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[owllady]

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[laminae]

[.......... Oh no, some of those things on Eda's list already apply to them.]

uhhh
what happens if he's already been to prison
and if we already live together

we split the housework though
i mean, when either of us actually bothers to do it

[They are teenage boys, after all.]

[owllady]

did you put him in prison? then probably don't date him.

if he went to prison and you weren't involved? eh. law enforcement is the worst.

you already live together, well. havent been in that situation. it's a red flag if they move in with you right after you start dating, bad move. trust me on that one

[laminae]

i definitely did not put him in prison

well we started back when we were still best friends
he had died and i moved in to help him recuperate and then i just kind of never left

[owllady]

so you're fine

only problem there would be if you break up or something and then don't have anywhere to go to get away from him
if that happens, you can bunk at my place. we got some beds in the basement.
if you don't mind sharing with a lizard guy

[laminae]

thank Glob

thanks for the offer
i still got my treehouse greenhouse though, so i'm good on places to stay if i gotta go somewhere
not that i'm expecting to
Varian and i like living together, we got a good thing going

[owllady]

seems like you got this figured out, then

what're you worried about with all this? you're both good kids. just keep being good kids. i don't want to have to pick a side

[laminae]

[They aren't good kids, is what he'd like to argue.]

um well we don't have a lot of experience with relationships
and we're both good at screwing stuff up
so we want to try avoiding that

[owllady]

what's the difference between friendship and a "relationship"?

[ Wow that sounds like a set up for a joke and I can't figure out a punchline-- ONWARD ]

just do what you want do. enjoy each other. break it off when it gets bad and try to be friends again

[laminae]

[He can't tell if that's a rhetorical question or a joke or what, so he just... answers, like a good kid.]

there's a lot more big emotions with a relationship
also you want to kiss the other person a lot

you make it sounds so easy
and also casual

[owllady]

if that's what you want

doesn't have to be hard
look, i've been around for a long time. been with a lot of different people
people weed themselves out pretty fast
you'll figure out the ones worth caring about

[laminae]

i don't want anything casual with him, i want to take this seriously

i guess you're right
i hope Varian and i have already gotten past that point
we've been through a lot together

[owllady]

so i dont know what the problem is
sounds like you know what you want to do
you're going to do fine. relationships really don't have to be that hard

[laminae]

ok
ok yeah
going to do fine

[He's just going to repeat that to himself a few times. Out loud.]

thanks

[owllady]

you'll make it fine.

and my offer stands. things don't work out, you have a place to go.

[laminae]

thanks Eda, i'll keep it in mind