Was supposed to get drinks with The Liberal tonight. She found the set of my keys that I'd given her, and I found some of her things left over in my place.
She cancelled on me because she's sick, so we've postponed until next Wednesday.
I've been encouraged to go back to my old unfinished business, to see it once, and see what happens. And hopefully put it to rest. I did that with SouthernBelle a few months after we stopped seeing each other to less than favorable results.
I believe her exact words, upon my telling her that I'd like to actually date her rather than just being physical with her, were "you never made that clear to me. There was a window open there, but now it's closed." Which broke my heart a little, but was understandable, considering the way I'd treated her.
It's not fair to any of the women I've met since then that I've got a thick emotional wall between myself and them. I haven't really let anyone in since SouthernBelle, and she only scratched the surface.
I have a fear, you see, of letting someone in to my deepest darkest places, and having them look and either be disgusted, or disinterested, or disturbed. Happened with The Liberal. And my personality shifts when I find someone I really like, and it goes to a place I kind of hate. I don't think that would happen anymore, but it has in the past. It's hard to quantify, but I become the "yes, dear" guy. And I hate being that guy.
I saw The Fox on Sunday. She's living in New York now. Typical Cafe Charbon brunch followed by visit to the Museum of Natural History for the Frogs.
We were talking about her boyfriends, and the women I date, and I told her that I realized that I do, kinda, have a type. She's seen pictures of girls I've dated before, and she told me that it was pretty clear to her that my type was The Cuban, and that so many of the women since her look similar to her.
The Cuban fried my circuits, after a fashion. I was way out of my league when I was with her, and I suffered from a desire to _be_ her rather than be with her. She was smart, successful, and had made herself rich by hard work. She was beautiful, and she made herself that way through other hard work. For me, at that particular time in my life, it was a complete revelation. She opened my life up in ways I'd never dreamed of. Among other things, she was nice to me without being clingy, which was a novelty. She could take me or leave me as she pleased.
After I saw The Fox, I wondered if it was some weird form of PTSD that I was suffering, problems getting over a girl I didn't date for very long, but dated incredibly intensely. I don't know. But I do know that since her, when I see women than look like her, I strain a little bit to see if it's really her. It never is.
So I will see The Liberal next Wednesday, and The Cuban also made noises about getting drinks. SouthernBelle is a tougher nut to crack - she's been cold and distant for the last few months. I've emailed her and have been prodding her to reengage in conversation at least, but she seems less than pleased at the idea. We'll see what happens there.
In other news, I bought the issue of the magazine that Princess did underwear modelling in. She's so cool. Go Princess!
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