Same old story again and again. This time, though, there is potentially more than one story - I'm not sure. What do I get from this? Maybe I can become less needy, or learn to have no involvement. But it's always a facade, we both know it's not going to last. Edit: watched a movie today. Reminds me of how I set another standard, albeit not so impossible as all the other ones. She must smile a lot. Like you, woman on the sofa: I can't be with somebody who doesn't show me happiness. Because I can't feel happiness by myself? Not really. But let's say that I couldn't be happy if you were sad. That's more like it. Still shitty, but less strict. At least I know what I'm fighting against. But as I told a friend few days ago, I want happiness, not anything else; and right now happiness is achieving emotional stability long enough to conclude my work here. As long as I have that, I'm happy. The problem is that it's so hard to get anything stable and sound, these days, I'm more like a child trying to explore the world and hurting himself on the way. I can't stay still. I can't hold something long enough.