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- From: krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith)
- Subject: Re: Suggestions needed....
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:37:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.193742.5442@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov18.080425.19672@rdg.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov18.080425.19672@rdg.dec.com> veburst@contra.enet.dec.com (KSV) writes:
- >
- >..................................................
- >
- >Maybe I'm just completely stupid in hoping that some day he'll get over the
- >marriage/kid thing and will be able to love me fully... so many things he
- >does even now feels so much like love... i.e. we sit down to watch
- >a movie at my place; he holds my hand or cuddles with me... when we're in
- >the car together, he holds my hand while one of us is driving (depending
- >on whose car we're in)... he buys me things that 'boyfriends' buy for their
- >girlfriends... he hugs me and holds me and kisses my cheek when we say
- >goodbye for the day or night... we've slept in the same bed (nothing has
- >happened) and he's waken me with a soft kiss on the cheek or a gentle
- >caress...
- >
- >I've had a couple of friends tell me to just forget about him and move
- >on or that we've known each other this long and if anything was going to
- >happen (more than friendship) between us, it would have already happened...
-
- Your friends are giving you good advice. For your own sake, use it!
- >
- >How do you stop loving someone you see almost every day and who hasn't done
- >anything wrong????? I don't want to stop loving him... I don't want to say
- >a final goodbye to him because even based on friendship alone, he's the
- >best thing that's ever happened to me... I don't want to lose our
- >friendship or our closeness but I don't know how to stop the deeper
- >feelings from seeping in and making me sad that we don't have more....
- >
- KSV,
- Ask yourself this question:
-
- If he is the "best thing that ever happenned to me",
- then why do I feel so miserable?
-
- Having the feelings that you have for this guy, and not being able to act
- upon them must be pure torture for you. Why put yourself through it?
- As far as "being there for him", I suggest that that is his (former?)
- SO's job. Who is "there" for you? My best advice to you is to break
- now, and break clean. Explain to him that the relationship that you
- have with him is only making you miserable, and that you need some
- time to yourself to get your life back in order. The next thing is for
- you to stay away from him (I mean no contact whatsoever) for as long as
- it takes you to adjust to life without him, or until you find somebody new,
- or better yet, _both_ . I am not suggesting that this is going to be easy,
- but you gotta' do it..... no ifs, ands, or maybes. Believe me, there _is_
- another man out there for you. How will you meet him as long as you are
- occupied with "being there" for your platonic friend?
- >.......................
- >
- >-- KSV
- >
-
- Keith R
-