An actual MSN conversation between me and my taiwanese girlfriend. Unedited and presented with permission:
[quote]
BSPAM: so did you finish your judy blume?
BSPAM: recently i am reading some of the socratic dialogues again, and
william james
BSPAM: I heart socrates
BSPAM: aaaaanyway…
Taiwan GF: you always do I know that
Taiwan GF: you love me or socrates
BSPAM: hahahaha
BSPAM: it’s not a contest between you and
socrates
Taiwan GF: it is
BSPAM: you can’t be jealous of a gay man
who died 2400 years ago.
BSPAM: crazy girl
BSPAM:
Taiwan GF: you have to tell me
BSPAM: You don’t understand, sweety.
Taiwan GF: if now you have socrates at right and I am at
left which one you want fist
BSPAM: you mean if he came here in a time
machine like in Bill and Ted?
Taiwan GF: right
BSPAM: i love you
BSPAM: but i want to talk to socrates
before he goes back to ancient athens
BSPAM: how long can he stay in 2006?
Taiwan GF: you can have me for hour and he is one hour
chose one
BSPAM: can i still have you after socrates
leaves?
Taiwan GF: no
BSPAM: in that case i want YOU
Taiwan GF: I love you
Taiwan GF: if you chose he I will say…
Taiwan GF: if you chose him I will say *&>%*89-[/quote]
[quote]Taiwan GF: you can have me for hour and he is one hour
chose one
BSPAM: can i still have you after socrates
leaves? [/quote]
See, there’s your mistake. You can have your girlfriend while reading Socrates at the same time. A bit strange but perfectly do-able. Maybe not for a whole hour, though. Unless you have her twice or something. That might work. Hold the book at the right angle and she might not even notice you doing it.
[quote=“sandman”][quote]Taiwan GF: you can have me for hour and he is one hour
chose one
BSPAM: can i still have you after socrates
leaves? [/quote]
See, there’s your mistake. You can have your girlfriend while reading Socrates at the same time. A bit strange but perfectly do-able. Maybe not for a whole hour, though. Unless you have her twice or something. That might work. Hold the book at the right angle and she might not even notice you doing it.[/quote]
Don’t listen to Sandman’s advice! I had almost the exact same conversation with him last week, only he was jealous about me watching Dragon Ball Z. I tried telling him I could do both at the same time, but he wouldn’t listen, got in a huff and started crying (yet again).
[quote]BSPAM: you can’t be jealous of a gay man
who died 2400 years ago.
BSPAM: crazy girl
[color=red]BSPAM:???[/color]
Taiwan GF: you have to tell me
BSPAM: You don’t understand, sweety. [/quote]
My CSI training says that something was written here and has been deleted. Smoking gun? I think so!
You should have engaged her in a little Socratic dialogue. That is, cleverly manipulate the conversation by employing leading questions designed to bring her around to your point of view, but in such a way that she thinks that it’s her who arrived at the correct answers.
BSPAM: What is this “jealousy” you speak of?
GF: Huh?
BSPAM: “Jealous”. What does this word mean to you? What is the root cause of jealousy?
GF: 妒忌的
BSPAM: No, I mean in English! Better yet, explain it to me in ancient Attic!
no no NO Erhu! She’ll hear!
