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- From: pezzillo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Amy J. Pezzillo)
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- Subject: Re: Curious?
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:49:06 GMT
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- In article <1jotbbINN9ll@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> dswt@bnr.co.uk (Stewart Tansley) writes:
- >In article <1jmt1uINNrhj@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> ap.6575@cupid.sai.com (AJ) writes:
- >>How many men are intimidated by extremely independent women?
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- >
- >Me me me! I *loathe* those women who are so damned 'sorted out' that they
- >don't need me or any goddam man in their lives.
- >
- >Or, what do people *mean* by 'independent'? Can run a country? Can run a
- >multi-million dollar company? Can live on their own? Can go shopping on their
- >own? Can go to the bathroom on their own? What does it *mean*?
- >
- >To me, I would call a woman 'independent' if she could take or leave a
- >relationship with a man. This sort of woman is not for me. I want one who
- >would love me, want me and *need* me. I would want to reciprocate.
- >
- >Does 'need me' mean she isn't independent? If I 'need her' too? Does it
- >mean I have low self-esteem?
- >
- >Bah! I *loathe* 'independent' women. And I resent the assumption in this
- >group that you are a wimp if this is the case.
- >
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- How about the notion of interdependence? You know, two people who are
- "people" in their own right, with their own interests and beliefs, but
- who can need each other and rely on each other.
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- I really believe that you can't have a successful relationship unless
- the people involved can be their own people outside of the
- relationship. Otherwise, you're just parasites, living off of each
- others' borrowed lives. I went through more than one relationship
- where I did not have a life or much of a personality of my own. This
- is NOT healthy and leads to all kinds of messy stuff when you break up
- and are forced to be your own person again.
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- Much better for two people who are already comfortable with who and
- what they are to come together and share that and learn to need each
- other without losing the abitlity to do things for themselves.
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- On the other side, I've also dated someone who refused to need another
- human being at all. The "me agains the world" attitude.That was
- REALLY frustrating. So I definitely think the interdependence is a
- happy medium.
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