Does the bunny like to do it and or does the bunny know how? Does the bunny hang back because it can't swing from the trees like the monkey? Does the monkey look out for the bunny? Is there something that the d bunny does for the monkey?
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Would you be able to allow the bunny out more if you were with someone 1) you were in love with WHO 2) was in love with you in the way you wished your 2bx had been, AND 3) the guy was the kind of guy that you knew when you were going to see him again or at least knew he would call when he said he would call?
Maybe I can answer both of you at the same time. Actually, the way you phrased your question was kind of helpful, LP. However, the answer to all your suggestions would be "No". I've been thinking about this and it seems to me that the bunny will always be weak and stuck in a cage if I am constantly testing men to see if they're strong or kind enough to pat the bunny. If men are like boys visiting my zoo, it doesn't matter whether they are "in love" with me, more nice than naughty, more strong than weak or whether they have signed up for the lifelong or just a day zoo pass. They have to follow the zoo rules about handling the bunny. The reason I've been confused is I keep thinking of myself as either being the bunny, the monkey , the lioness or the cow or some odd conglomeration of all four. But REALLY, I AM THE ZOO KEEPER and I take care of all the animals and make all the rules (boundaries) about how they will be treated (pat the bunny gently) or expected to behave (lioness stays mostly in her cage so as not to frighten)in relation to the zoo visitors. Therefore, all I need to do to allow the bunny to be more vulnerable (let out of her safe cage to hop free and be picked up) is make good rules for how she should be handled and be vigilant about enforcing the rules. That is so much easier and better than trying to mother her with the cow (if I follow that line of thought to it's logical conclusion I'll end up in some sort of secular humanist convent) or trying to trade cow milk for bunny carrots (seems like it should work but it doesn't just spoils the puppy dog) or engage in endless self-validation along the lines of "I am lovable." Of course, I am lovable. I have a bunny in my zoo. ( Also, fun and f*ckable because I have a monkey, loving and nurturing because I have a cow and strong, honorable and able to f*ck your brains out because I have a lioness.)
Okay, now I have solved all my problems and by analogy all the problems of everyone on this BB. Time to clean up the zoo. That monkey has been on the loose for about the last 6 months and the mess is unbelievable!
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
