[ voice ] [ anon ] there's a rose in a fisted glove and the eagle flies with the dove

[tothelibrary]

Open question.

So, I-- have this friend. And this friend is dating someone, back home. But they're not here, and-- that friend doesn't know if they're ever coming back.

My friend kind of likes someone here. Is it cheating? Am-- is my friend a skank for even thinking about it?

Um, yeah. Thanks in advance?

[ ooc | THE ELUSIVE ANON POST EMERGES

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[voice] [anon]

[rereremembered]

The way I see it, you never know where your next meal, or shag in this case, will come from. You're-- "friend" is justified.

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[tothelibrary]

No shagging! I mean.

So, you think it's okay?

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[rereremembered]

Suite yourself, mate, but yeah, I think s'fine. So long as they're up front about prior commitments, there's nothing wrong in having a laugh.

[Says the man who's still trying to figure out if/how to tell the one girl he promised he'd go back for that the threesome with the eighteenth-century prostitutes who specialized in tantric sex meant nothing, really. If/when he ever actually goes back for her.

In other news, getting dating advice from Fitz is on par with getting home decorating advice from a potato.]

[ voice ] [ locked ]

[likeajoan]

[ Oh please, like Buffy can't tell this is Dawn instantly. The use of the word 'skank' was the ultimate giveaway, besides the other purely circumstantial evidence. ]

You're not a skank, Dawn.

[ voice ] [ locked ]

[tothelibrary]

No habla nosy older sister.

...What gave me away?

[ voice ] [ locked ]

[likeajoan]

Not nosy. Concerned.

I've been listening to you babble since you were a baby. Kinda the authority here.

...Xander would want you to be happy. Sure, there'd be several layers of kicked puppy to work through, but... he'd want what's best for you. I know that much.

[ voice ] [ locked ]

[tothelibrary]

Tomato, nosy older sister.

...Oh, right.

I feel like I shouldn't even look at anyone else. I love him, I just-- I suck.

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[ihavettk]

I don't think it makes you a skank, but I guess it kind of depends. I mean, how long's it been?

Great, now I realize I might never see my girlfriend again. That would really, really suck.

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[tothelibrary]

Yeah. Suck is the word for it.

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[ihavettk]

I can't help you there, I guess. I'm way not ready to move on or anything, but I think it'd be understandable if you do, or if it's been a while. And if you really don't think whoever it is is coming back, well, they'd probably want you to be happy.

[Yeah, Kon's just ignoring the "my friend" part.]

[voice]

[beenthroughhell]

[Tara, unlike Buffy, doesn't necessarily seem to pick up Dawn's identity, from her response. But she turns anon off, because she wants to stand by her own advice.]

I don't think feeling something for someone else is wrong - you can't help how you feel.

[She pauses, then adds:]

Your friend should think about it from the other direction. What if they were at home, and the person they were dating was here?

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[tothelibrary]

I-- I mean, my friend would want him to be happy. There might be a little bit of jealousy, but... happiness is more important.

[ voice ]

[beenthroughhell]

That's what I think. It's... it's going to be hard, either way, but if they love each other, they want them to be happy. And if your friend goes back home, they probably would leave whoever they'd been seeing here.

[voice]

[lionofolympus]

Not cheating!

[ voice ] [ anon ]

[tothelibrary]

Really?

[voice]

[lionofolympus]

[One should note that Hercules is a giant womanizing smooth operator, all while still married to his half-sister. He is not exactly unbiased here.]

Really. We are in a different world with no hope of return. Therefore, your friend and their paramour are 'on a break'.