Do you think people can only love one person at a time? That associations don't sometimes strengthen emotions rather than weaken them?
[Again the irony of his being the one to have this conversation strikes him. Such is her misfortune and his inability to stay away from people who remind him of aspects of himself.]
I haven't contracted you because right now we're a bad fit. You understand why. You're wrong in saying I haven't chosen you. I haven't agreed to do what you want of me. I have agreed to help you in ways I never would most.
You think it's a game for me? A momentary distraction? I promised you something. I don't promise what I won't deliver. I also know that if I did give you what you want of me right now, it would undermine every step of progress we could make on your self-control. I'd just be one more abuser in a line of them keeping you exactly where you are.
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[Again the irony of his being the one to have this conversation strikes him. Such is her misfortune and his inability to stay away from people who remind him of aspects of himself.]
I haven't contracted you because right now we're a bad fit. You understand why. You're wrong in saying I haven't chosen you. I haven't agreed to do what you want of me. I have agreed to help you in ways I never would most.
You think it's a game for me? A momentary distraction? I promised you something. I don't promise what I won't deliver. I also know that if I did give you what you want of me right now, it would undermine every step of progress we could make on your self-control. I'd just be one more abuser in a line of them keeping you exactly where you are.