If people saying "mate" reminds me more of "The Fifth Continent" than of Australia, I'm probably reading too much of Terry Pratchett...
Last night, I came up with a conversation that would go something like this: She: you really shouldn't be so picky or you'll never find a partner. Me, ponderously: I don't really see why I need a partner, actually. She: But you surely want to be in a relationship! [I'm skipping the no-kids part here, because thankfully the majority of my family has finally accepted that if I say I don't want kids, I don't like kids, I really mean it.] Me: What for? She: Companionship, conversations, sex Me: Online-Friends, Internet, one-night-stands? She: ...
Unfortunately, I'm not nearly brave enough to go into the discussion that would result from this...
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Date: 2007-08-23 04:15 pm (UTC)I like that!
If people saying "mate" reminds me more of "The Fifth Continent" than of Australia, I'm probably reading too much of Terry Pratchett...
Last night, I came up with a conversation that would go something like this:
She: you really shouldn't be so picky or you'll never find a partner.
Me, ponderously: I don't really see why I need a partner, actually.
She: But you surely want to be in a relationship!
[I'm skipping the no-kids part here, because thankfully the majority of my family has finally accepted that if I say I don't want kids, I don't like kids, I really mean it.]
Me: What for?
She: Companionship, conversations, sex
Me: Online-Friends, Internet, one-night-stands?
She: ...
Unfortunately, I'm not nearly brave enough to go into the discussion that would result from this...