Things That Sound Good - by Max Nussenbaum
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On saying things for the wrong reasons.
Many years ago I was wandering around New York with a woman I really liked, and who really liked me, but who was wary of getting too involved with me for all the reasons intelligent women throughout my life have been wary of getting too involved with me. She had sworn our afternoon together would be platonic, but she nonetheless found herself kissing me outside the Williamsburg Whole Foods, and as she did she warned me: “This doesn’t mean anything. I’m just doing it because it’s what feels good in the moment.” And I said to her, “Don’t you know? That’s why I do everything.” I suppose there…
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