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[tristfully]

Excerpt from 'New Year's Resolutions'

I am resolved—to flirt no more,
It leads to strife and tribulation;
Not that I used to flirt before,
But as a bar against temptation.
Here I except (cut out the names)
Perfectly Platonic flames.

Rudyard Kipling

Problematic in a million ways.

Have you all sorted out your resolutions yet?

Comments

[teratophilia]

mmm i don't know, but i want to try doing more things outside of my comfort zone.

you're not giving up on romance, are you?

[tristfully]

Just for the sake of it? Or is there something lacking in your life that you know is being hindered by anxiety?

Oh, no. But I think maybe I should be more precise with my flirtations before I wind up hurting someone.

[teratophilia]

i've gotten better at trying new things but now it's mostly related to social anxiety, i think. i'd rather press my hand against a hot stove than even risk the possibility of an awkward social encounter.

ahhh. you don't want to lead anyone on. but what if you like more than one person?

[princeofcat]

I will also never flirt again. And use the extra time in my day to become sleeper candidate for valedictorian
Or maybe just read another book. Let’s see how ambitious 2020 me is.

[tristfully]

What about with Perfectly Platonic Flames? I think they would miss you terribly. Maybe so terribly that they may even try and ruin you.

[princeofcat]

So probably just stick with the book thing?

[shoulderdevil]

I would pay you 50 dragots if you somehow managed to not flirt for a whole year.

[princeofcat]

This feels light

[damnnearkilledem]

Don't deny your very nature, now.

[princeofcat]

I’d be a whole new person, and who would I even be?

[shoulderdevil]

My resolution is to shower my friends with even more love and affection this coming year. I'm very giving. Watch out.

[tristfully]

Speaking of, your gift is in the post.

[quidditched]

Stop letting Mickey eat whatever she wants.

[tristfully]

Is she getting very fat?

[damnnearkilledem]

Self-improvement, though I haven't decided on the flavor. Maybe get super buff.

How will you change in the coming decade?

[tristfully]

I'll make you power green smoothies.

I think I would like to be more internally motivated.

[sparkling_gem]

I want to lead WILDGULCH QUIDDITCH to VICTORY! And get the LEAD ROLE in a PLAY! And figure out what the HELL I want to DO with my life.

[tristfully]

You're putting many of your eggs in other peoples' baskets with those resolutions.

[girl_in_the_moon]

My resolution is to be more confident in myself.

[tristfully]

What would you like to do with your new-found confidence?

[opsia]

know some things i could stand to be better about. don't know how resolute i'd be, though.

[tristfully]

Would you like me to help you keep honest?

[arisahn]

i wonder if kipling stuck with it.

man that's tough. [...] i'll pick one for you, if you pick one for me!

[tristfully]

In another stanza, he vows to give up smoking and there are photographs of him smoking in later life, so I suspect not.

You would let me choose for you? What if I pick something all wrong?

[suflex]

to not read poetry

ffs put a WARNING on that shit