me:"so, are you planing to sleep with any women during your ski trip?"
t.p.:"er,no."
me:"any men?"
t.p."ha ha ha...."
me:"or are you planning to sleep with both?"
t.p.: (grunts of embarrassed laughter)
me:"you know, it's not too late to say 'neither', my dear."
t.p.: "i think all that goes without saying!"

not-so-subtle communication is key to manipulating the love of your life. i am happy enough that t.p. got to the point above without too much pressure being applied by me. that'll do for now. just wait till he gets back from the ski trip!

but i admit the above statement regarding the 'love of my life' begs the question: how do you know whether t.p.,or any other man for that matter, is in fact the love of your life? as ever, the web seems to have thought of all the possible ways of finding out.

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you may laugh at my attempts to find guidance in matters of the heart by such inane methods as pathetic, but if you are laughing at this then you probably have the answer for yourself already and you are no doubt wearing some ring type thing. that's fine, i don't mind that others may have the answer. just don't say things like "oh don't worry, you'll just know if he's the right one" or "you're still young", "true love turns up when you least expect it", "enjoy your freedom while it lasts" etc. etc. i AM enjoying the fact that i am not legally obliged to look after anyone and that i haven't killed off any of my plants yet. it's just that having spent so much effort in getting into this emotional zen state, i'd like to know how to preserve it. if anyone has a surefire way of separating the wheat from the chaff in terms of partners, please patent it, mass produce it and save everyone a whole lot of money, time and trouble. but please contact me first!