Because even though you know it's causing him searing pain, he still sticks with it….
I love Green Wing.  Bought it as an import and modified my DVD player to play region 2 DVDs just for that show.

"They've taken a pen and crossed out the word, 'radiologist', along with the 'onslta'."
"So your badge reads, 'Dr. Allan Statham, cunt.'   Again."

Bless you, K.Thrace.

@Hussman38:disqus  Thanks for the note.  I am in agreement on most of this, but in general, I do like myself and think I am a pretty darn good guy (this situation excepted, of course).  The only thing I would say is I'm getting older and miss the hell out of a great relationship.  I see and talk to people all the…

You are a peach.  Thanks for a perspective I could not have come up with on my own.  Even though I've never met you, I consider this an act of friendship and I am grateful.  I hope to keep you and everyone else posted on my progress in the upcoming weeks/months/years.

@avclub-330671103d4be2bf266f714e49f8579b:disqus Because I have seen people here tiptoe around the truth for fellow posters.  I wanted the honest truth, from the gut, and I got it.  
Well done, everyone, and sincere thanks to you all!  Time for me to digest some of this food for thought.

@avclub-011d0b4fe6835bb3d37ef4e0ea713de6:disqus 
You're a wonderful person and I truly appreciate your support.  Thanks for the anecdote and the perspective.  The truth is, I did get an awful lot out of it.  Not all I hoped for, to be sure, but it was great to have long, involved conversations about anything and…

I feel like Colonel Klink:  "Yes, General Burkhalter, I AM an idiot…."

@avclub-011d0b4fe6835bb3d37ef4e0ea713de6:disqus  Damn, you're good.  She is mid-thirties.  It would have been one thing if she'd continued with this behavior, but she impressed me by realizing it had gone too far, and she was the only one who could do something about it.  She did, and good things are happening in her…

Not over-analysing.  You are correct; that was one of the problems they worked through.

Thanks @avclub-84ca205fe6bc691c41c3bfe5a2820a15:disqus for your honest opinion.  Mitigated feelings are not the worst thing that can happen.  Right now I am friends with two women I dated very seriously many years ago.  It took a long time to accept that I was no longer special to them, but after years of sending Xmas…

Bravo, @avclub-7b854e1c9778aa8ff839837766cf71d3:disqus   This is a brilliant post and seems to be as close to the unvarnished truth as anything I could imagine.  It may have made things a lot easier if SM had just been able to find a nice girl on his own during those two years—he didn't shut himself off from dating…

The rest of the story is Sue and her husband are doing well, and SM is finally coming around to being her friend.  He's not a complete idiot; just a selfish, immature, lonely idiot.  Things will be fine.  that's why God invented time.

Thanks, man.  You're right, of course.  There's so much more to it, and from all the comments I'm reading, it's clear I edited out way too much before posting.  (tl;dr and all that).  Still, the right things happened in the long run (see below) and SM may or may not ever meet any other MPDGs or whatever the fuck, but…

Damn, I'm only home for a brief lunch break and want to respond to a lot of these.

Paul Simon - "Crazy Love, Vol. II"
Van Morrison - "You Make Me Feel So Free"
Maynard Ferguson - "Mister Mellow"
The Doobie Brothers - "Eyes Of Silver"
Gaelic Storm - "Time, Drink 'Em Up"

Okay, what the hell; I need to get ready for work.

Is it like the Bat Signal?  If I type in something for "Dear Savage Dik", will @Dikachu:disqus come to the rescue?  Or will he just come?  Stay tuned.  Same Bat time, Same Bat channel

@avclub-a215578c8e0b9df3f3f1202ac8c37d14:disqus  Just a couple questions — Can there BE a winner if no punches are landed?  Can we bet on the coconut that lands on Gilligan's head and gives him amnesia?

Man, you are REALLY good if you can take a savage crap and still be full of shit.