Reply #7: Uh... [View All]

[Chan790]

well...um...sometimes we realize we're not as interested as we thought we were during the pursuit. Usually, at least for me, it's because something has changed.

A great example, I was super-interested in the younger sister of a friend. Said friend told me, "you're not really a match.", but I didn't care...after a few weeks, sister started to warm up to me and we started talking. Everything was great, then she says "You're a banker, right? (Yes, I'm also in a self-directed study program in NPO management. I don't care fuck-all about banking.) You must be really pissed about all these new regulations." I said "Not really, no." Further conversation led to discussion of the war in Iraq, I'm hawkish (I really am too...far more so than most GOPers even.) and she works for the USN...I think she thinks I am a conservative though. She's definitely a right-leaning centrist.

Later that evening, I thought: "What am I doing?" and decided that my friend was right, lust for the cute sister was not going to overcome the facts that we're a poor match.

I'm not sure that she comprehends why I went from 60 to dead-stop in less than a day.