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- From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance,soc.singles
- Subject: Re: net.hugs?
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 20:01:57 GMT
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- References: <lgl06rINNqsi@news.bbn.com> <j#mqpg#@lynx.unm.edu> <h4y1#k=@rpi.edu> <64z158_@rpi.edu>
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- In article <64z158_@rpi.edu>, petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
-
- > Yes, there is a difference. However, to some of us, when we get dumped by
- > someone we care for, it HURTS. Apparently, this is not true for you---since
- > this is for romantics (people who care deeply for others), it really hurts to
- > get dumped---moreso than for non-romantics.
-
- Sigh. When I got dumped, it hurt a whole lot, and I was really scared because
- I hadn't dated since I was nineteen. So I looked around the net looking
- for friends and I saw a group of people who were very funny and insightful
- and intelligent and I saw another group of people who whined a lot. Now,
- the people who read ARC don't think they're whiney -- they think they're
- sensitive. And we who read soc.singles don't think we're insensitive --
- we think we have at least half a brain each. So you get the kind of support
- you want and I got the kind of support I wanted. There are two groups
- because there are two different types of people. The problem, if there is
- any, comes when someone crossposts. It doesn't bother me personally
- because it's fun to see you folks get all hot and bothered about the
- silliest things.
-
- > As for Reality, if it's what I see on TV, I can see why we have such problems.
-
- I can see why you might be having a problem. TV is not reality. Turn off
- Sesame Street and come back later.
-
- > No, but you ARE saying that other people mean very little to you, since you
- > can't be hurt by them. Psychological invunerability is only possible if
- > nobody means anything to you, which seems to be the case here, if you insist
- > that you can't get hurt.
-
- Surely you must know that you're just being silly, don't you? Do you
- measure the quality of your relationships by how badly they hurt you?
-
- > Well, as I said before, there are SOME TIMES when we all need hugs. And,
- > apparently, your dates/SO mean nothing to you, so you can't be hurt by them.
-
- Why do you think of "dates/SO's" as a source of pain? What's so romantic
- about hurting?
-
- Dawn
-
- Joseph Campbell gave me hope and now I have been saved.
- "Folk Song" by Bongwater
-