Posted by Atticus on December 18, 2004, at 21:15:14
In reply to Re: Aw, man! » anastasia56, posted by alesta on December 14, 2004, at 4:46:21
Alright, you gossipy lot. Crushedout and I met and chatted over coffee today in Manhattan. No romance involved, as we both like girls, but different kinds of girls. I have to admit, I got unaccountably shy and careful about what I said, choosing to use the proper American words for things (apartment vs. flat) rather than the more relaxed and loopy Irish/American hybrid I slip into when posting here or with large numbers of my family members around me or when I've had a pint or three (I was co-raised primarily by my Irish grandmother and mother -- dad was pretty much MIA in the parenting department). Crushedout was very nice and we both seemed suitably bewildered as to what to say, especially at first. And a bit at second, too.
Anyway, we chatted away an hour and a half and then she had to head for her subway to get back home. (I live only a few blocks from where we met up and walked home.) As I've just commented to her in an e-mail, there is definitely a very different dynamic at work when talking to someone you've never met face-to-face as opposed to talking to that person online. I suddenly got all, well (I'm embarrassed to say it), "civil." (Stop laughing, Dr. Bob.)
Anyway, she turned out to be very cool and I'm sure I came across as very, very ... Christ only knows. You'd have to ask her. Anyway, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. Atticus
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