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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
So, I’ve fractured my elbow, which two things: one is that the sling adds a whole 'nother layer of problematic to the naked cooking idea, and the other thing is that I’ve been backing off on the paying and refusing help thing. I let him zip my jacket over the sling, which initially I was going to refuse (“I don’t need it zipped! It’s fine! I’m not helpless!”) because of posts here, and didn’t quarrel about the check at dinner, which in my opinion I should have because he sat with me for 4 hours at the ER (although it passed quickly and we had fun), so the onus should have been on me.
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This Ice Skating thing that you are doing- Is it down hill or something? I’ve been on ice ever since I can remember and it never hurt that much.
All kidding aside, those fractures sound painful. It’s nice that he sat with you in the ER too, and you were even able to have fun. Not that most good men wouldn’t have the patience, but it would be kind of rotten if he hadn’t.
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It’s really not painful now that it’s in a sling and not popping out of place. THAT part sucked.
The skating, no, not downhill. Flat surface. I just find jumping the hurdles really challenging.
Seriously, though, I’m a competent skater in some ways and it makes me do stupid stuff. I did a lot of inline skating when I lived in Texas, where parks tend to have long pathways. So I’m comfortable with speed, avoiding obstacles, and stopping in hockey skates. What I can’t do are ice rink things like quick turns to backward skating and crossovers. I want to do those things and I’m very suggestible, so when my coach says “It’s a lot easier if you go faster” I get all excited and do it faster and then next thing you know, ER. 
I can’t even imagine Hockey not going to the emergency room with me. In fact, I think if he’d been able to, schedule-wise, he’d have followed me to work this morning to open my car door and carry my stuff in. He’s a really good guy. I like him so damn much. 
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Don’t hold me to this (yet), but I think you found the right guy.[/quote]
Guess who drove me to work this morning so I wouldn’t have to clear my car or manage my manual transmission in the snow with the hurt arm?
Don’t hold me to it, either, but I think so, too.
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I’m going to have to meet him to be sure, of course.
(Snow? A hint as to where you are hiding!)[/quote]
If you ever meet him, you’ll like him. I really don’t see how anyone could not.
This morning he shoveled both of us out as well as my neighbor, who’s had surgery on his ankle. I got into a warmed car and found potato chips on the seat waiting for me, to go with the wrap I made for lunch - he’d gone to the store for them while I was getting ready for work. He’s making dinner again tonight.
I need to figure out what big, nice thing I can do for him, because he’s doing so many nice things for me.
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Does he have a sister?
Ok, I have to ask, since this is getting serious: Is he kind to strangers and inferiors, too, or just to women that he’s having sex with?
I’m not sure guys need “things” done for them. Just being appreciative, sweet, considerate and, well, you know, in bed, is likely the best thing you can do for him.[/quote]
He’s very kind. He’s been shoveling my injured neighbor out when storms are bad (retired male with ankle injury), he cuts wood (clearing land) and gives it away to various neighbors, and is always pleasant to waitstaff and such.
On the other hand, he doesn’t like living close to people and seems to draw clear boundaries between himself and needy others.