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Things we say and do when we can't tell the truth

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(idea) by Templeton (2.8 wk) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Thu Aug 03 2000 at 16:42:23

I have said and been told by others that we are just friends in various situations. It's usually said at the outset of a relationship that neither party is sure it wants. Or you feel compelled to legitimize yourself when that statement actually is the truth, because most people can't believe in opposite-sex friendships.

One I believe is a half-truth that I say is that I have mostly male friends. In numbers, this is true, but the reasons behind the numbers is that I have always been boy crazy and so to curb my addiction, I turn my crushes into friends. This way I surround myself with cute boys.

(See Look, I don't mean to be an asshole or anything, but...)


(idea) by Ereneta (8.3 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Aug 09 2000 at 18:18:17

  1. Prevaricate.
  2. Change the subject.
  3. Blame.
  4. Make excuses.
  5. Cajole.
  6. Flatter.
  7. Misdirect.
  8. Write a sensitive, self-reprimanding song about the situation.
  9. Write a sensitive, self-reprimanding node about the situation.
  10. Leave town.

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Look, I don't mean to be an asshole or anything, but... If only I could get into her head Prevaricate They asked me to write a letter
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Cajole tell me the truth Write a letter to yourself Forget what you think you know about the opposite sex
Poly Geek Relationship Disclosure Form Misdirect Wouldn't it be nice if I could remember her as a firework Strange in the American midwest
Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians Angie Platonism boy crazy
She kissed me gently, just once, then walked away crying I want to write love letters to all of my friends If a frog had wings, he wouldn't kick his tail when he jumped ilovebees.com
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