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WCDT Strips 3206 to 3210 (25 to 29 April 2016)
Endellion:
Marten is not completely blameless in this situation, given that his relationship with Claire has gone pretty much trouble free she no doubt expects Emily to say yes, they go on to have a million babies and Claire gets to name one Fighter Jet.
And going back to an earlier post:
--- Quote from: neurocase on 28 Apr 2016, 02:22 ---We know from previous strips that Clinton cares for Claire and is protective of her, and we know that Claire cares for Clinton. They'll get through this, and with luck have a more adult relationship as a result. Kudos to Jeph for creating great characters to whom we can relate so strongly.
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If Claire cares for Clin-ton, does that make her a Claire Bear? :claireface:
Enough silliness, Serious point: In the nucleur fallout from that bust-up; Claire has Marten to go back to and in doing so gets another view point on the prior situation: yes you did it with the best intentions at heart but in the manner you did it you fucked up. Clinton, on the other hand, has...no one to rebound off. Other than his Jock-type room mate which in my opinion isn't the best person for him to vent at.
Case:
--- Quote from: WareWolf on 28 Apr 2016, 09:59 ---...
Also: given Emily's lack of any skills at pretense, I don't think she was trying to reject Clinton because she doesn't like him. I think she really is that busy.
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Can't speak for CS grad students, but methinks it's not such a far-fetched idea, especially the closer one gets to writing up the dissertation. It's by no means mandatory for STEM grad students to eschew possible romantic involvements - e.g because you "simply have no space left on your harddrive", or because you fear introducing anything into your life that might upset your precariously balanced mental workings - but ... it's not unheard of. I've done it, once (Or rather: It was a strong contributing factor). There's a lot of pressure to graduate as fast as you can, especially if you want to have a shot at staying @Uni - STEM academe is pretty ageist.
That Emily's aptitude at confabulation is approximately equal to that of a falling brick - I think that's just the good old "John von Neumann"-trope.
TL;DR - I don't think it would have mattered much if Clinton had hesitated less with his asking for a 2nd date. Sometimes it isn't lack of attraction, or assertiveness, or whatever - but simply people realizing they are at the wrong places in their lives right now.
Kugai:
It shall be interesting to see where this goes after this one and what will happen when Claire and Clinton meet up again, most likely at their mothers house at some stage.
Neko_Ali:
For the record, I don't think Emily is opposed to the idea of dating Clinton. Despite his acting way out of character during said date, she seemed to mostly enjoy it. And I notice that Clinton still seems to be sporting the same hair style, which means he's been maintaining it over the last few months. I'm interested to see if he did any more work on the tattoo, or maybe had it removed?
DonInKansas:
On a lighter note, snuffly Claire makes her nose ring look like a huge booger is hanging from her nose.
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