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statistically, i would estimate that i'm still friends with about 50% of the guys i've dated in my life, at least to some extent.
it's a tricky thing to calculate, to be sure. i mean, attempting to get a mathematically accurate number in an entirely subjective category is a longshot to begin with. here, i would certainly need to factor in a lot of different things in order to get any kind of precise number.
for one, i'd have to map out a complete dating history, which would mean i'd have to recollect guys from my teenage years and from travelling the world [and, hey, i'm not a hussy, but i've dated a few dudes in my time]...
i'd also have to include relationships that run the gamut from (ahem) BRIEF to... ummm... about year-long [and then, of course, question why it's the "brief" ones that tip the percentage scale towards everlasting fondness].
most difficult, though, would be defining the words "dated" and "friend..."
somehow, i started writing this post in effort to explain why when i go to the grocery store, i always use johnson's phone number for my club card discount. why ? because mine doesn't work. and, though i don't hang out with him anymore or correspond with him in any real way (i am not counting the little hello messages passed through our mutual friend in victoria), i would still place him in the 'friend' side of things. which is why i tell myself it doesn't matter that i get discounts off produce in his name...
until the cashier hands me my receipt and says "have a good evening, mrs. johnson"...
uhhhh.... REALLY no point here. sorry to waste your time...
it's a tricky thing to calculate, to be sure. i mean, attempting to get a mathematically accurate number in an entirely subjective category is a longshot to begin with. here, i would certainly need to factor in a lot of different things in order to get any kind of precise number.
for one, i'd have to map out a complete dating history, which would mean i'd have to recollect guys from my teenage years and from travelling the world [and, hey, i'm not a hussy, but i've dated a few dudes in my time]...
i'd also have to include relationships that run the gamut from (ahem) BRIEF to... ummm... about year-long [and then, of course, question why it's the "brief" ones that tip the percentage scale towards everlasting fondness].
most difficult, though, would be defining the words "dated" and "friend..."
somehow, i started writing this post in effort to explain why when i go to the grocery store, i always use johnson's phone number for my club card discount. why ? because mine doesn't work. and, though i don't hang out with him anymore or correspond with him in any real way (i am not counting the little hello messages passed through our mutual friend in victoria), i would still place him in the 'friend' side of things. which is why i tell myself it doesn't matter that i get discounts off produce in his name...
until the cashier hands me my receipt and says "have a good evening, mrs. johnson"...
uhhhh.... REALLY no point here. sorry to waste your time...
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