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bktheirregular) wrote2003-02-17 12:32 pm
bktheirregular) wrote2003-02-17 12:32 pm
Knee-deep in the white stuff
My cold tails off just in time for the suburban landscape to get absolutely buried. This is like winters I remember as a kid.
Kid brother got caught by the storm as it passed DC, had to retreat to the Maryland suburbs ... where he and the lady friend he was visiting the capital with got into some sort of tiff, about what, he doesn't know. So, basically, he's got to spend the day in close quarters with a woman who's not talking to him.
This is one of those times I look and thank the Powers that Be that I'm a single person, responsible for nobody's mental health but my own. Ya know what? Being single is cheaper, probably a little less stressful, too.
Call it ... I don't know, mental scaffolding. You know, shore up a structure that's been undermined. The calendar block between Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day is designed to make the Bitter Singletons as miserable as possible, so perhaps it's a good time to look at the advantages of Just Being Friends.
1. You don't have to worry about whether you forgot anniversaries or birthdays or some such.
2. When you send a card to a friend, it's appreciated for what it is, not analyzed for whether you're being a cheapskate.
3. You don't have to cut yourself off from friends for the sake of a relationship if you're not in a relationship.
Well, there's the downsides, like no snugglebunnies, no shoulder to cry on at short notice, and such, but I've found it's possible to grit my teeth and endure those periods. Iron self-control.
Random nerve firings.
And it's time to shovel the walk before we have to call out the Saint Bernards.
Close entry.
Kid brother got caught by the storm as it passed DC, had to retreat to the Maryland suburbs ... where he and the lady friend he was visiting the capital with got into some sort of tiff, about what, he doesn't know. So, basically, he's got to spend the day in close quarters with a woman who's not talking to him.
This is one of those times I look and thank the Powers that Be that I'm a single person, responsible for nobody's mental health but my own. Ya know what? Being single is cheaper, probably a little less stressful, too.
Call it ... I don't know, mental scaffolding. You know, shore up a structure that's been undermined. The calendar block between Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day is designed to make the Bitter Singletons as miserable as possible, so perhaps it's a good time to look at the advantages of Just Being Friends.
1. You don't have to worry about whether you forgot anniversaries or birthdays or some such.
2. When you send a card to a friend, it's appreciated for what it is, not analyzed for whether you're being a cheapskate.
3. You don't have to cut yourself off from friends for the sake of a relationship if you're not in a relationship.
Well, there's the downsides, like no snugglebunnies, no shoulder to cry on at short notice, and such, but I've found it's possible to grit my teeth and endure those periods. Iron self-control.
Random nerve firings.
And it's time to shovel the walk before we have to call out the Saint Bernards.
Close entry.