Shawile says: but i was just making sure you knew what you were doing to her Josh says: I'm just afraid of losing her Josh says: even as a friend Shawile says: maybe by pushing too hard you are Josh says: If you do somehow end up with her. I'm not sure how serious you were about moving there after school, but if you do...you should make sure you don' t lose her because i honestly have never met anyone like her. Shawile says: ya shes pretty special, and i like where we are right now, so i think we're fine Josh says: i'm just saying...even if she doesn't ever want to talk to me...which i don't know...i hope you are actually do care about her like that. She deserves the best Shawile says: of course i care, and i like to think i am the best for her Josh says: good Josh says: I'm sorry for being a dick to you Shawile says: its ok, i know its hard when we both like the same girl... Josh says: yeah. I have issues with being insecure about being hurt Josh says: and she sorta made me realize it Josh says: I mean I always knew I had that, but sometimes I forget that I need to tone myself down Shawile says: then i guess it was for the best to help you realize Josh says: yeah, but I'm still going to lose her Josh says: even as a friend Shawile says: sometimes you need to let the ones you love go if its for the best for them Josh says: not as a friend Josh says: but that's up to her Josh says: I just have to deal with w/e happens Shawile says: that you do...and writing helps Josh says: I know Josh says: I'm just tired of losing people I care about Josh says: maybe it's me or maybe I am cursed or maybe it's just I have shitty judgement Josh says: idk Shawile says: probably shitty judgment if any of those, but everyone gets hurt. at least it will help with your writing. most writers seem to be pained Josh says: most writers tend to be emotional and care more about people Josh says: but honestly...if it keeps happeing to you where you lose people you care about constantly...you can;t tell me you won't be pained too Shawile says: everyone loses people they care about, you just have to learn to get over it, use it artisticly like i do, i draw away my feelings Josh says: you're feelings never go away Josh says: they only get put away Josh says: no matter what, every time you think of people you have been hurt by, it will hurt then Shawile says: or you can learn from it and move on and see it as a learning experience Josh says: it will still hurt though Shawile says: but you can't concentrate on the pain all the time Josh says: it's sort of hard not to learn Shawile says: think of good tings too Josh says: Of course you don't concentrate on it Josh says: if you do, you need therapy Josh says: the difference is that it hits harder on some people Josh says: pain, and sadness are different from depression in that depression you do concentrate on only negative Josh says: trst me, I have good things to think about Josh says: it's just there is a lot more bad things at the moment Shawile says: you just are going to have to think of the better things in order to not hurt so much Josh says: that's what I am doing Josh says: am I bothering you? Shawile says: no don't worry Josh says: ok Shawile says: maybe you should see writing as just putting all the bad emotions down on paper so that they aren't in you to think about, i bet that would be more theraputic Josh says: it's a way to displace my emotion Josh says: but it's still in me Josh says: just not bursting out Shawile says: well there you go that would be much better, maybe thats what you should do about emma, except not only write about the bad feeling but write about the good ones before aswell, so that you can think of the good times Josh says: you make it seem like I'm never going to talk to her again Josh says: tell me...do you never want me to talk to her again? Josh says: and I do do that already Josh says: hence my poems Josh says: and stories Shawile says: no i'm perfectly comfortable with you talking to her, don't worry Josh says: do you feel like you just won her from me? Shawile says: i didn't know it was a competition... Josh says: me either Josh says: it just seems like it with the way you are talking about it Josh says: I was going to say, you shouldn't think of her as a prize Josh says: idk if you realize it, but it does seem like you are being a little spiteful with how you are talking Shawile says: i don't think of her as a prize, shes a person...that i happen to like. i'm not trying to be spiteful, if that is how its comeing off Josh says: it's coming off that way Josh says: and I'm glad you don't think of her like that Josh says: then I would be hostile Josh says: I can't stand when people treat other people like that Shawile says: well then luckily i don't see her as that...i like to think i treat her with respect Josh says: That's the way it should be Shawile says: of course Josh says: how did you go from straight to les? Josh says: have you always been