Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Two Hundred and Seventy Two

Should I write about this?  Should I examine—no, dissect—my only remaining relationship?  Why not?  What else have I got to do?

Yesterday Justin showed me a Zoom presentation he’s created for our prospective clients.  It’s a well-made presentation.  The problem is the presenter.

I haven’t seen Justin in years.  We used to Skype until I got fed up with his bigotry and told him I was done with him.  Eventually I relented, but now we talk only by telephone. 

I can see from the presentation that he’s changed, and not for the better.

Some people of mixed-race ancestry have an exotic beauty.  Justin isn’t one of them.  Nevertheless he’s vain, buys expensive fashionable clothes and boasts of exercising every day—which may be true, but he's gained weight over the years and now looks soft and flabby—which makes his boasted prowess with women sound ridiculous.

As I watched him host the presentation, he stuck a finger up one nostril and started picking it as unselfconsciously as a toddler. 

Justin is one of the least self-aware persons I’ve ever been involved with.  Is there something about me that attracts people like this?  Probably not.  Most people lack self-awareness           

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