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- From: ae498@yfn.ysu.edu (Dawn Bott)
- Subject: Re: I know she takes me for granted, but...
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:30:29 GMT
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- Gee....I have been reading this thread...and I suddenly
- saw my life flash before my eyes!
-
- I, too, have been guilty of giving and giving and not getting
- much in return... I have a friend I have know for years and years,
- for several years, fancied myself in love with him....
-
- I always called him, always invited him places, etc. etc...
- he would always accept...since we were good friends...but
- he rarely ever returned the favour...(maybe i just never gave
- him much of a chance!)
-
- I also made it very clear that i was in love with him, but
- i never pushed him to tell me how he felt about me, or whether
- he thought we could ever be "more than friends"...he told me
- once that he did love me....but i knew from the fact that he
- never took me seriously that it wasn't really the same love i
- felt for him.... so i spent four years in a "social boyfriend/
- girlfriend relationship"....he had a "date" for everything,
- but never displayed romantic overtones or went too much out
- of the way for me..
-
- then this year, i met someone who literally swept me off my
- feet...and truly has appreciated me from day one....so,
- needless to say, i don't have too much time anymore (or the
- inclination) to call my friend as often as i used to..or
- to go out with him as often....
-
- and ya know what? now *he* calls me nearly everyday,
- and it's always him who asks me to go places and do things...
- and since now i know i love him as a friend, of course, we
- still do things...but it's funny to think how once i would have
-
- ..oops....rapturous to have all this attention from him..
-
- so i guess my advice to the orginial poster is that
- *YES* ...hard as it is...take care of yourself first
- and don't let yourself be walked on....
-
- sometimes they gotta feel your absence to appreciate
- your presence....
-
- cheers,
-
-
- Dawn
- --
- ..Who else but us could find our joy walking home
- through the puddles;
- With a milkshake in your pocket
- .....and a box on my head. dsb '87
-