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“Some time again, one in every of my spouse’s associates had a brief relationship with an A-list singer. It wasn’t David Bowie, however somebody equally as well-known with the same variety of report gross sales. When she was at college, she had an enormous crush on him for years (posters on the partitions, a pencil case along with his face on it — the works). She grew up and have become a musician herself. She was nowhere close to the identical caliber, however you would go right into a music retailer and purchase a CD together with her face on it. Finally, their paths crossed and so they hit it off. They met for a drink in a pub close to the place she lived and had a extremely good time — however he was acknowledged early on, and other people would not go away him alone. She advised they return to her place as a substitute, and so they did.”
“She was residing in a shared home, so the lounge was a communal house and all her private stuff was in her bed room. She did not anticipate to take him again, so she did not ‘sanitize’ it beforehand (and by ‘sanitize,’ I imply actually take his poster off her wall). She needed to do the entire: ‘Errr…simply wait right here for a couple of minutes while I get issues prepared!’ then rushed round doing issues like flipping her mousepad over so he would not see his face on it.
All of it went effectively, and so they have been collectively for a short while earlier than deciding simply to be associates (they’re nonetheless good associates).”
—u/prolixia