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I could write a bunch of the same filler you see on other posts here and hope it stands out somehow. I’ll say how I’m not like everyone else and I’m a great catch. You’ll send a note and we’ll exchange a handful of platitudes and basic facts about our lives. Maybe move to another platform to talk. Assuming we pass the pic test we’ll do a little bit of light sexting to make us both temporarily feel better. Then for the next three days we’ll exchange “hey” “how are you” “busy but okay” “cool” and that’ll be it. Fast fade to ghost.
Let’s set a clock - a few hours to a few days - and give it our all (well, as much as we can in secret) for exactly that long. No need to worry about the ghost or slow fade - it’s gonna expire and we know it. Let’s completely accept we might not be each other’s kettle of fish and power through anyway. Yeah, so what if I’m wearing plaid pants with a striped shirt, or I’m into country and you’re into Top 40, or your relatives are actually sane? This time next week, it’ll all be in the past. We’re probably not going to meet anyway, so your imagination can overwrite the details with your fantasy lover instead.
Maybe you’ll learn something new that you come to like. Maybe you’ll finally be able to confess something about yourself that you’re afraid to tell anyone - the clock is already running, no time to judge. Maybe you’ll never look at a picture of a man holding a fish the same way again. (Probably not that one.) Maybe you just want someone to pretend to be what you’re looking for instead of what they actually are. We can all pretend for a short time.
Then maybe you’ll take this game and start it all over again. Judging by the posts here, it happens all the time anyways.
What do you have to lose but a couple days?
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