An exchange with my first serious girlfriend, Alison.

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Jul 26, 2011 2:31 PM
Joe: How are you?
Alison: I'm fine.


Jul 26, 2011 2:32 PM
Joe: That's very good.


Jul 26, 2011 6:18 PM
Alison: You realize that I leave in
two days, right? Are you
even going to try to see
me before then?


Jul 26, 2011 6:19 PM
Joe: I thought you wanted
space. I'm sorry.
I was going to give you
tonight as well.


Jul 26, 2011 6:22 PM
Alison: Fine.


Jul 26, 2011 6:23 PM
Joe: Do you want to see me?

Jul 26, 2011 6:23 PM
Alison: No.

Jul 26, 2011 6:23 PM
Joe: Why not?

Jul 26, 2011 6:24 PM
Alison: Because you've made me
feel bad about myself and
then you let me wallow in
self hatred for two days
and I don't trust you.

Jul 26, 2011 6:26 PM
Joe: I really didn't mean to do
that. I just thought you'd
talk to me when you were
ready. I called you that
night to show that I cared
I was going to call you
tonight, too.

Jul 26, 2011 6:26 PM
Alison: Fine.

Jul 26, 2011 6:27 PM
Joe: Would you come over later
tonight when I'm finished
with some work?

Jul 26, 2011 6:28 PM
Alison: No. I'm packing my stuff
for college.

Jul 26, 2011 6:28 PM
Joe: All right, well I'm going to
get back to work.

Jul 26, 2011 6:29 PM
Alison: Fine.

Jul 26, 2011 6:30 PM
Joe: I just don't understand
why you'd ask if I was
going to try to see you if
you weren't even willing to
see me.

Jul 26, 2011 6:32 PM
Alison: I don't want to see you
because you din't even try
to talk to me about what
happened and so I just
feel worse. I feel very sad
and kind of uncared for
and I just don't want to go
to your house where i'm
not going to be completely
comfortable. So no, I don't
want to come over there,
all right?

Jul 26, 2011 6:34 PM
Joe: You asked me never to
talk about that again. You
said you were fine this
morning.

Jul 26, 2011 6:35 PM
Alison: …Fine. I'm wrong, you're
right.

Jul 26, 2011 6:36 PM
Joe: I'm not trying to prove my
point; I'm trying to explain
myself. I'm really sorry that
I made you feel that way.

Jul 26, 2011 6:37 PM
Alison: I'm not going to lie and
say that it's all right. I am
completely hurt

Jul 26, 2011 6:38 PM
Joe: I wouldn't expect you to.

Jul 26, 2011 6:40 PM
Alison: If you feel like you've done
something wrong and
want to apologize
properly, not over text,
then you can do that. But I
am not going to ask you to
do that.

Jul 26, 2011 6:41 PM
Joe: I was going to do that but
I'm working right now.

Jul 26, 2011 6:42 PM
Alison: Fine. Cause that's more
important.

Jul 26, 2011 6:43 PM
Joe: I'm in the mood to work;
it'd be appreciated if you
didn't discourage that.

Jul 26, 2011 6:43 PM
Alison: Fine.
Joe: Sorry, I fell asleep.

Jul 26, 2011 8:48 PM
Alison: It's fine.

Jul 26, 2011 8:48 PM
Joe: Do you want to talk?

Jul 26, 2011 8:50 PM
Alison: Not right now.

Jul 26, 2011 8:50 PM
Joe: Ok. Why not?

Jul 26, 2011 8:51 PM
Alison: Because I dont want to
talk on the phone and its
late

Jul 26, 2011 8:52 PM
Joe: All right Do you want to
talk any other way, then?
Or do you just not want to
talk to me?

Jul 26, 2011 8:53 PM
Alison: I can't talk to you until I
feel better. I can't feel
better until we talk about
what happened. We can't
talk about what happened
until I see you. So no.

Jul 26, 2011 8:54 PM
Joe: All right. I completely
understand. Tomorrow,
perhaps?

Jul 26, 2011 8:55 PM
Alison: I guess.

Jul 26. 2011 8:55 PM
Alison: I don't know

Jul 26, 2011 8:59 PM
Joe: All right, well, tell me when
you've decided; I'll
accommodate.

Jul 26, 2011 8:59 PM
Joe: I want you to get some
sleep.

Jul 26, 2011 8:59 PM
Alison: I don't want to have to
decide. I want you to
make an effort to fix this.

Jul 26, 2011 9:00 PM
Joe: I'll just talk to you
tomorrow.

Jul 26, 2011 9:01 PM
Alison: All right, that should work.

Jul 26, 2011 9:01 PM
Joe: Unless, you want to talk
tonight.

Jul 26, 2011 9:01 PM
Alison: ...Fine

Jul 26, 2011 9:02 PM
Alison: I am tired of this. Do
whatever you want.

Jul 26, 2011 9:02 PM
Joe: I want what you want.
Could we talk tonight so
that you can get some
sleep?

Jul 26, 2011 9:03 PM
Alison: Goddamnit, don't do that.
Make a fucking decision.
Make an effort.

Jul 26, 2011 9:03 PM
Alison: Not on the phone.

Jul 26, 2011 9:04 PM
Joe: Fuck you, I had just made
one. I was going to walk
over but after that text I'm
not going to.