#375 How to Give the Wrong Impression- Katherine Heiny
If a modern phenomenon can be considered an age-old tale,
then this is it: urban apartment living with unrequited love. This goes beyond
the “friend zone,” this is “friend purgatory.”
Gwen and Boris live together, but not in that way. They are
apartment mates. To the outside world they look like much more, and in their
own minds they each secretly wish to be. They don’t deny rumors or insinuations
that they are in a relationship, but they won’t outright imply it either. To
each other, they try their hardest to hide their feelings to the point that:
“you worry you’re becoming a pathological liar.”
They get jealous of each other’s romantic lives, but even
that gets more scarce with time. “You don’t have boyfriends anymore, and these
days you don’t even have dates.” It’s a game of relationship chicken; how many
hints can you drop and hope that the other finally makes the first move?
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