An ex-lover goes to visit a woman, and both of them
are pleased with it, just the sensation of being together and feeling the
attraction. When he looked at her, she moved quickly away to prepare tea, interrupting
their courtship.
Both of them wanted to speak about what she had said
the last time they met, but she needed time for herself, to grow calm, to feel
free. Friendship was a good option.
He was so comfortable with her that wanted to go on
from where they left off last time, but she tried to stop it from happening
again.
The attraction was in the air, they spoke nervously,
lovingly, they wanted to succumb, but then their friendship would be in danger
and she would suffer.
He wanted to stay but decided to go, she wanted him to
stay but didn’t say, she cried, felt rage. The bell rang and she hoped it was
him; instead it was an old friend: she hugged her and said goodbye.
QUESTIONS
-What do you think about the cliché “[women] long for
tea as strong men long for wine”?
-What kind of traveller are you? What is the
difference between a tourist and a traveller? How can a tourist be respectful
with the environment and the native country?
-Do you think that spoiling things is something in our
nature (tread virgin snow, breaking silence, breaking the smooth surface of the
water)?
-What do you think of that kind of friendship called “friends
with a benefit”? “Sexual love destroys friendship”: According to your point of
view, is it a cliché?
-To your mind, is psychoanalysis effective or is it only
quackery?
-What kind of novels do you like: psychological,
historical, detective / crime novels…? Can you tell us about one you’ve read
recently?
-Tell us some examples of the contradiction between clock
time and psychological time. Do you have any anecdote?
-What do you do when you have a badly timed visitor?
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