October 04, 2004
From a conversation I had with E.S.--no, I haven't told him yet--after a brief spat on Saturday (as I am a southern Jew, and he is a Protestant psychiatrist, clearly we have a lot of these exchanges to look forward to):
E.S.: I just want the lines of communication to be open.
Faustus: Open is fine. Open I have no problem with. Buzzing with electricity 24/7 is another story.
E.S.: But what you said hurt my feelings, and so I wanted to talk about it.
(Faustus says nothing.)
E.S.: Or I could just pretend it didn't happen and push it down and let it come out in some other, unrelated way.
Faustus: See, that's totally where we need to get you to.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 07:53 AM
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1) Convivia said (on 10/ 4/04 at 03:54 PM):
As you might recall, my husband and I had a very Jane-Austen-y-like email exchange about who was going to be the first to say "I love you."
Two weeks later, we were sharing the same cell--I mean, ENGAGED!
2) Marc said (on 10/ 4/04 at 08:33 PM):
Faustus, you are such a bitch. And my husband would tell you that your exchange is so me. (With me playing you, of course.) :)
3) i. bendito said (on 10/ 4/04 at 08:42 PM):
He's going to require a suitable outlet for those stifled feelings....
A blog of his own?;)
4) Jay said (on 10/ 5/04 at 05:23 AM):
I think the natural outlet would be in the form of rough, punishing, brutal sex.
5) Patrick said (on 10/ 5/04 at 11:03 AM):
Isn't the line..."Catholics believe in forgiveness, Jews believe in guilt"?
6) James said (on 10/ 5/04 at 02:49 PM):
Sorry, Dr. Faustus... I say go with the psychiatrist on this one. I'm assuming he has more training when it comes to the inner workings of your brain.
7) Jeff said (on 10/ 5/04 at 03:20 PM):
See what happens when you date a Gentile?
8) Dantallion said (on 10/ 5/04 at 04:34 PM):
I dated a psychiatrist. Now, I'm a great believer in communication. But he over-analysed everything. Constantly.
Occupational hazard?
9) Nicholas Ajax Stamos said (on 10/ 5/04 at 04:39 PM):
Faustus: See, that's totally where we need to get you to.
Very, very funny.
10) David said (on 10/ 5/04 at 05:07 PM):
Faustus: What did you say that hurt his feelings?
11) Not an M.D. said (on 10/ 6/04 at 10:57 PM):
E.S. stands for extra saintly, doesn't it? Your boyfriend is incredible!
12) Anonymous said (on 10/ 8/04 at 01:09 AM):
Um, seems like a heavily sitcom-influenced exchange.
Jay (the one in Bombay)
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