TEXT - Anonymous

[everyrosehasits]

I need something else to concentrate on.

What do you do when you think you like someone?

How can you be sure?

And if you are sure, how do you proceed?

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[everyrosehasits]

I've had it proven to me on many occasions.
She is.

[killtime]

guess all you can do now is make the most of it

[ She really shouldn't ask. It's not her business, but. ]

does she feel the same way about you?

[everyrosehasits]

I suppose you're right.

I'm not sure. I haven't asked directly and she's so gentle and shy that I'm afraid to take the direct route.

[killtime]

maybe it wouldn't matter
you'd probably have feelings for her anyway

[everyrosehasits]

Maybe. This is all very new still.

[killtime]

you've really never liked someone before?
or is it just that you've never liked a girl before

[everyrosehasits]

I've loved a man, but never had feelings even approaching that for another young woman.

[killtime]

so you're a budding bisexual
congratulations
we're a fun bunch

[everyrosehasits]

I suppose I am?
Thank you.
I'm glad I realized here instead of my old world.

[killtime]

what was wrong with your old world?
bible thumping types or something?

[everyrosehasits]

Not exactly.
It was 1912 and I was "old money."
Old and pretty much gone.
So making a good marriage match was of vital importance.

[killtime]

1912 huh
that's rough
i tried to avoid the west for a while until the 1940s
things got a little better then

[everyrosehasits]

It doesn't get better for women until the 1940s?
That seems almost like a lifetime away.

[killtime]

i mean not fucking really
if you ask me the old days were the best
used to ride into battle with our tits out and nobody would say shit

[everyrosehasits]

[she tries to picture herself practicing karate with no shirt on. then nearly dies of embarrassment]

By the old days, may I ask how old?

[killtime]

way before your time babe
practically prehistoric

[ Is she joking? She must be joking. ]

[everyrosehasits]

Such as the Neolithic period?

[killtime]

more like early bronze age
we weren't THAT primitive

[everyrosehasits]

My apologies.
I didn't start really studying art or literature until the Classics era.
(Please forgive me if that's an ignorant way of putting things, I'm still learning about what I should know about other cultures.)

[killtime]

i was joking
don't worry about it
everyone from the bronze age is dead so there's no one left to be offended

[ Except for her, of course. ]

[everyrosehasits]

I see.
It can be hard to read tone from these typed messages, unfortunately.
Still, I need to learn greater consideration for others.
I try not to, but sometimes I still fall into old patterns.

[killtime]

no harm no foul
you didn't strike me as inconsiderate
maybe a little sheltered?

[everyrosehasits]

Thank you.
As for sheltered, I suppose I was?
To some extent at least.
I had much greater freedom at the finishing school instead of with Mother.

[killtime]

finishing school?
you were a proper young lady then

[everyrosehasits]

Yes.
But it wasn't the life I wanted.