further to my journal yesterday:

I talked to him about it. evidently, yesterday's status debate is a status of convenience. it is easier, says he, to let this other guy have the in-a-relationship status because it both placates him and also beats off other potential one-night-lookers-for. it makes sense to me, since both juliana and I have done this on satan's website (facebook), both independently and, once, together.

damn it. this kind of makes me like him more.