July 10, 2012

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    I believe people always tend to blurt out whats in their heart but then they try to cover it up with bravado.
    Its interesting what people say and then try to unsay it.
    Even more interesting when people go outside 'normal' thinking.

    The usual person is like my coworker R; she'll normally quickly have a retort or something cutting to say, but when she deems it to not be taken lightly, will insert "just kidding" and laugh lightly to ease the mood.

    Then there was my coworker G.
    He's going on a trip to Jamaica in a few weeks and I teased him "remember G, no glove, no love."
    But he casually dismissed that and responded that he was gonna go "bareback b/c he wanted to feel everything."
    Now what made this poignant was 2 things:
    1. He has an illegitimate child already
    2. possible Stds transmission

    It wasn't one of those cases where like R, he would recant what he said, playing it off as a joke. And I think he would be the type of person to not be boasting, guy-to-guy.
    So that tells me something important about his character; that there are no consequences when he goes on his trip. 
    I hope that he doesn't have #2 or meets anyone with #2 and that it doesn't cause #1.