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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: How Strong Should a Man Be?
- Message-ID: <C08IDy.Gpt@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 16:13:09 GMT
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- In article <oneil.725956826@cwis> Sharon writes:
- >
- >Hmmm...a man cannot always help breaking a heart. Or a woman, for that
- >matter. I might point out that broken hearts are inevitable in this life.
- >You just have to let time heal the pain.
-
- Yes. But one can be reasonable in their words and actions through a
- breakup. Many people are not, and do much more damage than is necessary.
- I find this spiteful and surprising in people who used to claim to love one
- another.
-
- >I have tried to tell him that there was no way to get around hurting me.
- >When he decided that he needed to break up in order to make a new relationship
- >with his current SO, there was no way that he was going to be able to do
- >this without hurting me. No matter how he went about breaking up with me
- >at that time, I was going to get hurt.
-
- Yes.....
-
- I am going through a divorce right now. We're trying very hard to do this
- without harming one another. Regardless of the fact that my wife and myself
- cannot stand being married (it just doesn't work for us) this does not mean
- that I hate her. Quite the contrary; I wouldn't have married her in the
- first place if there wasn't something of value there.
-
- So far we're being reasonably successful at being friends. We're still able
- to inhabit the same home in fact, although in separate bedrooms. Time will
- tell whether that can be maintained, but I certainly hope it can.
-
- This is not to say that hurt doesn't flare up -- it certainly does. It
- takes strength not to drive salt into an obviously open wound in moments of
- anger. But we manage somehow.
-
- >What I'd really like to be, however, is friends. Just because I am hurting,
- >however, does not necessarily mean that I want to get back together with him.
- >Yes, it really hurts that we're not together, but I'm not so sure that
- >getting back together would make me feel any better.
-
- It might - but it might also harm >him<. And that is the real rub -- these
- things aren't a zero-sum game. People do get hurt in relationships all the
- time. The trick is not to do harm for the sake of spite, or with intent.
-
- >How strong does a man have to be? A man has to be strong enough to do what
- >he thinks is right. And this goes for a woman too.
- >
- >Sharon
- >oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu
-
- Thanks Sharon. Wonderful post; there's a warmth and understanding in you
- that is rarely found.
-
- Take care....
-
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- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
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