Hey there,

This may seem somewhat confusing and definitely selfish.

See, I know that you don’t really know how much I like _________. You’re not around when I see if there are any new photos on his flickr account or if girls he recently friended start writing on his wall. I don’t think you were there the night I got drunk and told everyone at the bar that I’ve liked him for the six to eight months I’ve known him – ten if you count the time I knew of him.

So I know you don’t know that when I’m with him in group settings I’d like him to be exclusively conversing with me. Therefore I know it’s not out of spite, hatred or blindness-out-of-one-eye that when you’re present you seem to fully occupy his conversation for most of if not the entire night.

I’m not sure if it’s because you’re just not paying attention to the internationally recognized signs of “I’m talking to this person for a reason” (touching of arm, buying of drinks, awkward giggling) or if you are trying to save me from humiliation because you heard he’s not interested (in which case it is the attention thing because if you were paying any you’d know that’s never stopped me).

Bottom line – you’re a talk block, and from what I’ve heard, I’m not your only victim.

You talk-blockers are all the same. You just love group conversation so much that it prevents you from fully assessing the bar or house party lanscape to note that someone else would like slash needs to be talking to the person you’re hogging. It’s usually completely innocent, but is it not true that apathy is sometimes as cruel as intent? (It is.)

To you it’s just another long conversation. But to the person – ney happiness you’re blocking it’s one more failed attempt at the conversation that potentially leads to ghcatting, which might someday transition to hanging out solo, which can sometimes lead to hooking up which 1 times out of 10, becomes dating.

Directive that comes after the bottom line: back off.
And if you must engage in solo convo with single men you have absolutely not interest in, please apply the gym equipment rule – fifteen minutes per man. Yes, I know it’s technically thirty.
Many thanks,