Source/co-worker/other Baraboo local: "So how long have you been here?"I forgot, it was on my moving to-do list. Buy car, find apartment, get internet hook-up, manhunt.
I: "Since July!"
They: "Oh! Got a boyfriend yet?"
I: "Nope!" Satisfied expression.
They: "...oh." Long pause. Clear conflict between wanting to comfort and wanting to offer empowering statement of solidarity. Awkwardness. Usually, a change of subject.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
It is a truth universally acknowledged.
Conversations I have often and that never cease to amuse me.
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I was always asked if I was married first, and when I said no, then asked if I had a boyfriend.
I'll be your man.
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