Jenny agreed to meet me for a drink on the patio of SpaHa.*

i decided to walk down and see if i could let off some steam. there were some idiot skateboarders fucking around on the Baldwin Steps. one of them asked if i was in the mood for a quick one in the brush behind the Spadina Museum.

i ignored him and pressed on. when i got to the light i turned back and looked at them at the top of the stairs. "Fuck you!" it was all i could think of to say. they laughed and hooted, happy that they'd gotten a rise out of me.

i forged on.

while i walked, the conversation i had with Sandy the night before came back. i still think that mostly people end up with the wrong people--or that we're attracted to the wrong people, anyway.

i once read this really weird study that some university had done regarding the pill. though i found it kind of scary and haunting, it was also informative. apparently, in a "natural state" (i.e., not on the pill), men and women are attracted to each other based on pheromones and scents. when scientists checked the immune systems of the couples they found that they were opposite--ie, ideal.

if these two people mate, the offspring will benefit by having a combination of the two diverse immune systems.

however, what researchers found in this study is that women on the pill were being attracted to the "wrong" man. meaning that, when on the pill, these women were attracted to men with like immune systems thereby providing their offspring with the weakest of immune systems. this, of course, was a bad thing.

apparently, the pill was affecting women's ability to subconsciously "smell" or sense the proper mate.

further, the scientists speculated that the use of the pill was also one reason for the increase in the divorce rate. they looked at it this way:

1. woman on pill is attracted to "wrong" man.
2. couple hooks up.
3. couple gets married.
4. couple decides to have kids.
5. woman goes off pill.
6. all of a sudden... no more attraction.
7. divorce, and, possibly
8. single mother.

as i say, i found the whole thing rather disturbing. i'd read about it in a science book and it so bothered me that i didn't read any of the other articles in the book. it was a while ago and i'd almost forgotten about it but saying what i said to Sandy musta shook it loose.

i crossed Bloor street and entered the annex, heading down Spadina towards Harbord.

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