well, we had the talk. it came down to this:

• no exclusivity
• no exclusivity
• no exclusivity

i told him i happen to be a bull in a china shop full of other people's hearts. i told him i am afraid i am going to hurt him because i have the tendency to be so self-absorbed. he told me he's very jealous; i told him i'm not. i said i wouldn't date another austrian, that i wouldn't date at all. he said, i said, this will probably end badly but that's not enough to make us stop.