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- From: weaver@jetsun.weitek.COM (Michael Gordon Weaver)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: expectations and idealism
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.222114.11953@jetsun.weitek.COM>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:21:14 GMT
- References: <22DEC199209121423@iago.caltech.edu>
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- In article <22DEC199209121423@iago.caltech.edu> lanny@iago.caltech.edu (Hsieh, Lai Lanny) writes:
- >
- >hi everyone, my boyfriend and i are having a bit of a problem...i guess
- >i'll post it and see if any of you have any helpful advice for me...
- >this might be kinda long...:)
- >
-
- Dear Lai Lanny:
-
- It sounds to me like your boyfriend is taking you for granted.
- Most people will take you for granted if you let them. He has been
- letting you do most of the work, and now that you suggest that he
- should do his share, he naturally resists.
-
- First, he hides you from his parents. It is usually a bad sign when
- he won't acknowledge you to others. Then he has the bad taste to
- criticize your Christmas gift. It sounds like he felt guilty that you
- had made a fuss over him when, clearly, he hadn't.
-
- Never take seriously any argument that is based on 'what guys do'.
- First off, what other people do is irrelevant. The only thing that
- matters is what the two of you want. Second, anonomous 'guys' are a
- convenient way to pass off bogus philosophies as facts of life. His
- argument seems to be that since he will grow up to be a couch that
- burps, he shouldn't have to act like your boyfriend now. Would you say
- 'I will be old some day, so why should I even bother to try to look
- attractive?'.
-
- If he was trying hard, and wasn't doing a good job (he had two left
- feet, his taste was horrible, etc), then it would be petty to be critical.
- But you are just asking him to make an effort. If he is going to be your
- boyfriend, then he should expect to put some effort into it, just as
- you expect that as his girlfriend that you should put some effort into
- it. If he can't see that, he is never going to be worth much. Let him
- know that you expect something out of him.
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- Good Luck,
- Michael.
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