I used to play with fire quite a bit. Not so much anymore. But I once had a friend who was so fascinated with fire, he became an arsonist, was caught, and convicted.
I’d have to decide who my best internet friend was before I could answer the first question, but my geographically closest internet friend is 98 miles away.
I wish I could tell you I was a pyromaniac who burnt down villages – at least that sounds interesting, unlike the fact, which is:
I gave up a good man to be with a bastard. By the time I realised my mistake I was so entangled that I didn’t know how to extricate myself. That’s when he really put the boot in.
2) It’s hard to know how easy going someone truly is unless you know them very intimately. People who SEEM easy going may not, in truth, be. People are pretty good about just showing their functional side, while hiding a huge bundle of anxiety, worry, and who knows what else. That said, I feel that my candidate for ‘most easy going’ must be people I know very, very well. And the winner is… my sister Lynn. She is very wise and insightful, has a wicked sense of humor, and can come up with a workable plan to face any crisis.
Approximately 10,000 kms.
I think that would be me. I try not to give a hard time to myself.
Yes, have burnt my fingers a few times. But that hasn’t really stopped me from doing it again.
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I used to play with fire quite a bit. Not so much anymore. But I once had a friend who was so fascinated with fire, he became an arsonist, was caught, and convicted.
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No, thank god my fascination with fire has not taken me to that extent.
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Indeed! I’d hate to be that crazy about it.
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I’d have to decide who my best internet friend was before I could answer the first question, but my geographically closest internet friend is 98 miles away.
My nephew, Robbie, aged 30. Incredibly ethical, gentle, thoughtful, helpful, intelligent, funny. Brilliant company.
One of the fires I started burnt for twenty years, and pretty much everybody in sight got singed. The experience taught me to dig a fire pit.
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Twenty years! Do tell!
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I wish I could tell you I was a pyromaniac who burnt down villages – at least that sounds interesting, unlike the fact, which is:
I gave up a good man to be with a bastard. By the time I realised my mistake I was so entangled that I didn’t know how to extricate myself. That’s when he really put the boot in.
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I see. Yeah, that guy was a horror show. I’m sorry it happened and that it lasted so long. You didn’t deserve that.
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1) Many thousands
2) It’s hard to know how easy going someone truly is unless you know them very intimately. People who SEEM easy going may not, in truth, be. People are pretty good about just showing their functional side, while hiding a huge bundle of anxiety, worry, and who knows what else. That said, I feel that my candidate for ‘most easy going’ must be people I know very, very well. And the winner is… my sister Lynn. She is very wise and insightful, has a wicked sense of humor, and can come up with a workable plan to face any crisis.
3) um… literally or figuratively?
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Good point about easy going being easy to imitate. Lynn is outstanding.
I was thinking literally.
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1800, previously irl 6.
Person from above.
Figuratively, yes. Literally, no.
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A good friend moved away? That’s quite unfortunate.
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Happens a lot
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