Monday 16 November 2015

Self-protection



            Ursula sent Andy a long email, in which she denounced him as an emotional cripple.  She also compared him to her father, who had never loved anything but the family dog.  Neither one of them (Andy and her father, not the dog) had any idea what emotional intimacy was.   I’m sure you’ve already stopped reading by now, she sniffed at the end, but she was wrong.  Andy read the whole thing.   He even showed it to Hal, who had a good chuckle over it.  “Women,” Hal laughed.  “Always so damn superior.  Talk about needing a psychiatrist, huh?”
            “Yeah.”
            “Well, whadya want with a chick named Ursula?  I’m telling you—stick to the women with normal names.  The ones who sound like they should be in a Bond movie are always psychopaths.” 
            “I’ll keep that in mind,” Andy answered.  But he wasn’t smiling.

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