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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:02:09 -0500
- From: "Francis J. Yenca" <fy03+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Being Alone?
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- Stef Jones writes:
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- >kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
-
- >>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.
-
- >>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...
-
- >I have a 13-year friendship with a fellow and we have been lovers on
- >and off during that time. Once a few years ago, after we had made love, he
- >said to me, "Sometimes it seems weird that we make love, because you seem
- >like a sister to me." He meant that we had a long shared history as friends
- >and lovers, and we could talk to each other about stuff we couldn't tell
- >anyone else. I knew what he meant. Nevertheless, it never felt strange to
- >me that we should enjoy making love together. Maybe this is because I didn't
- >grow up with siblings? I don't see anything strange about the idea of
- >dating someone who is a good friend.
-
- >By the way, Kevin -- congratulations!!!
-
- While I have been involved in relationships with friends and those who were not
- friends, the best relationships I have had have been with friends.
- Somehow, these
- are the most fulfilling physically as well as emotionally. I think that
- quite a lot of
- this is due to the comfort level that you can establish with a friend
- that is greater
- than with someone you don't know as well.
-
- Frank
-