don’t need to go in on the assumption that she hates you currently. 

paperworkanddogs:

I’ll stalk her Facebook, not her house! I’ll get tempted to kick in the door and annex her, if I do that.

I’m not going to cry or creep. I’ll send her a letter explaining that she hates me and wouldn’t want me so I’ll never tell her

….Right. 

Well alright. Who is this if you’re operating on the assumption that she hates you and wouldn’t want you anyway?

paperworkanddogs:

…. No. It’s not worth the potential humiliation. I’ll just be a creep and stalk her, clearly this is the better solution. Come get a beer with me and I promise not to cry about her

…Being a creep is definitely not the better solution!

[sighs] But alright, I’ll get a beer with you. No crying about her though. I can’t condone creepiness in that way.