{"id":62,"date":"2007-12-06T23:33:43","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T23:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverjacket.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/tales-of-heartb\/"},"modified":"2007-12-06T23:33:43","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T23:33:43","slug":"tales-of-heartb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverjacket.com\/blog\/random\/tales-of-heartb\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Heartbreak, Vol. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Heartbreak\"
\nThree months ago I went out on a date with a woman I’ll call Redacted. She’s a sweet gal, and pretty, and we had a pleasant two-hour conversation. But there were no sparks. Afterwards she sent me an email:<\/p>\n

\n

hey,<\/p>\n

thanks again for meeting up with me last night, i had a great time.  \ud83d\ude42   and got some studying done afterwards.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

redacted<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And I replied:<\/p>\n

\n

Hey Red,<\/p>\n

Thanks for coming all the way outside to hang out. It’s fun out here, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

m<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(I was teasing her because she claims she never goes outside anymore thanks to med school; she even lives in housing attached to the hospital.) To me, the simple exchange didn’t indicate any interest in continuing the correspondence on either of our parts. I thought that was that and I forgot about her. <\/p>\n

But three weeks later, she writes me the following:<\/p>\n

\n

hey matt,<\/p>\n

i’m sorry for not getting back to you sooner – i had a huge test last friday and it basically took up my life.  but i was glad to meet you for drinks and experience the Real World.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

anyways… a while ago a longtime friend of mine told me he had feelings for me and i decided a couple days ago to see where it could go…  would you want to still be friends?  (i understand completely if you don’t!) <\/p>\n

i hope you’re well,
redacted<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Um, what? At that point, being friends would have been a step UP in intimacy. <\/p>\n

But seriously, how adorable. I told her no worries and good luck with your budding romance. <\/p>\n

Then I curled up in bed and cried myself to sleep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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