That's it. Done. I've had it. Tired of beating my head against a brick wall for no result. I'm tired of repeating everything, of pounding everything into his head, of having to be satisfied with less than I want. I'm going to go out and become someone else, just for the night, someone unattached, with no history, no baggage, no expectations. Maybe a nice, attractive, no strings-attached stranger. A fuck with no conscience. A little freedom from my life.
I go to a bar in the city nearby. Not a very nice bar, certainly not the place to go if you want to feel good about yourself the next day, but dimly lit and full of men in various stages of late-night desperation. I go in, looking for something different and dark, something to break me out of my routine. I pick a seat at the bar and order something strong; I want a pleasant, blurry fog to consume me. After a couple of them, the rough edges are beginning to wear away; I feel relaxed enough to look around and survey the crowd. A bunch of sad losers, mostly. Well, I didn't come here for class and sophistication, did I? I spot someone at a table in the back; he's nothing special, but not too bad. Maybe just the guy to take me out of my own head.
I walk over to his table and sit down without asking, something I've never even thought of doing before. I'm pretending to be someone else, someone with confidence, who goes after what I want. This is the opposite of the real me, a role I'm playing. I introduce myself, giving him a name as fake as my persona. He gives me a name, probably fake as well, but it doesn't matter in this game we're playing.