Jean Descole (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
scientificflair) wrote2012-09-14 09:05 pm
scientificflair) wrote2012-09-14 09:05 pm
006. Anonymous Text
[It's quite frankly surprising how many questions and things regarding relationships tend to come out once there's no accountability attached; Descole's been watching this go down for the last two days, and kind of hating himself for the fact that he isn't immune to it.
He hates text, normally; he doesn't like the lack of tone involved, and he doesn't like being unable to read faces or gestures, either. However, in the spirit of anonymity...]
Since no one can tell who we are over this thing for the time being anyway, I suppose I'll bite. Forgive me for using this as a space for venting my own personal issues, but we all seem to like discussing feelings here, anyway.
[NOT. THAT. HE'S BITTER OR FEELING DUMB ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING.]
How does one tell the difference between someone being interested, in the romantic sense, and someone being interested in you platonically?
And just to head a few sarcastic individuals off - yes, I know that I sound like I've lived under a rock since puberty hit. There's a reason this is being done now.
He hates text, normally; he doesn't like the lack of tone involved, and he doesn't like being unable to read faces or gestures, either. However, in the spirit of anonymity...]
Since no one can tell who we are over this thing for the time being anyway, I suppose I'll bite. Forgive me for using this as a space for venting my own personal issues, but we all seem to like discussing feelings here, anyway.
[NOT. THAT. HE'S BITTER OR FEELING DUMB ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING.]
How does one tell the difference between someone being interested, in the romantic sense, and someone being interested in you platonically?
And just to head a few sarcastic individuals off - yes, I know that I sound like I've lived under a rock since puberty hit. There's a reason this is being done now.
[anonymous text]
Well, not with dating them, but they all seemed pretty interested in him back home...]
If they smile a lot when they're with you, it means they're interested in you romantically. At least, in my experience ^u^!
[anonymous text]
^u^?
[anonymous text]
And ^u^ is a little face. See? ^s are the eyes and u is the mouth. ^o^ ^p^ and such!
[anonymous text]
...and I see.
[While he isn't commenting nearly as much on those emoticons, he's going to be playing with them like he has a new toy for the rest of ever. He's going to be over here entering and deleting little ^o^, ^v^, ^_^ faces all over between replies, thanks.]
[anonymous text]
[Just as planned.]