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Originally posted by BusinessMan:
I mean, I've known plenty of girls that are in love with a guy, but don't want to complicate their friendship, and this is a magnified version of that. That is my opinion anyways.

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Originally posted by Marina:
I think she left because she was hurt - despite their words-without-speaking relationship, they did have an arrangement with each other. Mal knew it, that's why he looked so embarassed and regretful when he ran into her in the hallway. So long as neither of them had engaged in any kind of sexual or romantic relationship with someone else (e.g. not a professionla companion relationship) there was the potential to work things out. Once he stepped over the line it brought the question of their relationship to the breaking point, and for Inara the solution was to neutralize the problem by stepping away from it....

...I think I would have done the same thing - both of them were torturing themselves day in and day out (anyone here every lived with someone you were in love with but couldn't have, and knew they felt the same way for you? that pit in your stomach gets bigger and bigger).

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I mean, I've known plenty of girls that are in love with a guy, but don't want to complicate their friendship, and this is a magnified version of that. That is my opinion anyways.

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But do you think BusinessMan, that these women would actually sacrifice the friendship for the sake of the friendship itself. If they are going to walk away anyway why not confront the situation first?

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Actually ethan, sadly, yes. One of my very good friends sacrificed the entire friendship because she thought that it would ruin the friendship by her liking him, even if she didn't act on it, rather paradoxical, I know. When relationships come into the picture, all logic goes out the window. But I still don't think that is the main reason that she left. It wasn't to save their friendship.

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Originally posted by BusinessMan:
When relationships come into the picture, all logic goes out the window. But I still don't think that is the main reason that she left. It wasn't to save their friendship.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I blame it all on Desperate Housewives. Inara loved that show so much.

Desperate Housewives is one of the few American shows Communist China actually allows its citizens to watch, but it should be noted that they call it "Crazy Housewives", no doubt to show China how messed up we are in America. And if you don't think that China thinks we're all like that after watching "Crazy Housewives" every week, tell that to Paul Hogan and all the Austrailians who we think walk around with boomerangs and macheties, wrestling crocodiles and saying crazy things like "Krikey!" or "Let's throw another shrimp on the barbie mate!"

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