LaTigresse
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Without going into detail........20+ years makes for a lot of details.........Generic Dude and I have been putting up with one another, supporting one another, threatening to kill one another, worrying about one another, etc etc etc for over 20 years now. He is my best friend. In that 20 years, an awful lot has changed. But the core values and interests that brought us together in the first place has not. I call him Generic Dude because I get sick of the word vanilla and I like to be more creative with language. But the guy is as vanilla as you can imagine. I cannot believe he doesn't have regular visits to the psychiatrist to deal with issues I've caused him. But we made a commitment and somehow we've managed to alter things in positive ways to honour that commitment. It works because it's based upon trust. I trust that he isn't going to intentionally do anything that brings harm to me and what is important to me, and visa versa. We really are each others best friend and biggest supporter in everything. Not to say there hasn't been some serious 'debates', door slamming, "I can't take anymore I am LEAVING!!!", stomping, cursing, etc........but because we have that core, it's always worked itself out. I don't hide anything but neither of us feels it necessary to know everything about the other either. I don't advertise the above situation online much because I have always honoured his phobia about internet networking..."do whatever you want but please DO NOT talk about ME".....until a recent shift in his thought process. Anyone that has expressed any interest online, is quickly made aware of the facts of my life. What they chose after that is up to them.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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