...for showing up at just the wrong moment.

_{Ahem. My diaper???}

...for trying to make us clean up that Lovecraftian horror.

^{You know what? It'll keep.
Leave it for Sas to take care of.}

...for not pulling me out of my stool fascination of the evening.

_{What the fuck happened to me?}

...for asking a really good question.

^{You goddamned fecophiliac.}

...for not taking the opportunity to call me a shithead.

_{Opportunity only poops once.}

...for... I...
...for acting like a seven year old. Still.

...for being suprised at this.

...for thinking that was surprise.

^{Actually, that was me being full of disappoint.}

...for sending me from the heights of omnipotence to the depths of disappoint.

_{Can you ever forgive me?}

...for thinking that his actions were of a forgivable nature.

...for not taking pity on my poor, wretched soul.

_{I can't help it! Mommy never hugged me!!!}

...for not telling me he also has an animal.

^{Go hug your dog. Works just as well sometimes. Ohh... the understanding that was deprived of us by humans...}

...for not asking about my dogs.

_{That thread is SO sad. But I want candle love.}

...for thinking he should get candle love.

^{Indeed, sad it is. My dog is never off leash near cars. Gotta love the city for that.}

...for thinking I can't earn back his respect!

_{What kind of dog do you have? I have the Daschund and a chow/mix/}

...for thinking I said he'd never get my respect again. (No. I just said you weren't gettin' mah love tonight. Difference.)

^{Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. Toller, for short.}

...for saying tonight, implying future candle love.

_{I Googled. That is an adorable dog.}

...for taking my saying of one word to mean something.

^{The ones on google are the proper colour... she's more or a sandish colour, but cute nonetheless.}

...for not realizing the devil is in the details.

_{I wish I had online pics of my chow/mix. He's thisclose to majestic. *proud dad*}

...for being a proud father of an animal.

^{Is there something you're not telling me...?}

...for taking father literally.

_{I feel that 'owner' is a bit formal. Although my ex-wife is a bitch.}

...for confusing me.

^{I thought you said she was your best friend?}

...for not understanding the love/hate relationship.

_{Overall, yes-best friend. But if she had not been a bitch, we may very well still be together. Sorry for the confusion, but I don't get it half the time.}

...for making me want to hug him. (Yeah, that's trollish behaviour cause I generally don't like people. If you make me want to hug you, that's abnormal behaviour for me.)

^{Love/hate relationships are always a bitch, though. I really bloody hate them.}

...for wanting to hug me. I appreciate it, but don't break your pattern for me.

_{Besides, it's not like I can change things and I'm dealing pretty well. Still, thanks.}

...for thinking I like being anti-social. (I just don't tend to connect with people, and we're living in a day and age where everyone yells out 'I love you' everywhere, even when they can't stand the person. Humans generally tend to bug me, so I try to have as little contact as possible.)

^{As long as you're dealing okay, then that's good.}

...for worrying about being anti-social. (Perhaps I'm elitist, but I've found most people aren't worth connecting to. I have a feeling we share the same outlook on people. I get so bored by the things others find interesting.)

_{Yeah, not bad. No relationship since, but I think that's more the general antisocialness than ex issues}

...for making it sound like people don't get any better once they are no longer teenagers.

^{Oh dear god, please don't actually mean that. Here, I've been thinking it was just because they were dumb teenagers... Well, there go my hopes.}

...for expecting hope from me.

_{I suppose you could take solace in the fact that I see myself as horribly dysfunctional and you should do much better.}

...for telling the kid who's already bitter to not be dysfunctional.

^{What makes you say you're dysfunctional, anyway?}

...for sounding like me many years ago. (which makes me feel a bit like Darth Vader right now)

_{Oh lord, I don't even know where to begin. Do you really want to hear my problems? Teenage angst in adults is even worse.}

...for making me feel like we've had this conversation before...

^{You know, the whole 'welcome to your future' bit... Oh, you might as well. I'm not tired anyways, despite the fact that it's almost four.}

...for not realizing earlier I'm a one-trick pony.

_{Well, to keep it brief and mostly whine free: I have systematically driven everyone out of my life except my mother (out of a sense of responsibility) and my EX-WIFE(who by all accounts, I should fucking hate). I have no concept of how to relate to people anymore. And I can't stand being sober because I think too damn much and it's never pleasant stuff, either. Having said that, please don't think I mope around all the time in a cloud of doom. I do take joy in the small things.)}

...for... oh bother. How can I say you're trollish after that?
...for making me want to hug you again.

^{That's twice in one night, I hope you realize this. (And you were the one wanting candle love tonight. Looks like you managed to find some.)
All I can say is, you say you have no concept of how to relate anymore. Then how are you surviving even mere internet talks? You surely realize you're still relating to people whether you notice of not, right? And joy in the small things is good. I often tend to forget about them and get all involved with how our civilization as a whole is just stupid... Which never turns out well.
FUUUU-- I've done it again. I have to get up in two hours. Damned insomnia. G'night!}

...for not being able to call me a troll. Be strong! This is a game, after all.

_{Yeah, I see what you mean about this place. But this is different than real life and you know it. Besides, even with the Escapist the number of people I choose to talk to (other than strictly playing the games) is my mother, my ex-wife, you, Chinchy, Sas, and Max. And I don't talk to Sas and Max much. Again, I'm not complaining necessarily, but commenting on my lack of social aptitude/tolerance of others. I don't feel depressed much, but I assume it's bothering me (or something is) on a more fundemental level or I wouldn't have as much difficulty living in my head as I do. Do you ever feel like dealing with coworkers/classmates/acquaintences is like a game-a shitty game, but a game nonetheless?}