Well, my therapist tells me that encouraging you would be bad for the both of us, Rue. So I’m not going to play your silly OP game. I’m simply going to quote the relevant portion of my most recent therapy session, and hope you will seek help before it’s too late.
“Doctor, I’m concerned about a friend of mine.”
“Mmmm-hmmm. And what problem is this ‘friend’ having?”
“No, really, doctor, this isn’t about me. It’s about - well, I dunno. Not really a friend. Just some guy I vaguely know under an assumed name; we run into each other sometimes in anonymous places. You know.”
“And how long have you been frequenting bathhouses?”
“It isn’t like that! And if it was, this is a guy we’re talking about here - hardly my type. No, no, I’m using my therapeutic hour on him for purely altrustic reasons: I’m concerned.”
“Mmmm-hmmm. You’re concerned for your - uh, nebulous acquaintance?”
“That’s it! That’s it exactly! He’s a nebulous acquaintance! Anyway, he clearly has a, um, a sexual problem.”
“I see. And we’re still talking about your friend here?”
“Yes. My sex problems are entirely different. See, my nebulous acquaintance, he has kids. Young kids. So obviously he’s celibate, right? And he’s clearly feeling the strain; these days he can’t even spell or type properly. And any little mention of sex - just the word! - gets him all excited. You might even say he’s obsessed; he’s started whole conversations just to hear people use his name and the word ‘sex’ together. And add to that all this time he spends in this, um, anonymous place, hanging out with women, using fake names…well, I’m worried about him, doctor.”
“I’m hearing that you’re very concerned for this person. I’m glad you’re concerned; this shows that you’re really working through your selfishness and egocentrism issues. But, my dear deepbluesea, let us consider: your so-called ‘friend’ is a family man, yet he lives a life of deceit, lies, and sexual obsession. Also, he consorts with women of loose morals. Can this man really be a worthwhile subject of your concern?”
“But he seems nice! Truly, deep down, he does! And I worry for his dogs - what about his dogs? It can’t be healthy for them, having a wacked-out master like this.”
“Now, now. Concern for our canine cousins is comendable. But I tell you this from the depths of my years of counseling experience: deepbluesea, if you do not steer clear of this sex-obsessed, sick individual, you will rue the day you met him.”
So, sorry, Rue; I can’t participate in this. It’ll only do more harm. Anyway, the game’s just impossible - there’s just something profoundly contradictory about using ‘Rue DeDay’ and ‘sex’ in the same sentence.
[sub]Wait…I just did. Never mind.[/sub]