Meet Randie
Oh, fer heaven’s sake, Mouse… just tell her and get it over with!
I tend to not face things head on… or that has my M-O in the past. I’m learning to be more up front and matter of fact.
Cartoonists can be taught.
Oh, fer heaven’s sake, Mouse… just tell her and get it over with!
I tend to not face things head on… or that has my M-O in the past. I’m learning to be more up front and matter of fact.
Cartoonists can be taught.
Mouse doesn’t have the stones to just tell Randie he has a crush on her.
But he should at least learn to think quick enough to say something like “yeah, I knew after working with you at the Artbox that noone could handle this job better – it was a given!” and you’re off the hook.
Poor Mouse. He got so caught up in setting up shop he forgot about the personal ramifications of this being a family business. How long, I wonder, before photos of him as a baby in the bath start making the rounds.
GreyWolf – I’m inclined to think it’s not a matter of stones but of brains. It’s obvious even to him that she doesn’t regard him that way, and no matter what Dear Abby says, many friendships don’t survive the awkwardness that prevails after such a confession.
Grey… Matters of the heart get all messed up and tangled for Mouse. He doesn’t know how to handle such things… but if you asked him to set up your home computer system, it’d be a cinch!
Pete… Baby pics… yes, that’s next! Stories of first baby steps and his first computer come next.
chug… there would certainly be awkwardness should his secret (?) love situation be revealed. Maybe it’s just best that Randie turn a blind shoulder.
Believe me, I know from experience (on both sides of the equation)– she may actually know of his crush, but as long as he says nothing she can ignore it. Once it’s out in the open, it has to be resolved, and too often the resolution is an end to the friendship.
I have been in exactly one friendship that survived, and that was with an extraordinarily laid-back, easygoing guy who was able to shrug, smile, say ‘OK!’, and never bring up the subject (or act lovesick around me) again. We remain friends to this day.
chug… you hit it right there… “as long as she says nothing, she can ignore it.”
But I’m glad you got a good pal there… the world needs more pals.
drat it, brig, now you’ve got me curious how you would handle it if mouse came up front with randie. both times in which i was the torch bearer i found myself moving on from those relationships. i’m of the mind that once a friendship has crossed that line, it can never go back to being a friendship. at least, that’s how it’s worked for me. the last one was back in ’98 and i resolved to never get into a situation that would allow myself to “crash and burn ever again”, as it were.
has worked fine for me since.
firedome… hmm… you have some experience then on the matter. I dunno. I think every friendship is different… its participants are different…. the “you” part doesn’t change… but… you know what I mean, don’t ya?
I’d say each situation is different and flexible.