Heals The Original Dryness

aileen: i just had one more thought i wanted to share
ethan: hm?
ai: this fucking individualist society
e: uh...huh...?
ai: basically tonight i was in a position where i was basically bluntly asking for companionship and feeling incredibly scared and vulnerable and silly for doing that
e: no need to feel silly
ai: and i was thinking about that and just like how it is so ingrained in us, in me at least, that i need to be independant and be able to survive on my own and not need a relationship and shit like that
e: right. well, it's needed at times, but not all the time.
ai: but you know what, we are social creatures, and there is nothing wrong with me for functioning better when i have someone else around to support me and appriciate me and help the world seem like less of a painful alone place that is scary and fucked up
e: i agree
ai: but yeah the feeling scared and silly asking for companionship when really its somethign that more people should be comfortable asking for cause i think we'd be more happy that way, but its the whole stigma of "asking for help" and "why can't you just survive on your own and be happy?" and really thats bull shit man...
e: i completely agree with you
e: (although, as a guy, i'm not supposed to)
ai: yeah, guys are never supposed to ask for directions
e: nope
ai: *sigh* fucking american society....
e: amen