It’s definitely me. My wits are still scattered. So I’m not giving you a long nice travelog entry, I’m doing last monday’s Monday Mission.
When was the last time you said or were told the following, and more importantly, how did it feel to be you at that moment:
1. “It’s not you, it’s me.”
I’ve never said that, nor have I ever been told that. I suppose you could say that I have said it, just in somewhat different words. The “I’m choosy” line is practically the same, isn’t it – it’s an attempt at letting people down nicely, but it still translates as “There’s something wrong with you”.
2. “I love you, but I’m not in love with you.”
Nope. Never this one.
3. “You just don’t get it!”
Ah. That one’s been in use, and I’ve heard it too. Not in “romantic” connection, though. If the other person “doesn’t get it” I don’t bother telling them, I’m just outta there…
4. “Do I look fat…”
No. I have mirrors, I can tell for myself. No point in asking a question you don’t want an honest answer to, is there?
5. “I hate you!”
Hm. I think the last time I said or heard this must have been when me and my best friend used to have raging rows and one of us would up and leave insisting we would never speak to the other one again, and then half an hour later one of us would phone and say, as if nothing had happened, “Do you want to come over to my place to play?” We must have been ten or so the last time it happened.
6. “If you really loved me…”
Never said it, can’t imagine I’d ever say it, either. Emotional blackmail isn’t my game.
7. “Not tonight…”
Well, not in so many words. Not as regards the word starting with s and ending with ex, anyway, which I assume is the intended interpretation. I have said – literally – “Not tonight…” to suggestions such as “Oh, come to the pub/nightclub/party with us” or “Want to come back to mine for a nightcap”, either because I didn’t feel like it (usually as regards the nightclub) or because I thought it was getting too late proportionally to when I needed to get up in the morning.