I think the crisis is well on the way to being averted. I sat down with her tonight, let her watch over my shoulder as I gave her a guided tour of FR, showed her some of your profile pages, read through portions of the thread, showed her the Yahoo side too, even went into chat to show her how that worked.... I could feel the tension easing off from her as she began to understand. (*AHEM* But that Elijah tatoo pic didn't exactly help -- went real fast past that...LOL!). And then, I popped the question: would you consider going with me to meet......gasp......some of these normal human beings, e.g. DT and ecurbh for MN moot. And she said....."maybe"..... That's good, that's very good, that means probably, I think. Oh I feel much better now.....
I would like to apologize for throwing such a depressing cold wet blanket into the Hole earlier today.... but think how I felt. That quote about Gimli leaving for a greater love had double meaning for me.... I was agonizing.... But I really think things are going to be OK.... Thanks for all your support.... See ya tomorrow...
****AHEM**** I should say you should. That's MY job.
It's tough to explain the Hobbit Hole to our significant others, but you did the right thing by letting her see for herself. We're LoTR fans, yes, but we all are ordinary people with ordinary lives that just happen to have extra-ordinary friends!
I've got to get to bed, folks. See you in the morning!
But...but she has to go to the MN moot! Then it'll be like a double date.
Hey, if you can't talk to your friends, who CAN you talk to! I'm glad you mentioned it. Several folks have had similar difficulties, and it's always good to know you're not alone!