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- From: smith@comm.mot.com (Jeff Smith)
- Subject: Re: Suggestions needed....
- Organization: Gagging Sloth Records
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:43:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.080425.19672@rdg.dec.com>, veburst@contra.enet.dec.com (KSV) writes:
- |>
- |> I'd like your opinions, folks... this is a difficult situation for me and
- |> I'm somewhat at a loss about where to go from here.
- |>
- |> I'll start off by giving a bit of background....
-
- |> I've known him for about 2 1/2 years now and we've had several serious
- |> discussions about 'us'. To the general population, we're 'just friends'...
- |> very best of friends, but still just friends. I've loved this guy for
- |> almost 2 years... and I mean deep, all-consuming, I would do anything for
- |> him love.... He knows how I feel about him and it makes him feel good and
- |> warm inside.
- ...
-
- |> Now for the problem at hand.... he says he loves me as a friend but because
- |> I have a daughter and have been married and divorced, as well as being 9
- |> years his senior, he "can't" love me. According to him, it's not a matter
- |> of wanting to love me, it's a matter of ability to do so because of the
- |> above-mentioned problems. Even so, he has done so many things for me that
- |> 'just friends' don't normally do (at least in my experience).
- ...
-
- |> I guess what I don't understand is why is it that loving someone who has a
- |> kid and was married is an insurmountable problem, but loving someone who
- |> lives 10,000 miles away that you'll only see a couple times a year for 2 or
- |> 3 weeks at a time is okay and surmountable?
-
- Possibly, the kid/marriage thing is not *really* the reason, but rather a
- justification. He has probably convinced himself that this is the case, but
- it may be that he's simply thought of you as a friend for too long. I've noticed
- that in some cases, when I've been friends with a woman for a long time, I start
- thinking of them almost as siblings rather than simply friends. It's not easy
- to get from that into a dating mindset! Not necessarily impossible, just not
- easy.
-
- |> Suggestions? Opinions? Should I take a long walk off a short pier?
- |> Should I follow my heart and keep hoping that something will change and bring
- |> us together?
-
- Well, in *my* opinion, if you *really* want something to happen, you're going
- to have to make it happen. This is risky of course, because you're taking the
- chance of losing what you have today in the attempt to gain something more.
- Nevertheless, from what you describe, you have a decent chance. And also, if
- you are *really* such good friends, then the risk I mentioned is less...because
- neither of you will be willing to let it die, even if it becomes awkward for
- a while.
-
- Either way though...the ball's in your court.
-
- jds
-
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