I'm not in love...I am in like.

Dear Chafe,

You are one of those odd people in my life that despite (or maybe because?) our almost non-existent relationship as people, I still like very much. I have seen you around for what seems like a good 15 years and never in all that time have you ever done anything to make me angry, or question whether or not you are a good person. I know that’s one of those “well that is just what normal people do” scenarios, but really it is an anomaly so far as I can tell.

You are in many ways the rarest of breed of folk. I mean if any of you out there are reading this take a second and honestly think, have you ever met someone who it: talented AND humble, smart AND honest, cool AND loyal. I am sure there are people out there who can fill that particular bill, I just don’t know any right off hand. Talented people are for the most part only humble when around people without their particular talent, some people would call this faux humility but I think its more that when people with talent are around other talented people it dismisses the need for humility…I think. Most smart people I know think that actually being honest is a very difficult and often unpleasant thing, so most of them try to be honest but “within reason”. Lastly I have know a lot of “cool” people over the years…(way to many to be honest) but since being loyal is something that is of little value in today’s culture, most cool people (or insert your favorite word for cool here) see loyalty as an option or a concept not as an actual part of life.

Given what I have said about what little personal interaction I have had with you, how could I possibly know these things? Simple: because most people don’t have those traits and gossip a lot and in all that time, in all the various circles I have wandered in, no one has ever said anything bad about you. In 15 years. Gossip cannot be trusted, but lack of gossip I think is an affirmation in many cases. Not to mention everytime I have had contact with you it has been a pleasant experience and you always have nice and constructive things to say to me on the ol’ FB. Which is one reason my MASSIVE massive ego is loathe to unfriend you. Never-the-less here we are.

Today was a great day, but tomorrow our FBfriendship will end,

Curt