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[shilowallace]

This happens every time! I know you always say, in all the profiles you write about me, that "she's not as willing to trust as she used to be" but M-fucking-Gz! I never learn, do I? Never!

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[coolerwithamerman]

...Kid? You okay?

[You're making noise. And as donna would say "You ought to do something good for all the kids you work with."

He puts his own problems aside]

Yelling to beat the band.

[shilowallace]

I'm not okay. I'm stupid.

[coolerwithamerman]

[Well that's.

Unusual.]

...It's...a sad side effect of-What? Stupid? no. I'm sure you're not.

[shilowallace]

No, I am. I haven't learned my lesson, at all.

[coolerwithamerman]

...Look-let's settle down a second. Get a candy bar or two.

[He reaches into his pocket, pulls one out and offers it. His wife has lost her mind and she's locked up all the kitchen drawers. It's a long story.]

Can you give me the gist of it?

[shilowallace]

[And she does start to reach for the offered candy, but then throws her hands up defensively and backs away.] I'm sorry. No. I mean. Thanks, but no. This is my problem. I get...lulled into things. Too easily. And then...disappointed, I guess, when they don't deliver. It happens every time.

[coolerwithamerman]

[He withdraws looking a little chagrined, wife chiding him she's a smart kid before he unwraps it himself]

...You gotta trust occasionally. I mean that's part of life and yeah if shit fucks up-shit happens.

[His brow furrows] ...Boyfriend trouble?

[shilowallace]

I know. And I have and it hasn't...always gone wrong for me. But...when it goes wrong, it goes wrong, you know? And I'm sick of it.

[She snorts and shakes her head.] Not...really.