But Ianto, I'm not very good at playing games, so I don't have a joystick... Matt does, though, so maybe you could play with his and I could just watch and see how it's done...?
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I don't really know any at all. There were girls at the orphanage I grew up in, but I wasn't really close to any of them, and we all left at fifteen/sixteen, so... I never really mixed with any proper teenage girls. ...None of us were exactly normal, anyway.
I think along the same lines, although I've never been attracted to a woman personally. Then again, I've only ever been attracted to two men, so...
I've always thought that culture was a bit of a nonsense, to be honest, and I've tried very hard not to let social pressures affect me, but I think that's probably easier for me (or was easier, perhaps I should say) because I didn't interact with people very much and spent the majority of my time alone, so I was quite able to cut myself off from it all. Now, of course, things are different, and I'm not by myself anymore, and I'm going to be dealing with... a lot of people in the near future, so... We'll see what happens, I suppose. Maybe I won't be able to keep to that idea, I don't know.
I don't think it's even about love, for me. I just have... some trust and distance issues. I'm not very good at getting close to people. Sex should always be fun, but I don't think I could get close enough (physically close enough) to someone to have any if I didn't trust them to some degree, and I find for me, love tends to follow that. I think the best kind of connections are probably the ones that surprise you with their intensity, really. Sometimes if it's something you want too much, you try to force it all, and everything ends up going very wrong, very quickly. When it's unexpected... There's no pressure, and it just seems to happen... More easily. It depends a lot on the person involved as well, of course.
Attachment is difficult. It does have drawbacks, and the first time I ever got involved with anyone, I was very hesitant because I didn't want to compromise myself and allow myself to be vulnerable both literally and emotionally. I think it can be worth it for the right person, though, and in terms of sex... You can be still be... um, 'raw' in a proper relationship, though. You just have th put it in the right context. Or spend five hours somewhere not able to touch each other beforehand. Whichever.
You do that. I can always do with more entertainment...
[OOC: I haven't actually seen it, I just noticed that his profile said he'd played Ianto twice (though it's spelled as 'Yanto' there). If it's from the same universe, is it supposed to be the same character?
It's terrible! Neither Near nor I had any idea what that poor boy has been through. He needs hugs or something.]
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I don't really know any at all. There were girls at the orphanage I grew up in, but I wasn't really close to any of them, and we all left at fifteen/sixteen, so... I never really mixed with any proper teenage girls. ...None of us were exactly normal, anyway.
I think along the same lines, although I've never been attracted to a woman personally. Then again, I've only ever been attracted to two men, so...
I've always thought that culture was a bit of a nonsense, to be honest, and I've tried very hard not to let social pressures affect me, but I think that's probably easier for me (or was easier, perhaps I should say) because I didn't interact with people very much and spent the majority of my time alone, so I was quite able to cut myself off from it all. Now, of course, things are different, and I'm not by myself anymore, and I'm going to be dealing with... a lot of people in the near future, so... We'll see what happens, I suppose. Maybe I won't be able to keep to that idea, I don't know.
I don't think it's even about love, for me. I just have... some trust and distance issues. I'm not very good at getting close to people. Sex should always be fun, but I don't think I could get close enough (physically close enough) to someone to have any if I didn't trust them to some degree, and I find for me, love tends to follow that. I think the best kind of connections are probably the ones that surprise you with their intensity, really. Sometimes if it's something you want too much, you try to force it all, and everything ends up going very wrong, very quickly. When it's unexpected... There's no pressure, and it just seems to happen... More easily. It depends a lot on the person involved as well, of course.
Attachment is difficult. It does have drawbacks, and the first time I ever got involved with anyone, I was very hesitant because I didn't want to compromise myself and allow myself to be vulnerable both literally and emotionally. I think it can be worth it for the right person, though, and in terms of sex... You can be still be... um, 'raw' in a proper relationship, though. You just have th put it in the right context. Or spend five hours somewhere not able to touch each other beforehand. Whichever.
You do that. I can always do with more entertainment...
[OOC: I haven't actually seen it, I just noticed that his profile said he'd played Ianto twice (though it's spelled as 'Yanto' there). If it's from the same universe, is it supposed to be the same character?
It's terrible! Neither Near nor I had any idea what that poor boy has been through. He needs hugs or something.]