oh okay thought it was just the collecting debts thing didn't realize there were other errands
times square is a good example though cause when I heard tourists love going there now I couldn't wrap my head around it at all since it was a red light district before until the 70s? or something like that but yeah that's all I knew it for strip clubs and sex workers
really? that's fuckin bonkers dude it's the worst now everything's loud and people are always riding your ass not in the 70s way
thinking of you coming back from a long day of avenging whatever the fuck to a room with a couple chairs and your mason jar full of water makes me sad, okay? i don't fuckin know because you deserve better
I mean...we had Broadway it's just not what you're thinking as Broadway it's only what it is now because of what it used to be though and I don't know I just used to keep up with stuff like that is all maybe I'm not suited for it anymore though
even a $300 couch is $300 I will have to abandon if I need to go though it's not really that practical
it's not bad? I just genuinely don't know what you mean by nice things here I live comfortably, have a shower, have hot water, have full a/c, have a well stocked kitchen that I use regularly
oh okay i mean if you wanted to go though we could
then whatever, if you have to go let me know and i'll take care of it as in sell it or something. not arson
where do you eat when you finish making meals with your well-stocked kitchen over the sink? because i mean big relate but we can't both eat over the sink
if you want to. it's not that i don't, i'm just neutral unless you do. does that makes sense?
[ he was intrigued by the ✨ this is a date activity right?? ✨ of it all moreso than a desire to see hamilton. (it would have to be hamilton, there are so many banger songs featuring his name...) ]
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okay well i'm gonna buy a coffee table for me and leave it at your place until i get around to picking it back up
I mean, might as well do the whole new york experience while i'm there, right? is there anything you wanna see? like, if you were thinking of it already
[ oh no... did he do the thing again? he did the thing. he said too much or pushed too much or was simply Too Much. if he could stop having feelings forever, that would be real cool. or at least if he could stop having the bad ones. ]
it's not trouble i'm sorry if i pissed you off, dude i won't try to get you anything if you like how you're living
it'd probably be easier if you directed us, for that I don't really know a lot of the modern things worth seeing I'm more than willing to follow your lead, you know I trust you
I'm not pissed? I'm not sure where you got that impression I just want you to be comfortable when you visit and I don't want to worry you
[ (it's still hamilton. he's just now also insisting on being a dipshit about it.)
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i'm telling you i wanna do something nice for you and you're like, fighting me every step of the way with reasons why i shouldn't. if i wanna blow $300 on a couch from target or something that gets trashed if you have to leave the next fuckin day, that's still something i wanted to do and wouldn't feel bad about.
but i don't wanna push it on you if you really don't want anything either, so i'm trying to back off. it's just hard.
I'm not trying to fight you but maybe our perspectives are just too different so it's hard to reconcile for the both of us? I grew up really poor so just buying someone a couch is a pretty big deal, when I'm from and given the norms I'm used to, and to me $300 is a lot to throw at a couch that might only be used once because of how I grew up, I'm very attuned to the notion of waste also I know you haven't really seen that side of me yet but for example food waste is something that's very difficult for me to witness and put up with monetary waste is several pegs down, but still not something I'm accustomed to
in some ways, I'm sort of forgetting you can have anything you want and money is no consequence to you, so that is a little on me but also I don't feel comfortable with you throwing around money for my sake just cause you can too I don't want you to think that's what I'm here for or that that's the only way to treat me to something nice and I don't want to get used to having whatever I want whenever I want either since that would change the person that I am
i mean, i kinda got the food thing. with the mason jars. but
yeah. i think it makes sense. i didn't grow up super poor but it's not like we were rolling in it either. we didn't starve but we weren't doing a whole lot of... i dunno, extracurricular bullshit my parents blamed me for that but that's another thing but anyway, i know this has been my situation for awhile but i still don't really know what to do with money and i know that probably sounds really fuckin' stupid to you. i know. like, what a dumbass am i, don't know what plates to buy or how to dress nice or whatever, boo hoo so i guess if i have money and you don't or i can do something to make your life better, i wanna do that. because what the fuck else am i gonna do? hookers and blow? that was a joke dude i can't believe we're fighting over fucking furniture that's married people shit
I understand though I wouldn't know what to do with that money either it's not stupid how about we see what there is and maybe buy just one piece for now? and when you come again we can maybe look at another? that way we know I'm still in the same place, right?
