I've a one-track mind
My train of thought is derailed.
Chasing cabooses.

So, I'm being flirted with by a very wordy girl, and oh my, does that ever work for me!

I love words. Somebody who commands them well can leave me tongue tied and weak kneed.

I'm a sucker for well-written flirtation. This appeals to me in ways i cannot describe adequately. A well turned phrase is as attractive a thing as a glimpse of an ankle, or the curve of a gorgeous calf, or a flash of thigh in a slitted skirt. These things can all tantalize, but sexy language entwines itself in my imagination as no mere lovely vision can.

Language entices me, provokes me, and evokes imaginings that never leave me.

My first love was a poet I knew when I was a child. She wrote silly things, but she could conjure up sensations and smells and visions and emotions with a few words on paper, and I always wanted to be able to do that myself.

I've dabbled in poetry, but I'm often embarrassed by what I write; But, I enjoyed yesterdays dalliance with language, and found it a breathtaking. I anticipated her next message, and reveled in her words. I wrestled with words to phrase things as well as I could to entice her to send me another message. The flirting was shameless, and I am smitten. This was too much fun to have it end.

This one knows how to tease my ego, and appeal to my senses. I anticipate her return.

How do you feel about "straight edge" kids (kids who have made a movement out of not smoking, drinking, doing drugs, etc..)?

• I think it's cool/respectable
• They annoy the piss out of me
• They don't bother me

As a rule, I don't like judgmental people. The straight-edgers I've met have been condescending little fucks. They remind me of 12-steppers. If you don't want to drink, fine. I'll not force you to drink. Don't try to tell me that I'm immoral for drinking, though.

Would you ever stop dating someone based on a rumor you heard about them?

• Yes.
• Maybe, I'd give my date a chance to explain first.
• No.

I'd need more reason than a rumor.

And, I have skipped none.

I have finished going through all the questions I had skipped and have now answered them all.

OKC says it only knows me 98.5%. I was hoping to get up to body temperature, at least.

What do I win?

Would you consider dating someone who was 10+ years older/younger than you?

• Yes, I prefer it that way!
• Yes, age is just a number to me.
• Maybe, if they are good looking or rich.
• No, our maturity levels would be too different.

Age really is just a number.

I'm dating people who are both 15 years older than me, and 15 years younger.

It's NOT sick. It's NOT gross. These are people I love, and who I care about. If this grosses you out, well, then fuck you. Seriously.

"If you think someone is perfect for you, you just don't know them well enough." Do you agree?

• Yes.
• No.

Perfect doesn't exist.

Should a transsexual let a date know before the first kiss?

• Yes.
• No.

hmmm... Is this about tactics, or ethics?

Tactically, I think it is a good idea. I'm in favor of honesty in relationships, especially about things that have a lot of emotional details to contend with.

That said, I don't think this is ethically something that should be required of anybody. Non-Transgendered people are not expected to disclose their genital configuration, and gender identity, before kissing. These things are generally assumed from appearances. And many trans-gendered folks would rather just be accepted as the gender they now present.

Demanding disclosure of gender identity and origins is pretty unfair. It enforces privilege. It makes the rules different for one group of people than they are for another. It is discrimination.

I'm going to answer this one "no". And I hate this question, because it is hard to tell what it is measuring about my personality. Is it measuring my tolerance of transgendered folks, or is it measuring how much I value honesty?

In truth, I will advise transgendered people I personally know to disclose their status as a transgendered person to people they are pursuing romantically before it gets too far along. But, that is about tactics, not about ethics. Ethically, I don't think this is any more required than revealing that you have genital piercings to somebody you haven't even kissed yet.

Do you believe that some of the history lessons you received in school were based on material that was deliberately misleading?

• Yes.
• No.
• I'm not sure.

If it is written down, it is probably biased. I'm not particularly a big paranoia conspiracy theorist, but when people write history, they are wanting to convey a message of some sort. They do pick sides. They do write biased information, and they do this deliberately.

That is why you want to read multiple accounts, and, for recent history, try to find people who were there, who lived through it, and ask them what they saw happen.

To not believe history is deliberately misleading is kinda silly. You don't even have to believe this is evil to be aware that it is true.

Do you think there is a difference between loving someone and being "in love" with someone?

• Yes.
• No.
• I'm not sure.

This one is purely a grammar thing.

Being "in Love" describes how you feel. "Loving" is something (or things) you do.