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mindfulexportsofvine: I'm slightly confused -- was the "no offense" directed to me? I can't figure out what I would have to be offended about. It appears we came to very similar conclusions. Maybe it wasn't that clear in my post, but I agree about the "difficult man" thing. I don't think there's too big of a difference between the person I was envisioning, who I described as caring very little, and yours, who simply has trouble in relationships. I didn't necessarily mean that the emotions weren't there, but that the person wasn't interested in (or able to be) investing that much into a relationship.

I really like your thoughts on easy, and how it reminds you of calming a horse. I definitely see that. I was interpreting easy in the vein of "I am easy, easy to keep," but I see that there could be a difference in the two. I suppose I just took the clear-cut usage of easy (where it seems obvious it is used to refer to a "state of being easy") and attributed that meaning to the other usages as well, but I think that was simplification on my part.

Regarding the Bloody Mary legend, I played the "game" a lot as a child, but to get more information, consulted Wikipedia. Bloody Mary isn't always, or at least not explicitly, referencing Queen Mary I, and there are references to pregnancies/children, etc. in that. I assume, considering it's a folktale sort of thing, this varies tremendously. I'm slightly confused about what you're saying regarding the mirror legend, so I don't know exactly how to respond.

Again, I don't think the differences are vast between our interpretations. To me, someone having difficulty opening their heart is rather similar to feeling not being wholly reciprocated. After all, if the narrators heart is open wide, and the other's isn't, regardless of it's purposeful or not, there's a lack of reciprocation. That's the sort of situation I was intending to suggest, I believe.