Game Four

X: You give me less than I give you.

O: Is it necessary that we give each other the same amount?

X: No. But it should be compulsory.

O: Maybe you’re just not receiving what I’m giving you.

X: And maybe I should find someone that I could receive things from.

O: Can’t you learn to receive from me?

X: I’m not even sure that you’re giving me anything other than that which I’m receiving. I don’t want to take.

O: So what do you think causes this?

X: I don’t think that you’re receiving all that I’m giving you.

O: And what exactly are you trying to give me?

X: Love.

O: I think that I get some of that.

X: Maybe a little. But I’m beginning to think that maybe you really don’t know how to be loved. That maybe you don’t even love yourself.

O: Do you love yourself?

X: Sometimes.

O: Well I love myself sometimes too.

X: Which is why sometimes, sometimes we get along.

O: But isn’t that what relationships are for? To help one another love ourselves?

X: I don’t think so. But even if it is, are we successful at doing that?

O: Sometimes.

X: Sometimes.

O: So shouldn’t we keep trying?

X: I don’t know, I think that there is a love deficit between us.

O: Huh?

 

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