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- From: larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings)
- Subject: Re: Being Alone?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.181021.7500@b8.b8.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph
- References: <1992Nov14.105811.1400@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Nov16.175733.10324@nuchat.sccsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:10:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.175733.10324@nuchat.sccsi.com>, kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
- > In article <oneil.721868088@cwis> oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil) writes:
- > [...]
- > >I honestly believe -- and have been told I'm unusual for this belief -- that
- > >in a relationship, friendship should come before romance. Personally, I've
- >
- > This is rather unusual in my experience. Most of the women I've talked to
- > about this (relationship counselors and the like included) have said that
- > they couldn't even consider dating someone who was already a good friend,
- > because they would tend to think of such a person as a sibling. The
- > relationship counselors that I've talked to have said that this generally
- > applies. Dating a sibling feels wrong to most people...
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- I've only dated a few times (mostly fix-ups) when the person wasn't already a
- friend, but I have had women turn me down because we were too close of friends.
- "I can't date you you know too much about me"
- The lady I should have married, friendship got in the way, because I was afraid
- to push the relationship for fear of ruining the friendship. I've always
- regretted not telling her how I really felt.
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- >
- > >Sharon
- > >oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu
- >
- >
- > --
- > Kevin Brown kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com
- > This is your .signature virus: < begin 644 .signature (9V]T8VAA(0K0z end >
- > This is your .signature virus on drugs: <>
- > Any questions?
-
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- Larry Billings
- Most of us are sad, No one lets it show,
- I've been shadows of myself,How was I to know? Eagles
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