This happened only yesterday, in appropriate timing.
I'm currently living apart from my girlfriend, in more ways than one. We're in different cities, and no matter how hard you try the physical distance creeps into the emotional. It may only be slight, but it's there. Fortunately, we're only a morning's travel from each other, so the impact is limited; it's the the fact we don't have many opportunities to make the easy journey, because one or the other of us is working, or otherwise busy. She has resits to study for; I have to undertake serious work on the house to make it a home.

So when we do get to see each other we tend to make the most of it. Yesterday she arrived early - like, ridiculously early - and we had breakfast, and played some xbox, and spent some other time together that's none of your business. Then after lunch, I took her strolling round my city - the one was born in, live in, love, but she's barely familiar with. In the Grassmarket we paused for the single cigarette I allow myself when I'm with her - giving up is easy, but I have good associations with smoking around her - and a pint at one of the open-air beer gardens on the extended square full of people enjoying themselves.

People strolled or sat all around us, enjoying themselves, taking the air. In the distance something sounded like an argument, but it was far away. A group of children strolled past us with their carers, and as we watched them skip and stumble by, I leaned over and whispered in my beloved's ear:
"Did you know, retarded kids bounce further when you drop them?",
and she fell off the bench, weeping with laughter.


_{Apologies for floridity}
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 9:50, 5 replies)

HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!
I must try this.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 9:52, closed)

Yes you should.

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 11:13, closed)

Yes.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 11:15, closed)

I just got what you meant
so I'm going to edit the above post from saying:
"The story style, or telling somebody that the disabled are bouncy?"
to
"Yes you should."
so it looks like we agree with each other and are friends rather than that I am a cretin who hasn't had enough sleep or coffee.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 11:30, closed)

Yay for heavily-editing communication to give directed appearance!
*Tony Blairs*
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 11:37, closed)