People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown. - Palahniuk

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Aug. 31, 2010: My future half-Indian mistake




He got out of the car, and I stared at his chest as he spoke because I couldn't see his face. 

"I'm not paying for your services."

"I know," I laughed.

"I'm such a man-whore."

"Good night." I didn't hear a response, just the slam of the car door, so I drove home. Maybe I should have said, "No, you're not. If anyone's a whore here, it's me." I could have said, "No, we're just two very young, commitment-phobic, and oversexed individuals who found each other." But I was exhausted, and I didn't want to think about pre-cum sperm, or being pregnant, or even seeing him again.

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