You don't need a therapist, ogged. What you need is a date.
I'm just saying.
It's worth obsessing over. Swimmers have amazing bodies.
If I can't do a high-elbow catch, I'll never get a date.
They do have amazing bodies. One of the nice things about my lessons with the Swede is that the crowd there is young muscley guys, who are both pleasing to look at and competitive-making; not like the fat old dudes who swim at my local pool.
Are you trying to make up for not being able to do a high-elbow catch by demonstrating your lack of homophobia?
That's the strangest thing anyone's ever accused me of.
Well, understand "accusation" in the sense of something that makes the person asked defensive. Eg, "Are you trying to make up for the fact that you can't please your husband sexually by learning to cook?"
But in that case the implicit accusation is "you can't please your husband sexually"; even if the person in question can't, and sort of knows it, it brings it once more to the fore, which is unpleasant and renders defensive. But you introduced this topic.
I'm not sure that matters. What makes me (or the hypothetical person) defensive isn't the first part (catch, sex), but the devaluing of the second part as merely compensatory.
I'm not offended; just explaining to the ever-contentious b-dub what could be considered offensive. Apology rejected.
Oh, ok then. I'll return to giving you shit as soon as I can think of something clever to say.
Ogged,
You are right. I will try not to do disagree with people for no reason in the future.
Ben, aren't you in graduate school? Disagreeing with people for no reason is an important life skill. Right up there with procrastinating by commenting on blogs and thinking of ridiculously overcomplicated solutions to non-problems.
Two out of three important life skills down stone cold ain't bad, right? (And I'm not in grad school.)
Don't worry, ogged, I'm sure I'll return to capering for your amusement in the near future.
Oh. Well, you clearly have the grad school skill set. Maybe you are too smart for grad school.
Why don't the fat old dude swimmers have amazing bodies? Did they used to?
Well, my dad swims, and he doesn't look too bad for a 60yo guy, but I'm not going to say he has a "great body," b/c, ick.
Sigh, can we talk about cool sports now? I've got that winter bug.
I'm all for sports bods, of course.
Mitch,
Not that I can really rate dude's bodies, but I'm guessing that there is "amazing" and there is "amazing for a 60-year old."
thinking of ridiculously overcomplicated solutions to non-problems.
First ya gotta shed pseudo-light on them...