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Take Care

Well, it happened again. I am the recipient of another “thanks but no thanks” letter – this time from Marie. I wasn’t really pinning my hopes on anything yet but it is a little disappointing. No one likes to be rejected.

Oh, I got the usual response “you’re a great guy but it just wasn’t there for me”. Whatever!

I love those little euphemisms we use to indicate softness in a hard situation. “Take care”, “take it easy”, “see you around”, “thanks for everything”. Let’s break these down, shall we?

Take care – Why would I want to ‘take’ care when I want it given to me?

Take it easy – Hey, I’ll take it any way it comes.

See you around – Well, if you’re giving me the big ‘kiss off’ then you WON’T see me around, will you?

Thanks for everything – This translates to “thanks for nothing” in my estimation.

Yea, I’m a little bitter, a little dejected at the moment. I’m sure I’ll come around but it just feels like a personal attack when someone says “you’re nice but I don’t ever want to see you again”. I don’t know how else one would accomplish this process but this seems a little illogical to me.

It makes me wonder when I see couples who are CLEARLY not meant for each other so happy together. What the hell did that doofus in the trucker’s hat do to endear THAT beautiful woman to him?

I am missing some part of the process and it’s beginning to wear on me. I see the start-up and I see the end result, I’m just missing something in the middle. Maybe it’s very clear and I don’t WANT to see it. It could be right in front of me and so obvious that I’m looking right past it.

Wait, what? What am I talking about?

You always see those movies with the love triangle where Boy A is in love with Girl A but there is also a Girl B in love with Boy A. You know, Girl B and Boy A are ‘friends’ and just hang out, but she’s got a crush on him but is too proud to say. The movie “Some Kind of Wonderful” sums up this basic scenario.

I guess I don’t understand women – what man says that he can? This particular conversation typically pisses me off:

Married man: “So, are you married?”

Me: “No”

Married man: “Smart man”

That’s just mean. I feel uncomfortable when I know that someone is making fun of their wife in this way. It’s just “low rent”.

I’m a little angry now and shouldn’t be writing my thoughts down. They seem scattered and negative.

Eh, maybe that’s the point.

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