Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
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so I was talking to her a lot,
and told her all about Bob,

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and how I'd really like to meet him.
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Not thinking anything--
I just said it.

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And then when I was in the hospital,
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she approached me and she said,
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"If you still
really want to meet this guy,

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we can go through The Wish Foundation."
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I was dreading it.
I was telling everybody--

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"And we're going to LA.
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We're going to see this man who has CF.
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And I'm so worried about Sara,
because if she sees him, then--"

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And I guess I worried
that she might be disappointed.

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What is your involvement
with their kind of sexuality?

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That's a really tough question.
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I don't know,
because like I said before...

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bondage is, to me, that's--
I don't know what you'd call it,

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but I can relate to that.
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I guess-- it's the same thing,
I think, with Bob--

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being able
to control your body for a change,

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and being able to control something.
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But it wasn't the S & M that...
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- It certainly was part of it.
- ...attracted her.

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Because it does interest me.
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And I'll go out of the house
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with collars wrapped
around my neck and stuff,

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but not to the extreme.
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But it certainly attracted me,
because, you know,

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you don't hear about people
with diseases being like that.

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You always think of them
being sick and feeble

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and they don't really do anything.
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I keep telling everybody,
and everyone will say,

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"Oh, I can see--
you're going to outlive us all. "

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And I keep saying, "No, I'm not."
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I'm like, "Once I'm 25,
I'm not going to be around."

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And I believed that
and I almost wanted it,

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'cause what can you do after 25?
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I mean, that's a long time!
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To me, I couldn't think that far.

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