{"id":9632,"date":"2015-03-24T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9632"},"modified":"2015-05-03T17:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:43:04","slug":"an-imaginary-conversation-about-not-going-out-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9632","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about not going out so much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time, I am really serious. I am going to spend two consecutive nights at home, except for going to the gym.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re going to the gym again?<\/p>\n<p>Shut up. I haven&#8217;t gone yet, but I signed up yesterday. I was supposed to go tonight but then I went out instead.<\/p>\n<p>What was that about staying home for a few days to recharge?<\/p>\n<p>I stayed home one day. I meant to stay home again, but I was lured out.<\/p>\n<p>Lured? How much arm twisting was there?<\/p>\n<p>Not any to speak of, really.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What did you do?<\/p>\n<p>Happy hour.<\/p>\n<p>Just happy hour?<\/p>\n<p>And stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Stuff?<\/p>\n<p>Stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Again?<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help it.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re going to get arrested!<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t do anything that would get us arreste&#8211;well&#8211;OK, there were a few things that would probably result in fines and court appearances. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;d get taken in though.<\/p>\n<p>You are too old for these shenanigans.<\/p>\n<p>Am not.<\/p>\n<p>Are too.<\/p>\n<p>How old is too old?<\/p>\n<p>17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>17? No way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grown ups need to make out as much as teenagers do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Teenagers don&#8217;t have anywhere else to go. You do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But cars are so&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t say it!<\/p>\n<p>Sentimental? What&#8217;s wrong with sentimental?<\/p>\n<p>Oh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What did you think I was going to say?<\/p>\n<p>Never mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have such a dirty mind!<\/p>\n<p>Me? Pot, kettle, black much?<\/p>\n<p>My mind isn&#8217;t dirty, my actions are.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stop it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You started it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time, I am really serious. I am going to spend two consecutive nights at home, except for going to the gym. You&#8217;re going to the gym again? Shut up. I haven&#8217;t gone yet, but I signed up yesterday. I was supposed to go tonight but then I went out instead. What was that about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9632\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An imaginary conversation about not going out so much<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imaginary-conversation","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2vm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9234,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9234","url_meta":{"origin":9632,"position":0},"title":"An imaginary conversation about kissing","author":"Michelle","date":"February 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you always this responsive? 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