[ Matt smiles ruefully at "good little soldier." He's not exactly great at following orders, himself. (Except as an extracurricular, and even there his record isn't spotless. Did you mean to be such a brat tonight? at least one partner has asked. Devastating.) ]
Don't get me wrong, I want to help. [ That's part of what makes this whole thing so hard: For Matt, sitting out could never be an option. ] But this decision feels pretty important. [ Spoken with his typical talent for understatement. ] I'm open to more information--I need all the help I can get--but I don't think it'd be right to let somebody pressure me into going one way or the other.
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[ Matt smiles ruefully at "good little soldier." He's not exactly great at following orders, himself. (Except as an extracurricular, and even there his record isn't spotless. Did you mean to be such a brat tonight? at least one partner has asked. Devastating.) ]
Don't get me wrong, I want to help. [ That's part of what makes this whole thing so hard: For Matt, sitting out could never be an option. ] But this decision feels pretty important. [ Spoken with his typical talent for understatement. ] I'm open to more information--I need all the help I can get--but I don't think it'd be right to let somebody pressure me into going one way or the other.