My cortisol is at all time lows. I'm happy at my job, I have a solid rainy day fund, I'm playing old arcsys games again, and I picked up Izanami because fuck blazblue players.
Dude beside me at the restaurant just told his wife that he cheated on her and she is crying loudly, over at my table it’s miller time though. #millertime
just met a cute girl at the wedding i’m at
like actually cute. objectively dangerous face card.
we’re talking. vibes are immaculate. she’s laughing at my jokes. i’m in my bag. aura farming effortlessly.
then history gets brought up, she says it
“i like roman history”
my ears PERKED up
i played it cool. i said “oh nice, what period”
she said “i’m into ancient rome”
and that’s where a normal person would’ve said “cool, me too” and gotten her number
but i am not a normal person
my brain instantly went into terminal mode and i said “what do you think of the 2nd punic war”
she looked confused
i kept going
“hannibal crossing the alps? are you fucking kidding me? Trebia and Lake Trasimene? Fabian strategy? Hannibal’s double envelopment at Cannae?
she laughed nervously and said “what”
and i said “don’t even get me started on hasdrubal barca”
she said “what”
and i said “so do you even follow roman history”
she said “I literally have a spqr tattoo.”
the vibe was GONE
just vanished. nuked. just like the carthaginian fleet at ecnomus.
her friend pulled her away. she didn’t look back.
i was standing there alone at a wedding holding a drink i wasn’t even sipping, doing MENTAL MATH on how someone could claim to like roman history and not know anything about the 2nd punic war
my cousin walked over and said “bro she looked just like your ex what happened”
i said “she’s a casual”
he said “so?”
SO???
i then realized i would rather cut off my entire family than to share a bloodline with someone of the same species that couldn’t comprehend this
she had a pretty face but a DISGUSTING perspective on life that i just couldn’t get behind
could’ve had her number
she could’ve been the mother of my children
COULD’VE.
but now at least she knows i know ball
and honestly that’s worth more