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- From: brentaa@ac.dal.ca (brent, eh?)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Being Alone?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.151806.8999@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 19:18:06 GMT
- References: <parker.721669946@uars_mag> <13NOV92.21925419.0026@lafibm.lafayette.edu> <1992Nov16.233526.16402@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- In article <1992Nov16.233526.16402@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith) 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
- > |> *never* fallen head over heels in love with someone unless I was friends
- > |> first. Maybe it *is* a little cynical, but I just don't believe in love at
- > |> first sight, for myself anyway.
- >
- > Take me for instance...on numerous occasions I've gone into a "relationship"
- > (in quotes because I'm using it in the generic sense...i.e. not romantic,
- > necessarily) thinking "I like this person, I want to make sure we're friends
- > and then I'll try to make it something closer, but I still want to be friends
- > if it doesn't work" and guess what...let's just say I have a lot of friends!
- > For me, at least, if I go into it with the attitude that I want to be friends
- > first, then that's usually what I end up with (which is not necessarily a bad
- > thing...friendships are a valuable commodity!). Interestingly enough, it's
- > worked in the reverse with me as well...in other words, someone I've been
- > friends with for some time became interested in something "more"...I was very
- > uncomfortable with that.
-
- Well, I agree with Sharon, although it works both ways...
- I like to get to know a person as a friend before considering them as a
- romantic possibility...sometimes after getting to know them this way, I find
- I just want to be friends, sometimes I look for romance and they just want
- to be friends (which is just fine with me, but unfortunately sometimes when I
- let the other person know about my feelings, they think that we can no longer
- be friends...aarrgghh!!!)
- I find that when this works the relationship tends to last a long time...over
- two years the times it's happened to me, but most people find it hard to
- change from a friendship to a romantic relationship, so you may be passing
- up some opportunities...
- For me, I never rule out the possibility of a romantic interest in my friends,
- but I don't consider it seriously in most cases....and if I meet someone
- who peaks my interest, I tend to ask them out first and get to know them by
- going out with them.
- well that's enough rambling for now, I got work to do!
- -Brontosaur the overworked and overcharged
-