I can't believe she said it. My girlfriend said "I love you. I want to end my days with you." and she hung up. It was about 11pm and I was too tired to remember her tone, or exactly what she said for that matter. She could have said "I love you but, I want to end my days with you". That means she loves me "but" she's moving on despite her love me. It could have actually been an "and"; "I love you and I want to end my days with you". One word changes the meaning and with it, my life. And her tone; voice inflection is everything. It serves me right for playing poker until 2am this morning when I had a Shakespeare test in the morning. And you can't stay up too late playing poker. Again, two different meanings based on inflection.
I was yawning when I should have been listening. One little word affects my whole life. And this voice inflection thing; did she inflect and not mean to? Maybe I inflected and this is all my fault. I've been known to do that but don't tell my parents. Just in case you're wondering, you can't call your girlfriend too late.
If someone says "I love you but... " the but negates the I love you. If it's "I love you and..." our reaction is 'bring it on baby.' a simple 'but' takes the wind out of the I love you's sails and warns you of the impending sledgehammer that's on it's way. How does it feel when someone tells you "I like you but..." - "I respect you but" - "I agree with you but..." - "I love you but I'm sleeping with your brother and using the video camera you got me for Christmas to tape us".
And I'm dealing with that whole "end my days with you" thing. It could mean she wants to be with me until her days end here on earth. Or, she's ending my time with you now. I'm an English major ; you'd think I'd be a master of this stuff by now.
I'd love to keep writing; you can't spent too much time on your blog.
a decidedly myopic rehashing of the not so obvious... Seinfeld should have thought of it
