Jul 07 2008
The art of seduction I: multiple choice
T and I started this game after our first meeting in Buenos Aires last month, which failed to produce an expected one night stand that we will never know how it would have been (ah, the cruelty of third conditionals! They can only keep us thinking). It turned out to be that, despite the fact that one of us got rebuffed in her propositioning the only night we met, we kept on talking, especially as I was supposed to be in America for quite a while. She gave me her cell phone number, and I gave her mine in the US. However, we continued a nice email exchange in the meantime. We would talk on the phone once a week or so, and would have fun with our conversations (I know I should not be saying this, but I am really charming…Woolfian rules! 
. One day she was about to ask me something a little too intimate, and she did not dare. I encouraged her, to no avail. Therefore, I thought she could ask her questions by email and provide a multiple choice set of answers to choose from. She laughed at this, but was enticed by the idea.
I was particularly intrigued by the fact that she has an identical twin who is also gay. Therefore, I shot first in the realm of questions. The following is a sample of the first multiple choice between us:
Would you ask your sister to “validate” someone you are dating in some physical way, just to be totally convinced that your girlfriend is right for you?
a) No, because my sister and I have different taste in women
b) Yes, because it’s always important to have a second opinion, and my sister’s taste is better than mine.
c) No, she will always ask me to validate her women, but I kiss too well and then her girlfriends want to keep on dating me.
d) None of the above, and you are a twisted person, W!
Oh yes, I am a twisted person, but just think of the possibilities that having an identical twin could provide! And, by the way, you call me twisted but…aren’t you dying to know what she answered?
In fact I am, but validation isn’t as twisted as many other possibilities: ask your twin to fix an argument and spend an entire week trying to solve things up, which you hate (who doesn’t?).
This may be expensive, but certainly would bring a lot of peace of mind.
Cheers!
Jack,
Thank you so much for stopping by. I am deeply honored to have you around, having been a secret admirer of your comments and your own blogging capabilities for a while.
I agree with you, the word validation was not that twisted, but I need to know T a little better before I can go too far (you see, don’t tell anyone, but I’m a lady — please pronounce with an open “a”, Cockney-style).
Now, I’ll definitely put your exercise into practice, even if that keeps me away from posting further entries here (I have a feeling that more than an exercise, an argument with your twin is a long-term project…)
Best wishes and see you soon! W.