if it's not clear though, thank you I really am grateful that you want to do something nice for me
i dunno man, what are we gonna do about last names? 😉
yeah to be clear i was just thinking either a couch or a coffee table like you already have chairs but then you'd have a place to put things that isn't like an official table. like it's multi-functional
[ he put so much thought into furnishing an apartment he hasn't even seen, bless his cotton socks. ]
yeah, of course dude like i said, y'know you deserve nice shit at least like base level nice shit
mmm maybe we should just keep em separate alex barnes sounds so white bread but my name already barely fits the character count for credit cards and shit
i just mean because you don't want anything hella fancy you're still gonna get the best coffee table ikea can buy
i mean it's still my "real" name. i just don't give it to anyone anyway those need some work if you're really trying to russian it up, it would be more like baronov. or barnsov, barnesov. let's go nuts, barnznakov one of those wouldn't be too bad 🤔
yeah for sure nothing as hella romantic as the warehouse lighting in an ikea, deadass
didn't know how Russian you still wanted it since I'm boring white bread compared to you British background and all that Barnznakov feels very intimate I like that I was trying to make it easier on your credit cards though 🙂
what's wrong with the warehouse lighting? I think IKEA is nice
oh damn well we definitely have to fix that then and yeah I think that'd help it wouldn't feel as empty that way because part of you would always be here
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oh okaythought it was just the collecting debts thing
didn't realize there were other errandstimes square is a good example though cause when I heard tourists love going there now I couldn't wrap my head around it at allsince it was a red light district beforeuntil the 70s? or something like that but yeah that's all I knew it forstrip clubs and sex workerssad? why sad?no subject
that's fuckin bonkers dude
it's the worst now
everything's loud and people are always riding your ass
not in the 70s way
thinking of you coming back from a long day of avenging whatever the fuck to a room with a couple chairs and your mason jar full of water makes me sad, okay? i don't fuckin know
because you deserve better
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yeahstill gotta go in the area if I wanna check Broadway though
which is a whole other headachehmfor posterity, I'm not an Avengerit's easier to live this way when I might have to relocate at any timeI'm not sure what you think I deserve though
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i mean that makes sense, it's not like you... had them
but d'you have something you wanna see?
whatever, you know what i meant
yeah i mean i'm not saying go get a $9,000 couch from some high-end place in chelsea
the pillow thing was a joke
nice things? i dunno. i think you deserve nice things
is that so fuckin bad???
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I mean...we had Broadwayit's just not what you're thinking as Broadway
it's only what it is now because of what it used to be thoughand I don't know I just used to keep up with stuff like that is allmaybe I'm not suited for it anymore though
even a $300 couch is $300 I will have to abandon if I need to go thoughit's not really that practicalit's not bad?I just genuinely don't know what you mean by nice things hereI live comfortably, have a shower, have hot water, have full a/c, have a well stocked kitchen that I use regularlyno subject
okay
i mean if you wanted to go though we could
then whatever, if you have to go let me know and i'll take care of it
as in sell it or something. not arson
where do you eat when you finish making meals with your well-stocked kitchen
over the sink?
because i mean big relate but we can't both eat over the sink
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would you want to?( he can't tell if alex is saying it because he wants to or just because he thinks bucky might want to. )...you're out in Boston how will you handle any of that remotely??varies between the counter, floor, and chairit's not uncomfortable
I have two sinks don't worry 🙂no subject
[ he was intrigued by the ✨ this is a date activity right?? ✨ of it all moreso than a desire to see hamilton. (it would have to be hamilton, there are so many banger songs featuring his name...) ]
carefully
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okay well i'm gonna buy a coffee table for me and leave it at your place until i get around to picking it back up
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I think it'd be interesting, if you would like to go( passes the ball back to alex. )
okaysure
if you need to
sorry for the troubleno subject
[ oh no... did he do the thing again? he did the thing. he said too much or pushed too much or was simply Too Much. if he could stop having feelings forever, that would be real cool. or at least if he could stop having the bad ones. ]
it's not trouble
i'm sorry if i pissed you off, dude
i won't try to get you anything if you like how you're living
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it'd probably be easier if you directed us, for thatI don't really know a lot of the modern things worth seeing
I'm more than willing to follow your lead, you knowI trust youI'm not pissed? I'm not sure where you got that impressionI just want you to be comfortable when you visitand I don't want to worry you
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i know what we can see 🙂
[ (it's still hamilton. he's just now also insisting on being a dipshit about it.)
