I would like to emphasize that I have been behaving really well. I've been friendly, warm, and blatantly disinterested in anything other than friendship. I have avoided the kissy-kiss greeting.

Seriously, I've taken the man at his word, and I have been okay with that.

So why, I ask you, must he muddy the waters?

Tonight, another party chez M-. I met her new guy and was crushingly relieved to find him neither terribly interesting nor particularly attractive. (It would really be too much if we were to fancy the same men.) He was remarkably good-humored about the fact that everybody in the place knew WAY more about him than he had any reason to expect. I take that as a good sign on M-'s behalf.

So B- is getting ready to waltz out the door with J-, and I'm thinking to myself "Phew, I finally made it through a social evening with him without any mixed messages" (unlike my party where even M- agreed that there were distinctly vibes in the air). Then he comes over to where I'm sitting, sinks his hand into the hair at the back of my head, pulls my face toward his and plants a juicy one square on my lips.

Why? Why was this necessary? I'm feeling a tad jerked around.

Gentlemen, if any of you are reading this, may I offer an etiquette tip? Do not, I repeat, DO NOT kiss women on the lips if you are not interested in them "like that." It's just too confusing for our tiny minds, okay?

For earlier episodes of this story see: What to do about a kiss and To B- or not to B-.

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