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- From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
- Subject: Re: net.hugs?
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:25:49 GMT
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- In <64z158_@rpi.edu> petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
-
- >In article <cbnqh9b@lynx.unm.edu>, blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
-
- >|> Can YOU tell the difference between 'independence' and 'crutch'?
-
- > 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.
-
- This is as much of a stupid assumption as you are unjustly accusing rON
- of. It hurts all of us to be dumped.
-
- > 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.
-
- You're flaming someone you don't even know, and you're wrong about what
- he believes. You're also looking like the very antithesis of the caring
- person you want to make yourself out to be.
-
- > Well, as I said before, there are SOME TIMES when we all need hugs.
-
- Yes, and when I need a hug, I go and find a friend to give me the real
- thing, rather than hoping for little ASCII flowers and hearts. Then I
- come to soc.singles and try to talk about the reasons I hurt with some
- good friends who will understand and not clutter my life with bullshit
- like you seem to accept as a substitute for real caring.
-
- Rob T
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- Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
- "I get so tickled debunking bad personal philosophy." - Milquetoast
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- --
- Rob Thurlow, thurlow@convex.com
- "I get so tickled debunking bad personal philosophy." - Milquetoast
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