Alaina Urquhart

And according to Dennis, David was, quote, according to Dennis, David was, quote, inferior intellectually and dependent socially.

That's rude.

Yeah.

By the summer of 1977, both men had begun seeing other people and barely spoke to each other when they were at home.

Oh, wow.

Finally, in late summer, it had become clear that this was coming to an end.

According to David, he simply packed up his bags one night and left in search of somewhere new.

To peace out.

In his version of events, Dennis says that he insisted that David move out.

It's unclear which one of these is accurate, but because of Dennis's really deep fears of abandonment and his propensity for fantasy and embellishment, it's entirely possible that he created his complete own narrative just to protect himself from the psychological pain of this whole thing.

Yeah.

Damn, this is fucking tragic.

In the months that followed this, Dennis filled most of his time with work, working his regular job at the employment center and picking up shifts with a catering company.

And when he wasn't working, he could be found at one of the local pubs.

But if he hoped either of these things were going to improve his life, he quickly learned otherwise.

The bars were still full of people who seemed pretty uninterested in having a relationship with him.

And at both jobs, his employers frowned upon his politics and, you know, life in general.

And as a result, he was just let down by everything.

Feeling aimless, he applied to the Branch Chairman's School in the fall of 1978, and he felt very at home there in the intellectual and political circles of academia.

At 33 years old, he was somewhat older than the other students, but his passion for intellectual subjects and politics made him fit right in.