Him: I trust that you won't hurt me, and I don't trust easily.
Me: I will probably hurt you. But I won't do it maliciously. That's what happens when you allow yourself to be vulnerable with another person.
[later]
Him: Are we making a mistake?
Me: Probably. But it's a mistake neither of us have made yet, so we'll be fucking up but in new and novel ways!
[later]
Him: Is this going to work out?
Me: [pause] I hope so. But it might not be in the ways we're expecting it.
Him: I guess that's how it's going to be with you, isn't it? You're always going to tell me the truth, not just what I want to hear?
Me: Yep!
Him: You're very unsettling, you know that?
Me: Yep!
Him: Could you try not to look so pleased with yourself when you say that?
Me: That *was* me trying.
#ActualConversationsIHave #IWillTryToBeKindButIWillAlwaysBeHonest #BadIdeas
The real irony here is that he ended up ghosting me shortly after these conversations because he was afraid that I *might* someday hurt him, so he did to me what he was afraid I would do to him.
Me: I will probably hurt you. But I won't do it maliciously. That's what happens when you allow yourself to be vulnerable with another person.
[later]
Him: Are we making a mistake?
Me: Probably. But it's a mistake neither of us have made yet, so we'll be fucking up but in new and novel ways!
[later]
Him: Is this going to work out?
Me: [pause] I hope so. But it might not be in the ways we're expecting it.
Him: I guess that's how it's going to be with you, isn't it? You're always going to tell me the truth, not just what I want to hear?
Me: Yep!
Him: You're very unsettling, you know that?
Me: Yep!
Him: Could you try not to look so pleased with yourself when you say that?
Me: That *was* me trying.
#ActualConversationsIHave #IWillTryToBeKindButIWillAlwaysBeHonest #BadIdeas
The real irony here is that he ended up ghosting me shortly after these conversations because he was afraid that I *might* someday hurt him, so he did to me what he was afraid I would do to him.