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- From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: wish me luck results
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.175004.13392@jetsun.weitek.COM>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:50:04 GMT
- References: <Q1HTB541@cc.swarthmore.edu>
- Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- In article <Q1HTB541@cc.swarthmore.edu> chorwit1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Cathy Horwitz) writes:
- >Hi All,
- > Today is Sunday, and I just got a call from "the guy." he said that
- >he couldn't come to dinner, but he was very nice about it and he had a good
- >excuse. He broke up with a two year girlfriend yesterday. Don't I have
- >bad timing. He said maybe we could do dinner some other time which is
- >good. I think I will introduce myself sometime next week because he still
- >doesnt know who I am.
- > He has the most beautiful voice. Too bad that the only time I've
- >heard it it was rejecting me. He said that he was very flattered and sorry
- >that he couldn't come.
- > Now the only problen is how do I get over lusting over him? I want to
- >date him badly, and I'm spending about 50% of my time thinking about him.
- >At the moment there is really no chance, so I wish I could just get over
- >it.
- > Cathy
- >
- Cathy:
-
- I am sorry to hear that you were disappointed.
-
- I think that I agree with Terrence, who said that you should take this
- time to get to know him. It will take some maturity on your part to
- focus on getting to know each other without worrying about whether or
- not some romance will develop eventually.
-
- I see three advantages to getting to know him, rather than just trying
- to forget about him.
-
- First, you will find out that he is only human. When you don't know
- someone, it is easy to idealize them and think that if only things
- had worked out differently, the two of you together would be perfect.
- It is hard to think this way about someone you really know. You may
- want have a romantic relationship with them, but you know that there
- would be negatives as well as its positives.
-
- Second, you will get the pleasure of his company. A lot of what we
- want when we go looking for romance is just to interact with someone
- who we feel good about. You can do that as his friend.
-
- Third, you will be setting yourself up. You can't always make things
- go your way, but you can always make your chances a little better.
- I wouldn't advise trying to be his friend with the idea that you
- are going to be more than friends, but I think it is OK to be
- friends with the added incentive that as his friend you will have
- a better chance of being more than friends sometime than if you
- are not his friend. As his friend, you will become familiar and
- trusted. This will increase the chances that he will develop
- a romantic interest in you.
-
- As for not lusting, all I can say is that trying to repress your feeling
- does not work except for very short periods of time. I would suggest
- putting some of your energy into being his friend, and then try to
- put the rest of your energies into getting out there an meeting other
- guys.
-
- Peace,
- Michael.
-