Conscientious Objections

M3 isn't going down without a fight.

My "sorry, can't" declaration of yesterday eve was met this morning with a willfully-crafted message that was infused with breathtakingly charming resistance and featured a valiant attempt to schedule date #2.

But you know what really sucks? He also acknowledged that should I choose to adhere to my position, "if something more important between us is waiting to be discovered, the passage of a few weeks or months won't change that."

Now why did he have to go and be all rational and sensible about things? Nothing undermines my own admittedly-unreliable and often ephemeral attempts at emotional maturity than when someone responds in kind. Isn't this the point at which one of us makes a super-bad decision based on her short-term desires, generally resulting in consequences including but not limited to a provisional bout with alcoholism and/or seeking temporary solace in the arms of a boy in his mid-20s?

Thing is, if he hadn't suggested going for a hike in the mud, I'd probably have said yes.