Episode 12 - Forever??
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ROSLYN: You've reached the Love and Luck Podcast.
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KANE: Hey, sorry again for leaving without waking you, but you're so cute when you sleep, I can never bear the thought of it. Love you.
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JASON: It does kind of make me sad when I wake up and you're not here - but on the other hand, whenever that happens, I roll over and look at my phone and you've always left me a voicemail, and that 100% makes up for it.
Also, I can then starfish on the bed and mess up the blankets without actually being a nuisance to you, so that's good too.
I'm pretty sure at this point we're the last people on earth using voicemails instead of just texting like normal people, but I don't care. I love it, and I love you, and I hope we keep doing this cheesy bullshit forever.
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JASON: [Anxious] Hey, uh, I mean, I don't mean like... forever forever. I just mean, like, a long time. I mean, unless you like the idea of forever, but that's... I mean, that's not what I meant, but if you want that then... you know, it's just, forever can mean a lot of things, and like, I didn't necessarily mean all of the things forever can mean when I said it, you know? Yeah.
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JASON: [Freaking out] I mean, I'm not saying that I definitely don't want to be with you forever! I mean, I love being with you and I don't want this to end anytime soon! Or, uh, ever, I guess? But like, it's just that forever is a really long time, and I mean, I don't want either of us to feel pressured by that, you know?
And I mean, am I even able to promise forever? Is that even possible? I mean... shit happens, life happens, and I don't want to break a promise like that to you, you know? I love you way too much to break a promise that's that important, but life doesn't always play out the way we intend, and... so... I'm just not sure I could even make that promise, considering that I don't know if I could keep it? You know?
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JASON: [Still freaked out] I mean, that's even assuming that you're even okay with that kind of promise in the first place, which is a whole other discussion, which we haven't even had. And I don't want to make assumptions about how you feel, you know? I just... you know, it's a really big thing, and I don't want to take it lightly, and so I don't want you to think that... I mean... I mean I know I just kind of said it lightly in the first place and that's what started me on all this but it's just... it's such a complicated and serious thing... and I probably shouldn't have done that... I don't know.
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JASON: [Calmly] Hey, so, listen. These magic powers we have? Could you use yours to make the ground swallow me whole so that I don't have to live with knowing I left you those ridiculously freaked out voicemails? Thanks.
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KANE: [Stifling laughter] Hey, I love you too. Don't feel bad about the voicemails. They're cute, in a weird kind of way.
And we can keep doing this for as long as it makes us both happy, I think. If that's forever, then, great! If it's only a few years, then at least they'll be a wonderful few years.
And if it's only a week or so, well, that's awkward since we just decided to move in together, but that's totally okay too. Let's aim a little closer to forever than a week though, yeah? I've already given notice to my housemates and started packing boxes, so it'd be super annoying to have to cancel that.
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JASON: Well, for the sake of convenience, it's pretty clear that we're going to have to stay together. You know, so we don't bother your housemates unnecessarily.
[Seriously] Seriously though, uh... thank you. I'm sorry for freaking out. I love you, and I'll try and contain my freakouts a little better in future.
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KANE: Hey, don't worry too hard about containing it. Dealing with each other's freakouts is a pretty big part of this whole relationship thing, so I hear. I love you.
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ROSLYN: Love and Luck is written by Erin Kyan, and produced by Passer Vulpes Productions. Kane is voiced by Lee Davis-Thalbourne. Jason is voiced by Erin Kyan. Credits spoken by Roslyn Quin. Recorded by Kermie Breydon.
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