Fact or Crap

"Fact or Crap: The button was invented 200 years before the buttonhole."


I don't remember the answer to that card. I don't really remember any answers since you left before you told me so let's start with a list.


Fact: The button would be stupid without the buttonhole. It just doesn't make sense.
(fact: i'm stupid without you.)


Fact: Buttons are pretty, though. I guess people could have used them as decoration or something.
(fact: is she pretty? that other woman? i bet she's pretty.)


Fact: Decorations usually stay decorative, though. I mean, nobody looks at a sequin and goes "Hey, I could fasten something with this!"
(fact: i bet you never think of me anymore, either. i wonder how long it took you to forget.)


Fact: The button was probably a Victorian invention or something though, right? And people thought of strange things back then.
(fact: i never saw it coming back then. i thought you were just tired. not tired of me.)


Fact: People still use buttons just for decoration. Like those buttons on the sleeves of dress shirts that you can never quite button by yourself.
(fact: you're still gone. i keep thinking you'll come back, like it was all just a joke, but this one's fact. you're still gone.)


Fact: So, I guess that could be true. Yeah, the button was probably invented first. That's a fact.
(fact: it doesn't matter. you're not around to hear the answer. it's just me playing now. that's a fact too.)


"Fact or Crap: I love you."
"...Fact."
"No. Crap."