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Originally Posted by cadre
Well I think me telling him the truth did a pretty good job of screening him out don't you?
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Whoops, re-reading for comprehension. That was about as early as you could've screened him out.
Personally, in my inner world of infinite confidence, I might have engaged him intellectually on his assumptions and ended the conversation with a demonstration of your selectiveness appropriate to his corrigibility, from an apology that it didn't work out, up to and including him wearing your drink.
In the future, maybe it should be your inquiry. "Can you handle not being the only one?"
Admittedly it's different for me, being a guy. (Ironically I'm fighting off guilt about having occasional fantasies about my two girlfriends, who have separately confided in me some level of attraction to one another, engaging me in a ménage a trois...)
I sympathize that it's tough to play beyond the social limitations of your cohort. Don't let the normals grind you down!