attracted to girls? Josh says: I think that's one thing that upsets me Shawile says: i don't like to think of it as to black and white...theres a whole lot of grey and degrees to which people can like people. this would be the first time i have thought of a girl like this Josh says: I was't expecting you to sweep the legs from under me like that Josh says: of course there is grey Josh says: there is always grey Josh says: but people still know who they are Josh says: usually Shawile says: i don't feel the need to put myself into society's labels because sometimes labels don't always fit Josh says: labels aren't anything Josh says: it's human made Josh says: no one fits into any catagory Josh says: but still Shawile says: exactly so i can still know who i am and not have to label myself Josh says: this has nothing to do with labeling Josh says: people still know where they stand Josh says: before you made it seem like you would never be with a girl Shawile says: well stances change as special people come into your life and change them Josh says: there's a lot of special guys in my life Shawile says: and at that point thats what i thought but i guess the right one hadnt come yet Josh says: but I'm not attracted Shawile says: well i have a lot of special girls in my life that i'm not attracted to either Josh says: so what's different about her that attracts you? Shawile says: i just don't know, theres something about her Josh says: That's where i'm confused about all of this Shawile says: i don't see why you find it so hard to believe i like her Josh says: because it's just like you turned a switch on and all of a sudden you're attracted to a girl Shawile says: A girl Josh says: it doesn't make sense to me Shawile says: doesn't mean i'm no longer attracted to guys Josh says: but how are you all of a suden attracted to a girl? Josh says: I mean I thought you guys could be great friends but I didn't think this could happen Shawile says: sometimes these things happen, i can't stop my feelings Josh says: I question everything Josh says: so things happen isn't a viable answer Josh says: and I'm not trying to piss you off Josh says: I'm just curious Shawile says: well there isn't yet an answer to everything Josh says: there is Josh says: just not found Shawile says: exactly Shawile says: this one happens to not be found Josh says: but something liek this, idk how it couldn't be known Shawile says: what do you mean? Josh says: I don't know how you can't tell me how you just turned on a lesbian side of you like that Shawile says: i guess it was always there and i just needed the right girl to show me Josh says: people know when they are attracted to one sex or both somewhat early Shawile says: not always Josh says: like you said, you have awesome girls in your life Josh says: so why not them/ Josh says: / Josh says: ? Shawile says: i just don't see them that way Josh says: why? Shawile says: its just how i feel Shawile says: you can't like everyone Josh says: of course Josh says: but I still don't see an answer in this Shawile says: that is because no one knows how exactly the brain works yet Josh says: the brain isn't all involved Josh says: but when it comes to the brain and being attracted, they know how that works Shawile says: well contrary to popular belief i don't believe the heart thinks Josh says: I don't either Shawile says: then what else can be involved? Josh says: External elements Shawile says: like her? Josh says: things affecting your life Josh says: no Josh says: like for me as an example Josh says: the reason for me being so insecure about losing people is because it's happened to me Josh says: a lot Josh says: so now that has chnaged how I do things Shawile says: not everything can work out Shawile says: you have just tried more times than most Shawile says: and they just happened to not be meant to be Josh says: the point I'm saying is there is more than your brain that is affecting decisions Josh says: have you ever thoguht about why this has all come about/ Josh says: ?. Shawile says: why can't she just be a great girl that i happen to like? Josh says: because there has to be a reason you just completely changed something in your life Shawile says: i haven't completly changed Josh says: i mean suddenly becoming attracted to girls isn't a minor thing Shawile says: girl! i have yet to be attracted to other girls, it must be a personality thing Josh says: you can't have a relationship with someone unless you are somehow physically attracted Josh says: no matter what people say about personality being the important thing Josh says: *the only Shawile says: it is important, but that has what drawn me to her, now i'm attracted to her Shawile says: as a whole Shawile says: its like if someone you love got horribly dissfigured you would still accept them and love them for who they are...its pretty much the same thing, i love and accept her even though shes has a vagina not a penis Josh says: there is a difference