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i'm telling you i wanna do something nice for you and you're like, fighting me every step of the way with reasons why i shouldn't. if i wanna blow $300 on a couch from target or something that gets trashed if you have to leave the next fuckin day, that's still something i wanted to do and wouldn't feel bad about.
but i don't wanna push it on you if you really don't want anything either, so i'm trying to back off. it's just hard.
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yeah? 🙂I'm not trying to fight you but maybe our perspectives are just too different so it's hard to reconcile for the both of us?I grew up really poor so just buying someone a couch is a pretty big deal, when I'm from and given the norms I'm used to, and to me $300 is a lot to throw at a couch that might only be used oncebecause of how I grew up, I'm very attuned to the notion of waste alsoI know you haven't really seen that side of me yet but for example food waste is something that's very difficult for me to witness and put up with
monetary waste is several pegs down, but still not something I'm accustomed toin some ways, I'm sort of forgetting you can have anything you want and money is no consequence to you, so that is a little on mebut also I don't feel comfortable with you throwing around money for my sake just cause you can too
I don't want you to think that's what I'm here for or that that's the only way to treat me to something niceand I don't want to get used to having whatever I want whenever I want either since that would change the person that I am
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i mean, i kinda got the food thing. with the mason jars. but
yeah. i think it makes sense. i didn't grow up super poor but it's not like we were rolling in it either. we didn't starve but we weren't doing a whole lot of... i dunno, extracurricular bullshit
my parents blamed me for that but that's another thing
but anyway, i know this has been my situation for awhile but i still don't really know what to do with money
and i know that probably sounds really fuckin' stupid to you. i know. like, what a dumbass am i, don't know what plates to buy or how to dress nice or whatever, boo hoo
so i guess if i have money and you don't or i can do something to make your life better, i wanna do that. because what the fuck else am i gonna do? hookers and blow?
that was a joke
dude i can't believe we're fighting over fucking furniture
that's married people shit
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☺️if it's married people shit, are you proposing? 🙂I understand thoughI wouldn't know what to do with that money either
it's not stupidhow about we see what there is and maybe buy just one piece for now? and when you come again we can maybe look at another?that way we know I'm still in the same place, right?
if it's not clear though, thank youI really am grateful that you want to do something nice for meno subject
yeah to be clear i was just thinking either a couch or a coffee table
like you already have chairs but then you'd have a place to put things that isn't like an official table. like it's multi-functional
[ he put so much thought into furnishing an apartment he hasn't even seen, bless his cotton socks. ]
yeah, of course dude
like i said, y'know
you deserve nice shit
at least like base level nice shit
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would you rather combine, keep yours, or use mine? I'm generally open to what my partner prefers, though I am mostly know as James Barnes( just says that all plainly because it's also true. )
suremakes sense
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alex barnes sounds so white bread but my name already barely fits the character count for credit cards and shit
i just mean because you don't want anything hella fancy
you're still gonna get the best coffee table ikea can buy
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Alexander Karanes maybeor Alexander Barmov?
I'm assuming you wouldn't want to use your original last name( since he changed it. )
ohright
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anyway those need some work
if you're really trying to russian it up, it would be more like baronov. or barnsov, barnesov. let's go nuts, barnznakov
one of those wouldn't be too bad 🤔
yeah for sure
nothing as hella romantic as the warehouse lighting in an ikea, deadass
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didn't know how Russian you still wanted itsince I'm boring white bread compared to you
British background and all that
Barnznakov feels very intimateI like that
I was trying to make it easier on your credit cards though 🙂what's wrong with the warehouse lighting?I think IKEA is niceno subject
you're great white bread
like a good sourdough
anyway it's the same length as karamazov so 🤷🏻
i was joshing you
talking shit
hey do you want a shark
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I meant my suggestions, silly 🙂you mean the IKEA plush?( yes, he uses the internet. )suremaybe we get a couple
one for each of us 🙂no subject
yeah, blahaj
i used to have one but something happened to it so
sounds like we've gotta get two
it's really gonna bring your place together
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cause I'm soft and fluffy on the inside?oh damnwell we definitely have to fix that then
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