okay well let me see if i'm getting this hypothetically someone i liked said they weren't looking for anything and then hypothetically i backed off to respect that if they hypothetically got mad after that i guess it could be that they were i don't know playing hard to get? or were just confused?
well, there's casual dating. dating isn't always a lock-it-in formal thing.
but if i were only interested in something casual, i'd just say so up front or say so and also say i'd like to go on this date, because i might actually enjoy myself and if i don't, then it is what it is.
[ which is all fair and right about when sam falls asleep. and then he wakes up again, looks at That Message again, and all the ask if this is something casual or not goes out the window. ]
if anyone asks, you don't know anything about this.
[ This is so beyond the realm of hypotheticals now. Part of him also has a kind of kneejerk isn't she kinda young for you? reaction, but Nate keeps that one in check. Something something adults, adult choices. ]
well, she seems sincere? a little confused and a lot nervous. though i get why you probably had an aneurysm. when did she send this?
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say someone asks you out.
[ look, he's too tired to be as sneaky about this as he'd like to be. ]
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okay, i'm imagining it
[ Vividly. ]
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[ he doesn't actually have to formulate a question, does he? please don't make him ask ]
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are you asking me what i would do in this hypothetical scenario where i get asked on a date?
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after someone said they didn't want a relationship and got mad that you figured they meant it.
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okay well
let me see if i'm getting this
hypothetically someone i liked said they weren't looking for anything
and then hypothetically i backed off to respect that
if they hypothetically got mad after that i guess it could be that they were
i don't know
playing hard to get? or were just confused?
what would they hypothetically be mad about?
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hell if i know what there is to be mad about.
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but if i were only interested in something casual, i'd just say so up front
or say so and also say i'd like to go on this date, because i might actually enjoy myself
and if i don't, then it is what it is.
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you know. if it ever comes up.
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i'd just be up front. it sucks but at least then i'm not guessing, you know?
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if anyone asks, you don't know anything about this.
[ but. ]
you ever wanted to be steve martin in roxanne?
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[ But. ]
you mean by being really good with words when it comes to romance? yeah all the time
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by telling me what the hell i say to this
[ cue screenshot of...you know. that. ]
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wow
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well, she seems sincere? a little confused and a lot nervous. though i get why you probably had an aneurysm. when did she send this?
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