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Wednesday, February 2, 2022.

Dear Dawson, I'm glad you met a girl at Church No Less and it is good to hear that you've

decided to ask her out.

I have no doubt that I will have to explain this one a bit more, but if you ask her out,

if she says yes, always remember that lack of communication is key.

Let's say you go out to dinner and discover along the way that you two can talk easily

naturally.

You are warm-hearted and expressive guy.

What could go wrong?

The temptation you will face is that of someone who has been nurtured on the propaganda

of this present darkness, and that temptation will be to share as opposed to making conversation.

If you don't watch your step, you are going to share, and she is going to share, and

then you both share a little more, and then it gets tangled up a little bit, and first

then you know the two of you are besties.

A bit later, you are going to be trying desperately to figure out how you became her girlfriend.

You don't want to be her girlfriend, but congratulations.

You are now stuck in the friend zone, and she won't let you out of the friend zone because

she is an evangelical Christian, and lesbianism holds no attractions for her.

So what is the difference between sharing and making conversation?

If you sit down with her and you start telling her all about your hopes, dreams, and

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