Jim tries his best not to wince at John's wording, and ends up failing utterly. He frowns, resists the urge to tell John to shut up, and shakes his head.
"Really wish you wouldn't use that word," he says. He knows that's just what people call it in John's time, with all the negative implications that come with it, but it just makes it sound like it's wrong, like it's a horrid, disgusting thing. It makes Jim feel sick.
"I'm sure she won't judge you on that. She was... shocked, about us. But she wasn't disgusted by it. If it bothered her, then she would've broken things off with me too. I mean... I'm pretty sure I've slept with more men than you, and I sure as hell wasn't nearly as secretive about it."
Though he has slept with about the same number of women, but that doesn't change the truth in his original statement. And honestly, if Mary were to end her friendship with John because of that, Jim's not sure he could stay with her.
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"Really wish you wouldn't use that word," he says. He knows that's just what people call it in John's time, with all the negative implications that come with it, but it just makes it sound like it's wrong, like it's a horrid, disgusting thing. It makes Jim feel sick.
"I'm sure she won't judge you on that. She was... shocked, about us. But she wasn't disgusted by it. If it bothered her, then she would've broken things off with me too. I mean... I'm pretty sure I've slept with more men than you, and I sure as hell wasn't nearly as secretive about it."
Though he has slept with about the same number of women, but that doesn't change the truth in his original statement. And honestly, if Mary were to end her friendship with John because of that, Jim's not sure he could stay with her.