And you know, there's a part of me that's convinced the tickling thing had something to do with it. I mean, the day I first messaged her, I started poking her, so she knew. She played with me, and was very very good at it too. But things online aren't quite the same as in real life--and it occurs to me sometimes that during those first two days when I tickled her maybe she thought, He's serious about this thing. He wasn't joking. He's gonna do this every day for the rest of our lives. In which case, you know, despite the shit, it would be better that way. I would rather end a relationship six months in than have fifteen years and a kid pass by before it's realised we're fundamentally incompatible.
