Words that bother me

[Craig Tucker]

Old, 18th Century poem about a spider and a violin (from Meppershall parish register) for someone who is not bothered by handwriting …

 

…and the whole menu with something for everyone:  

 

 

Damn!

[not telling]

Are you accusing me of having a serious, even empathetic side?

 

Probably not.  Based on what I know about you (not much, admittedly) I assume you have found a convenient way to play the field, but no accusations either way. 

 

Seriously, it's cool that you "give back" (and I mean that, I'm just joking about the above, I swear).  If I thought for a moment about marriages that are anything like mine, I would probably drown in empathy.  My solution is not to think about such things, or else to imagine that all marriages are normal and functional a priori unless I'm personally observing a dynamic that is clearly otherwise, which is always uncomfortable.  I really don't know how you do it.