Failing at romance is a pattern I know well. . .

[chronarchy]

MJD: So, for Valentine's Day, I'm apparently going the the ballet.
Tina: Does she know you hate ballet?
M: I don't hate ballet. I hated Dracula. I don't mind the classical stuff, and can even get excited about it. I don't necessarly get it, but there's good music and nifty things going on. I just can't wrap my head around the more modern styles at

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[viedansante]

I get it. No, really.

I'm too tired to write any more. It's been a long and difficult day. So all of my other insights and brilliant ideas will have to stay unformed.

Hope that the night is enjoyed by the pertinent party. As long as she gets you and appreciates your intent, that's all that matters.

[chronarchy]

I thought/hoped you would. I'm in an awkward position, personally, as far as this stuff goes, and it's nice to know that at least you see what I mean. It means I'm not completely crazy.

[viedansante]

Well, the other option is that we're both crazy.

At least we'd be in good company.

And, really, I am in as awkward or more an awkward position as you are in all this stuff. You succeed more than I do at present, and that means either you're doing something right or you're with someone incredibly forgiving (or both ;-).

[chronarchy]

I succeed through optimism about the process, generally speaking. I'm willing to take certain risks without knowing whether they'll pan out.

I suppose that the fact that I haven't been slapped yet means that my intuition is pretty good, even if I can't manage to figure out how it works. . .

[viedansante]

I suppose that the fact that I haven't been slapped yet means that my intuition is pretty good, even if I can't manage to figure out how it works. . .

Well, it could also be that your height discourages women from trying to slap you, so as to avoid throwing out their shoulders or getting a knee injury from jumping.

However, it's much more likely that only I use the threat of throwing out a shoulder as a reason not to smack someone.

I succeed through optimism about the process, generally speaking. I'm willing to take certain risks without knowing whether they'll pan out.

I think that's a great big difference between you and I ... I have a pesky problem of needing to control every single variable in my life (that might be a slight exaggeration).