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- From: robinsonm@clvax1.cl.msu.edu (Admiral Robinson)
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- Subject: Re: Being Alone?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.214248.4771@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 00:41:46 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.105811.1400@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Nov15.142817.13083@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <oneil.721868088@cwis> <1992Nov17.075553.5389@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov17.075553.5389@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) 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.
- >
- >I think you are unusual, though not unique, in this respect--it's been
- >my experience that for most people, once they perceive you as a friend,
- >they will no longer ever be able to perceive you as a potential romantic
- >possibility. Personally, I think your way is more reasonable, but it's
- >still very much the less popular tactic.
- >
- >Trygve
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- Of course it's more reasonable, that's why it never seems to
- work. Now that the cynicism has been dealt with, I must admit my
- agreement with the two folks above.
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