Okay, today, for once, you asked a question that allows for answers… or rather, some counter-questions:
Does the fact that she’s a resident here automatically make her a worse person than if I’d met her on Facebook, for example? Does that make her more manipulative? More malicious? More dishonest?
Isn’t the fact that we started talking and got along more important, or does the location have a more significant meaning?
I understand what you’re saying, but not where this is going.
It’s a shame you don’t answer the questions, my friend. They were clear, and I really made an effort today to understand you better. For once, I was quite serious, but you avoided the questions about her, even though I was talking about you. Oh well… I still wish you a good rest of the day.
Because, unlike some others, I’m not an emotional cripple or an empathetic ice cube. Because I don’t like it when someone is criticized just because it’s possible, and they either can’t defend themselves or don’t want to. Because I don’t like it when someone processes their obvious inadequacies and insecurities by attacking others, even if it’s just with words.
I believe that something must be done about it before it can no longer be stopped.
That won’t be enough of a reason for you, as I see it. You probably wanted to hear something else or get at something else…
Well, tough luck. Or, to use your words: That’s MY opinion. You won’t get anything else from someone who puts ketchup on pasta (and yes, I admit it! My childhood favorite! But that was partly because we weren’t used to anything else in East Germany), no matter what you want to accuse me of.
I’m not accusing you of anything, my friend. I’m simply waiting for a clear answer to my question, without you avoiding it or bringing up unrelated topics. I can see that you’d rather use humor to change the subject instead of giving a straightforward answer — even though the question is simple. I don’t hold it against you, but I’d rather stop here, because I don’t feel like I’m getting an honest response.
Interesting… So, you’re not accusing me of anything, but at the same time, you’re accusing me of not being honest just because I can’t give you the answer you want to hear?
Okay, I have a suggestion: YOU tell ME what answer you think is the right one (then I’ll finally know what I’m supposedly hiding…). Then we’ll all have a quick laugh about it and then we can move on to the next item on the agenda…
What do you think? But think about it carefully, after all, that’s what YOU believe, and you don’t know me or Ariela well enough, as you’ve proven many times before.
And you already suggested in a DM back then that one can only be friends with Ariela if one pay her for it. That shows your understanding of human nature quite well…
I have always said that the acid test of the success or otherwise of an apartment is whether people miss it if it goes. Arelia has become a bit of an anchor for the project so I hope for the projects sake she does return.