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[4got10one]

What About Amy

I have a good new friend [met at the end of October] and her name is Amy. She wants to be interested in me, but she isn't whole and her attention is on emotional bandaids scattering her thoughts. She just signed a divorce and is already cyber-dating a man who keeps finding excuses for not getting to Chicago. But she feels she is in

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[wantedonvoyage]

I know and dislike that feeling of sharing something important to you and having the other person be meh about it. LabPuppy who is a little older than me stopped noticing new music sometime shortly after the Carpenters had their last radio hit. He'll endure newer stuff but he's not passionate about it which is contrary to my observations of him about other things (including visual art, liturgy, etc.)

New friendships are tricky to navigate but can be rewarding.

[4got10one]

Varsity - I've introduced her to some great songs and she has played songs for me with electric percussion, dance beat and sexually suggestive, but not subtle like Cole Porter. She doesn't know music or literature, but she was an occupational therapist and has taught good exercises to me for my hands and back. Single-noted 'Simple Gifts' yesterday. Made the takamine very happy! Me too!

[wantedonvoyage]

I'm glad she's helping you! A lot of people don't have the same relationship to music that I do and I'm working on being okay with that.

[wantedonvoyage]

Thinking more about this, I find new friendships with guys (particularly het guys) always to be a tap dance. Because there's still some of the weird auspices of dating in getting to know someone... not wanting to seem to eager but also not letting it die on the vine because you're each waiting for the other to make the next move. Definitely something I struggle with and--from what I read--I'm not alone.

[4got10one]

Thank you, Christian. I agree--it is a tightrope. But I find it very hard to ignore folks that want to be friends. <3