I'm just—I was trying to offer an example with... no, talking about his son would be cruel to, um...
[She rubs a hand over her face.]
I-It's the web that makes... that makes me u-upset. It's the web and you know why. But... but you don't know why he's the way he is, and, and you both think the most awful things a-about yourselves and then each other, and—on our first date, he thought I was setting an ambush for him because I showed up early.
[Wait. No, refocus, Varley.]
You've both hurt each other and neither of you... actually understood what one another were trying to say. You think he's toying with you, but he's... he's trying, and he second guesses himself, and second-guesses you, and you take it as a rejection, and he takes your reaction to that as a rejection. Am I... am I making sense?
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[She rubs a hand over her face.]
I-It's the web that makes... that makes me u-upset. It's the web and you know why. But... but you don't know why he's the way he is, and, and you both think the most awful things a-about yourselves and then each other, and—on our first date, he thought I was setting an ambush for him because I showed up early.
[Wait. No, refocus, Varley.]
You've both hurt each other and neither of you... actually understood what one another were trying to say. You think he's toying with you, but he's... he's trying, and he second guesses himself, and second-guesses you, and you take it as a rejection, and he takes your reaction to that as a rejection. Am I... am I making sense?