-- Then you don't know. But maybe you will know, at some point. -- Not knowing is sometimes worse than knowing something bad, though, isn't it? It is for me.
-- Yeah, I know. I know I'm good to people. It's everything else. -- My life is a lot for people to handle. You know something about that, and you're my friend. That's different than handling it as my girlfriend. -- But I stopped trying to convince her I wasn't worth the trouble a long time ago. She obviously hasn't changed her mind, and I'm selfish enough not to argue. -- No, I know. And honestly, that isn't the worst case scenario I can imagine. It's just an unpleasant one. -- I've found hope enough to keep going against impossible odds. I don't think I'm going to be frozen by this. -- Just, occasionally, I let it get to me a little. But I suppose that's better than pretending it never gets to me at all.