"Tell you?"
"You are married, right?" I said.
"But you knew. I figured you knew." John said.
"Uh-huh. Right. Of course I didn't."
"But I'm wearing a ring."
"How many married people do you think I know? Look, you know I didn't know. You should have said something. But, whatever, it's fine." I said.
"Ok. I don't see what the big deal is."
We actually continued to be friends for some time after that, after I got over being angry at him and feeling stupid. He wasn't such a bad guy and he'd never made me any promises. He did eventually get divorced but he sure wasn't the guy for me. I learned that it helps to know that the guy is married right from the beginning--then it's easy not to get interested. It was a little bit of work to stop being interesting in John, but I managed it. He really was a dope.
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