I am not sure that Russell would say it QUITE like that, but he might make the point that he started letters to his beloved fiancee "Esteemed friend," and once they were married they would ABSOLUTELY have been banging, so Andrew needs to stop being so weird about the word friend already.
"What if I used another word instead of esteemed? Beloved friend? Would that suit you?"
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Date: 2021-09-08 11:03 pm (UTC)"What if I used another word instead of esteemed? Beloved friend? Would that suit you?"