MorganLaFey: am I too needy?

WScranton8: woah, where did that come from?

WScranton8: and hello to you too

WScranton8: no you are not too needy

MorganLaFey: thanks, hi, I just needed reassurance

MorganLaFey: I’ve just been realizing how much I rely on my close friends

MorganLaFey: and I don’t want to seem a burden

WScranton8: c’mon Morgan, you know you aren’t a burden

WScranton8: what’s all this about?

MorganLaFey: oh, just a bunch of things all at once

MorganLaFey: and they’re all minor, you’d probably laugh at me, but they bother me

WScranton8: you know I would never laugh at you

MorganLaFey: that is a damn lie, you do it all the time

WScranton8: ok, ok, I would laugh at you, but only when you want me to

WScranton8: there’s a difference, you know?

MorganLaFey: yeah, I know :-)

MorganLaFey: but last week my mom was telling me how much I talk to her about you

MorganLaFey: and my office friend

MorganLaFey: like, apparently you guys are like all I talk about

MorganLaFey: which is super embarrassing forget I said that

MorganLaFey: and then today one of my coworkers had some nasty things to say about how much time I spend with my office friend

MorganLaFey: and I realized I spend just about as much time with you online

MorganLaFey: and it suddenly bothered me a lot

WScranton8: so you talk to your mom about me? ;-)

MorganLaFey: is that really all you got from what I just said?

WScranton8: no, but I figure we should go through stuff slowly

WScranton8: and stop dodging the question

MorganLaFey: dude, we’ve been friends for ten years, of course I’ve talked to my mom about you

MorganLaFey: she used to monitor my internet use!

WScranton8: ah, I didn’t say “talked”

WScranton8: and you didn’t say “talked”

WScranton8: I (and you) said “talk”

WScranton8: so, you talk to your mom about me? :-P

MorganLaFey: fine, yes

MorganLaFey: I talk to my mom about you

WScranton8: good, because my mom has a whole dossier on you

WScranton8: I think it’s in three volumes by now

WScranton8: I shudder to think how bad it would be if I, like, knew your real name ;-)

MorganLaFey: stalker :-P

WScranton8: technically I said my mom was the stalker

WScranton8: but point taken

WScranton8: anyway, I think it’s sweet, and of course I also talk to my mom about you

WScranton8: but no binders

MorganLaFey: yet ;-)

WScranton8: well, I can’t promise for the future, that’s true :-P

MorganLaFey: :-P

WScranton8: and no, you don’t bother me by talking to me online

WScranton8: if anything, I worry I’m bothering you

WScranton8: my evenings are pretty free, but I’m constantly surprised that yours are too

MorganLaFey: oh, mine are booked solid

WScranton8: ???

MorganLaFey: I have this standing arrangement with a friend

MorganLaFey: maybe someday you’ll meet him

MorganLaFey: he gets online around 8-9, so do I, and we chat about life

WScranton8: sounds like a stand-up guy

MorganLaFey: I tend to think so :-)

WScranton8: so no worries on that score. What’s left…oh yeah, your office friend and your coworker

WScranton8: can I ask…is this coworker someone you like? trust? are generally friends with?

WScranton8: or is he or she a busybody?

MorganLaFey: I’m going to go with column B

WScranton8: and is what they had to say a real issue of workplace morale or productivity, or a personal pet peeve?

MorganLaFey: I’d go with B again

WScranton8: then I don’t think you have much to worry about

WScranton8: unless your office friend himself comes and complains, I think you’re probably good

MorganLaFey: thanks :-)

WScranton8: you’re welcome

WScranton8: and if I may say so, you came to the right place

WScranton8: I am a noted expert in issues of coworker relations and the maintenance of friendships

WScranton8: why, I even have a coworker friend myself!

MorganLaFey: oh that’s right, normal chick. How’s she doing?

WScranton8: she’s great

MorganLaFey: I remember you saying that before ;-)

WScranton8: well it’s still true

MorganLaFey: I’m glad

MorganLaFey: so, thanks for talking me down off the ledge

WScranton8: anytime

MorganLaFey: yeah, but that’s supposed to be a polite nicety you say to a friend

MorganLaFey: and I find myself taking advantage of you for it way too often

WScranton8: hey, I mean it

WScranton8: just because some people are frivolous with their language doesn’t mean I am

WScranton8: when I say anytime, I mean anytime

MorganLaFey: thanks :-)

MorganLaFey: you’re a good friend

WScranton8: thanks

WScranton8: so are you