No Revenge?

"So, no revenge against me?" Lisa asked into a sudden silence.

"There's nothing to get back at you for. You're exactly as you said you were and you never lied.

"When you told me about your marriage and how it ended in coldness I didn't want to be an addition to that. A competitive story that only serves to make you feel ill at ease." I feel that I'm talking into a long narrow passageway here. All the possible regret flows around me.

"You did that well enough. It's all for a good cause as now I don't trust anyone and any relationships that I get involved in are obviously impossible."

"So we're both in agreement then that I am a jerk?" This said in a quiet voice which offsets the attempt at humor. The unspoken plea for a real forgiveness seems to hang in the air. Energetic electrons play in the line as Lisa makes a decision.

"I've actually met some bigger jerks then you, and there's no way you could compete in a stupidity race with my ex-husband. He can't even feel bad about what he's done."

"I'm sorry there are so many stupid people out there. I think that in order to be online so much there has to be something missing in us. Some basic drive to see the real world for what it is instead of trying to manipulate a fake one."