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Poppinjay · 02-21-2006, 12:31 PM

This is not the answer anybody would be interested to hear, but no. There was a woman I met just AFTER the nick of time (when she was about to be married), totally my kind of girl - slightly hippy musicologist type of geek girl. I worked for her for about three months and then we went to a lot of the same conferences through the years. I would always catch her staring at me, when I of course was staring at her.

A friend of mine met her once when I wasn't there. Apparently they talked. When he saw me next, he said without any mention of her from me, "you two should stay away from each other. You'd get into trouble."

This has been going on for 15 years. We haven't even lived near each other for the past 10. The last time I saw her, she was pregnant and *still* catching glances at me. When I of course was catching glances at her. Just a month before I left to move up here, we hired one of her former co-workers. She told me *X* kept asking about me. We're no we're no longer in the same industry and I have no reason to visit her town anymore. So I guess that non-fling is over. I was never tempted. In fact, I liked hanging out with her because I got the benefits of her coolness with the safety of knowing that realistically, uh-uh. Even if I was stupid enough to be fool around, I knew that she was smart enough not to.

But no.

Why, have you?

02-21-2006, 12:31 PM	#734 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	This is not the answer anybody would be interested to hear, but no. There was a woman I met just AFTER the nick of time (when she was about to be married), totally my kind of girl - slightly hippy musicologist type of geek girl. I worked for her for about three months and then we went to a lot of the same conferences through the years. I would always catch her staring at me, when I of course was staring at her. A friend of mine met her once when I wasn't there. Apparently they talked. When he saw me next, he said without any mention of her from me, "you two should stay away from each other. You'd get into trouble." This has been going on for 15 years. We haven't even lived near each other for the past 10. The last time I saw her, she was pregnant and still catching glances at me. When I of course was catching glances at her. Just a month before I left to move up here, we hired one of her former co-workers. She told me X kept asking about me. We're no we're no longer in the same industry and I have no reason to visit her town anymore. So I guess that non-fling is over. I was never tempted. In fact, I liked hanging out with her because I got the benefits of her coolness with the safety of knowing that realistically, uh-uh. Even if I was stupid enough to be fool around, I knew that she was smart enough not to. But no. Why, have you? __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet Last edited by Poppinjay; 02-21-2006 at 12:38 PM..