if someone was disfigured before you met them or after you loved them Josh says: if it happened while you loved them of course that woudln't change things Josh says: but you just met her like a week or so ago Shawile says: well i haven't really seen her so i fell for the personality, and it won't change things when i see her Shawile says: and you too seem to have fallen for her perhaps harder than i have, so what does time have to do with it Josh says: you're not getting what I am saying Shawile says: apparently not Josh says: you haven't been with her long enough to not let her physical attributes affect you Josh says: so there has to be a reason why you are attracted to her physically Shawile says: "you haven't been with her long enough to not let her physical attributes affect you" i don't understand what you mean here at all...theres some confusing double negatives going on Josh says: in order to like her like that, you have to be attracted to her physically Josh says: the fact that you haven't been with her long enough makes it that you want to be with her not only because of her personality, but because of her looks Josh says: which is what I asked about originally Josh says: how you can be attracted to her all of a sudden by her looks Josh says: You only wanting to be with her now because of how awesome she is is like me saying I found this amazing girl, but she looks like an ogre Josh says: I'm not attracted to an ogre so I can't be with her Shawile says: um i don't know what she looks like Josh says: if you're not attracted to girls, how are you wanting to be with her? Josh says: as more than friends Shawile says: as a girl i can see the beauty in other girls, i'm not all like fuck all girls are gross Josh says: girls don't have a special ability in seeing beauty in things Josh says: you're missing my point Shawile says: yes we tend to be more comfortable with ourselves Shawile says: and i really seem to be Josh says: that is a gernalization Shawile says: well you are generally saying its impossible that any one can randomly start likeing someone of the same sex Josh says: the point is you're not attracted to girls so how can you be attracted to her. being attracted to her by only personality at this point and time is not a valid reason Josh says: it is impossible Josh says: unless there are other reaosns Shawile says: i said i'm not attracted to other girls i'm not all about boobs and stuff i can agree that she may be pretty and why isn't that good enough Josh says: because being attracted to someone is almost as important to a realtionship as liking their personality Josh says: and it's what usually leads into learning about someone's personality Josh says: being attracted is important Shawile says: well in this case it happens to be opposite since its her personality that got me first, and then it can lead into a more physical attraction Josh says: so you are now saying you are physically attracted to a girl? Shawile says: yes i guess so, she hooked me Josh says: which is why I asnwered my question in the first place...How? You either have been attracted to girls before or there is an external element affecting your mind set Shawile says: ok like i said, the external element is her, and perhaps i have i just hadn't realized till she came around Josh says: she isn't an external element I mean Shawile says: she is, shes not a figment of my imagination Josh says: an example of one would be someone turning les because of their experiences with guys and now they hate them Josh says: and if you have always been attracted to girls, then that would be an answer I am looking for Shawile says: having a bad experience with a guy does not make you hate all guys Shawile says: and automaticly turn lez Josh says: it does some girls Shawile says: maybe after they've been with you Shawile says: sorry that was uncalled for Josh says: me? Josh says: it was Josh says: I've never had a girl turn les on me and I never said all girls Josh says: plus I'm just asking because I'm curious Shawile says: well i can't explain it, i'm sorry i can't be more helpfull, it just has happened and i have accepted it Josh says: fair enough Josh says: now you just have something tto think about Shawile says: i guess so, but i have come to terms with these knew feelings and don't really care where they came from Josh says: It's good that you have, but I personally like to know why and how everything happens Josh says: especially if it has to do with me Shawile says: my feelings have nothing to do with you though Shawile says: they are my feeligns Josh says: Doesn't make me any less curious Josh says: and it does now that it was affecting things between me and emmah in a way Josh says: But now I have my answers and you don't have to talk to me about it anymore. It's yours to think about Shawile says: well i'm glad i gave you some answers even if they weren't what you wanted Josh says: What I wanted is answers Josh says: that's all