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- From: pcurtis@willamette.edu (Paul E. Curtis)
- Subject: Re: Weekend! What for???
- Message-ID: <By65pq.MoK@willamette.edu>
- Keywords: *cry*
- Organization: Willamette University, Salem OR
- References: <722381503kai.kai@depeche.toppoint.de> <By3K8L.KwM@willamette.edu> <By3wt9.4q5@ecf.toronto.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:37:01 GMT
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- In article <By3wt9.4q5@ecf.toronto.edu> deviass@ecf.toronto.edu (Deviasse Robert) writes:
- >
- >You are definitely not alone. There are plenty of people in the world that feel
- >exactly as you do. They're all around, hiding behind their masks, hoping that
- >someone will approach them, too afraid to do the approaching for fear of
- >looking like fools. Everyone has a story, and they're happy to tell it if
- >someone would only listen. Why not take a chance, and just talk to anyone --
- >especially if the person if the person is trying to hide in a corner. It
- >couldn't be worse that being alone all the time, and it might result in
- >new friendships. At the very least it will give you a more friendly
- >reputation.
- >
- >You say you keep hoping for email. Have you tried looking at soc.penpals?
- >There are a lot of bored people and people who are eager to write there.
- >
- >Life is too short and precious to let it slip away. Above all, do something.
- >Don't worry about looking like a fool. We often tend to look at ourselves
- >more critically than we look at others. And even if you make a total fool
- >of yourself, people eventually forget. However, you won't forget lost
- >oppportunities. There is nothing more scary than looking back on your life
- >at the end of your life and thinking "If only I ..., but now it's too late."
- >
- >
- >Hope this helps, at least a little. And I'm sorry if I'm misreading you.
-
- Well...you *are* misreading me slightly, but that's prolly 'cos I was so
- depressed when I wrote what I did, that I didn't think to make it as clear as
- I should've. Fact is, I'm not completely isolated; I *do* have plenty of
- superficial friends, but a more substantial connection (read: an SO) still
- eludes me. My problem is that I have a _very_ strict definition of what
- constitutes a "real" friend, so I s'pose I'm just being too much of an elitist
- for my own good. :-) There are plenty of people with whom I _could_ do
- things, but I'm too arrogant and superior to bother with 'em...and then I
- expect them to see beyond my masks. Yeah, right. I should consider myself
- lucky with what I have, but my expectations are so high...and reducing them is
- easier said than done.
-
- Smeg. I must be the least self-confident narcissist around. <grin> The
- worst of both worlds.
-
- (Oh, and as for the email--I was really referring to local email from my
- "friends" here at Willamette. Part of the paradox I live under--I don't want
- to do things with them, but I want them to communicate with me. Bah.)
-
- >Good Luck, and Take care
-
- Thanks. Sorry to have been so self-pitying--I'm not nearly as depressed now
- as I was when I wrote that. (And whaddaya know--someone told me last night
- that I _am_ her best friend, at least here in Salem. Yaaay! Next thing I
- know, someone'll send me flowers...) :-)
-
- --Paul Curtis
-
-