Geekman's concept of 'helpful' differs from mine

"Geekman, I got an email from [former boyfriend] today to say he's coming here for a conference and wants to meet us for lunch."

"The evangelical fundamentalist one? Doesn't he already want us to go for coffee with him when we are in NZ?"

"Uh-huh."

"I think I'm going to have to be unavailable."

"If you're 'unavailable' on both days, he'll think I made you up. Anyway, it'll be mind-numbingly boring without someone to roll my eyes at when he isn't looking."

"If you want to liven it up, you could try and convert him to atheism. Added bonus: he might change his mind about the second meeting."

"I don't want to get in a fight with him. That would be too stressful."

"So why don't you just hire a stunt double?"