Relationship Advice

My ex came back in to be friends again recently. He is in opposition to me, almost always. Like magnets that push away. His pole is realism, (I call it dire pessimism), and mine is…unicorns (he calls it a bullshit fantasy land). I was obsessed with him for six years of volatile acrimony.…

So I went to a party tonight. And the party was really interesting. It was a friend’s birthday party where just random people were invited.

You know, it was the kind of party where you really encourage people to bring people to the party whom you don’t know so you can actually expand your social core and your whole social network.

And it was interesting that the whole evening was just about speaking to a lot of different people, and learning about them. It wasn’t about hooking up or pairing off.
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