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A bedtime story.
May. 12th, 2002 02:57 amI want to tell a story about two girls. These two girls were friends for a long time, but in the middle, they lost touch. They got back in touch and it was probably the best thing that could have happened to both of them, because things were going on in their lives and they were each other's best sounding board. In the process of getting back in touch, they got crushes on each other. Then they saw each other again.
That first encounter was like a scene from a movie. When they kissed, it was like the world had shut down for everyone but them, that all of the universe's cosmic energy was directed into their emotions. Hearts accelerated, breaths caught. It was intense. They fell in love.
Time passed, and as they grew closer together, issues began springing up. With trust came vulnerability, and soon both were open and exposed. Somehow, this proved to be a deadly combination. Vulnerability made one clingy and the other standoffish. So one got clingier and the other pushed further away. She was starting to feel overwhelming pressure because the other girl was grasping at straws while her world was changing. The problem was that the first girl's world was changing, too, so neither of them had solid ground to stand on.
Right now, neither of them knows what to do. But this one girl, she's scared to see the other girl again. She's afraid that two weeks of arguments from afar will turn into hostility and regret in person. She's afraid that they won't even be friends anymore. She's afraid that her usual pattern will happen again.
But part of her is afraid, too, that none of those things will happen, that when she sees the other girl, she will fall dizzily in love again and once again not know what to do with herself. The issue, you see, is that this girl needs to decide where to live, and entwined in this decision is what to do about the relationship. If she stays where she is, the relationship must end. If she moves, the relationship can continue. That's a really loaded decision.
So right now, the two girls, while they care about each other very much, can't really even talk to each other without incident. And one of the girls is a touch tipsy and wants to kiss the other. And that's bad. Because that loads the decision again.
The two girls decided that the second girl shouldn't come visit, because it was safer. But while the first girl was out, the second girl emailed her and said she was coming again afterall. The first girl, the one who is tipsy, is at a complete and total loss. Several people, and by this I mean every single person she's talked to, have told her that this is a terrible idea, that it shouldn't happen. Some have even suggested being outright mean.
The first girl thinks the second girl has a lot going on in her life, and she wants to give her the space necessary to deal with things. She knows that the second girl won't really be able to concentrate on herself if she's got this other girl and a relationship to worry about. The first girl, see, she wants the best for the second girl. If she could, she would move the moon and stars for her. All she would have to do is ask.
Let's pretend this is an Encyclopedia Brown mystery story. What should the first girl do?
That first encounter was like a scene from a movie. When they kissed, it was like the world had shut down for everyone but them, that all of the universe's cosmic energy was directed into their emotions. Hearts accelerated, breaths caught. It was intense. They fell in love.
Time passed, and as they grew closer together, issues began springing up. With trust came vulnerability, and soon both were open and exposed. Somehow, this proved to be a deadly combination. Vulnerability made one clingy and the other standoffish. So one got clingier and the other pushed further away. She was starting to feel overwhelming pressure because the other girl was grasping at straws while her world was changing. The problem was that the first girl's world was changing, too, so neither of them had solid ground to stand on.
Right now, neither of them knows what to do. But this one girl, she's scared to see the other girl again. She's afraid that two weeks of arguments from afar will turn into hostility and regret in person. She's afraid that they won't even be friends anymore. She's afraid that her usual pattern will happen again.
But part of her is afraid, too, that none of those things will happen, that when she sees the other girl, she will fall dizzily in love again and once again not know what to do with herself. The issue, you see, is that this girl needs to decide where to live, and entwined in this decision is what to do about the relationship. If she stays where she is, the relationship must end. If she moves, the relationship can continue. That's a really loaded decision.
So right now, the two girls, while they care about each other very much, can't really even talk to each other without incident. And one of the girls is a touch tipsy and wants to kiss the other. And that's bad. Because that loads the decision again.
The two girls decided that the second girl shouldn't come visit, because it was safer. But while the first girl was out, the second girl emailed her and said she was coming again afterall. The first girl, the one who is tipsy, is at a complete and total loss. Several people, and by this I mean every single person she's talked to, have told her that this is a terrible idea, that it shouldn't happen. Some have even suggested being outright mean.
The first girl thinks the second girl has a lot going on in her life, and she wants to give her the space necessary to deal with things. She knows that the second girl won't really be able to concentrate on herself if she's got this other girl and a relationship to worry about. The first girl, see, she wants the best for the second girl. If she could, she would move the moon and stars for her. All she would have to do is ask.
Let's pretend this is an Encyclopedia Brown mystery story. What should the first girl do?
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