why didn't you tell me? and don't say it's because you're actually turning 89 because if you were one foot in the grave like that it would break my heart
( why is it so easy for Nate to sucker him, Jesus Christ. )
I don't know, man, I guess I figured it didn't really matter There's not some like deep traumatic reason I haven't really celebrated it in a few years, so just getting some people in the same room and eating cake is great
you don't have to get me anything, man, I really mean it when I say it doesn't matter but if you do get me something it has to be worth no less than two thousand dollars in value or I won't accept it, I'm a diamond I know what I'm worth
( Being the very healthy individual he is, he's gotta use it to gauge just how much of himself to give away in turn. A template, because that's exactly what you want in a partner when navigating something like this.
He may be on 'try to relationship' levels, but he still sucks. Sorry, man, this is who you chose. )
i'm serious about this, though. if i'm going to give you any kind of list i need some guarantee you're going to be honest in return. overstepping boundaries on accident is not really my thing when it can be prevented.
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I don't wanna make a huge thing about it
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maybe i won't show up
what if i'm busy
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but seriously don't make it like a thing I'm not telling the rest of them
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you have my word
why didn't you tell me? and don't say it's because you're actually turning 89 because if you were one foot in the grave like that it would break my heart
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and no, I'm turning 21, you can finally stop buying me alcohol
( it's not that he's outright dodging, just... you know, downplaying. )
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this is me you're talking to
not the unknowingly conscripted partygoers in your not-a-birthday
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I don't know, man, I guess I figured it didn't really matter
There's not some like
deep traumatic reason
I haven't really celebrated it in a few years, so just getting some people in the same room and eating cake is great
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is it all right if i get you something?
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it's my party, I can cry if I want to
(that's a song)
you don't have to get me anything, man, I really mean it when I say it doesn't matter
but if you do get me something it has to be worth no less than two thousand dollars in value or I won't accept it, I'm a diamond I know what I'm worth
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i'll see what i can do. hard to buy gifts for the man who clearly has everything.
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Just like that, huh? Not even a negotiation?
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what about Father, did we rule that one out that time we talked about your Catholic guilt?
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ice cold, man
( now that he knows anyway, might as well play it up for the bit, right? )
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You know what you could get me as a gift, actually, is just a copy of that list
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certainly a request
are you going to return the favor?
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as long as I get yours first
( Being the very healthy individual he is, he's gotta use it to gauge just how much of himself to give away in turn. A template, because that's exactly what you want in a partner when navigating something like this.
He may be on 'try to relationship' levels, but he still sucks. Sorry, man, this is who you chose. )
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ian
sixty stories
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why does it feel like that's gonna become some kind of code phrase in the future, like when they implant trigger words in russian sleeper agents
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i'm serious about this, though. if i'm going to give you any kind of list i need some guarantee you're going to be honest in return. overstepping boundaries on accident is not really my thing when it can be prevented.
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