I'll never date you.
I know that your industry considers those words, when said by a woman to a man, to be a preamble to the woman dating the man, and that your industry also considers those words, when said by a man to a woman, to be a good enough reason for her to have no career at all for the rest of her life and to be subjected to bullying, rape and death threats.
However, when I say them to you, it's because I'll never date you, and I want you to know that.
I don't have vindictive feelings toward you; I have unequivocal feelings toward you.
I'll never date you. I don't want to date you. If you were divorced, I would not date you. If you had never gotten married and had no children, I would not date you. I'm not dating you in a parallel universe; I'm not dating you in a time warp. I have never dated you and I'll never date you.
Contrary to what the conglomerate perhaps likes to think of me, I don't like having to say the same thing over and over. Please accept that I don't want to date you, that I'll never date you, and that you'll never be able to do anything to make me feel some other way.
Copyright L. Kochman, June 24, 2016 @ 10:00 p.m.
