Sometimes I think you're a real "glass is half empty" kind of guy.
She calls to apologize. She says "I'd really like to go."
And of course you assume it means because she wants to enjoy your friends, that it couldn't have anything to do with you.
Then, in a couple weeks, you'll be relating the camping trip, talking about how she kept seeking you out all weekend, how she wouldn't stay far from your side.
Life is all about perspective. And how you let that perspective AFFECT you.
If you're only going to see positives and admit they are positives AFTER she tells you that she doesn't want you to leave, we might be in for a long haul.
I'm thinking she LIKES the man that has emerged from the flame.
She might even be afraid to release him from the flames, for fear the old man returns.
Bill
"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."