Thank God for that...
I went out for Sushi and Shochu with my neighbor from the Apple store and found out, after much anxiety on my part that he is married. Yahoo! You see, I "friend" much more easily with guys than girls and I'm so tired of meeting great people that want nothing to do with me after thay find out I'm dating someone exclusively.

My relationship is very important to me... but it isn't my entire life and I don't like that my self-introduction seems to require that information. I much prefer NOT to talk about my S.O. unless the conversation comfortably turns that way because otherwise I feel a bit co-dependent and awkward. However, I've disovered that because most men won't ASK if I'm seeing someone and thus assume I'm talking to them because I'm SINGLE, the unfortunate burden of revealing that I don't want to date them (and thus usually cancelling the friendship) falls on me.

I'm glad to have met someone in my neighborhood who I can talk to and who seems genuinely interested in Japan and in learning Japanese, who I can (for the most part) relate to and who is different enough from me that I can learn new things. I live to talk and I love to meet new people to talk with. I've gotten used to weird coincedences happened to me during my stay in Tokyo... but this is one weird coincidence (even with only 2 1/2 months left here) that I can definitely appreciate.