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- From: dswt@bnr.co.uk (Stewart Tansley)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Help, I need advice...
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:04:40 GMT
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- In article <1e9qlfINNc8a@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> csr4@po.CWRU.Edu (Christopher S. Redding) writes:
- > I just developed a very close friendship with someone that I am
- >very interested in, but there is a problem. I have already attempted to
- >become romantically involved with her, but she politely told me she liked
- >us better as friends even though she was interested herself. The reason
- >why she did not want to start a relationship was because she abruptly ended
- >one about 3 months ago for no specific reason, and she still has this other
- >person in her heart. This other guy is dating someone, and he treats her like
- >yesterday's trash, but there are sometimes when she REALLY hates him, and there
- >are sometimes when she doesn't know how to feel about him. How can I persuade
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >her to put this other guy out of her mind? She will not start a relationship
- >on such shaky grounds. If I can do that, how do I tell her how I feel, already
- >failing once? Please send me advice, or post it here. Thanks in advance.
- > -Chris (lonlier than ever)
- > csr4@po.CWRU.Edu
-
- Chris, mate, you're addressing this all wrong. There is no way *you* can
- 'persuade' her. Only *she* can put this guy out of her mind. Not you, not
- him, not anyone else. *Her*. You are kidding yourself if you think
- otherwise, and kidding yourself that you can even speed up the process.
- You're out of the picture on this one, I'm afraid.
-
- Even if you do manage to *appear* to help get this guy out of her system,
- I bet you all that will happen is that he will magically re-appear back in
- her system just at the wrong moment -- eg. at the first time of stress in
- your shiny new relationship you've managed to form with her. Yuck & yikes.
-
- You really don't want to do this. Give her time & space. Go and gind some
- other girls to play with. Come back later when she's fixed and if you
- still need to.
-
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