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- From: lisad@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Lisa Dominique)
- Subject: Re: Frustrations of the Helpless Romantics...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.142742.14648@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Sender: Lisa G. Dominique
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <0096703F.D5D428A0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> <1993Jan25.160848.1919@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:27:42 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.160848.1919@pony.Ingres.COM> jlane@Ingres.COM (Judi Lane) writes:
- >In article <0096703F.D5D428A0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> gdn5220@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
- >>The other thing that puzzles me, is all of the girls that I do know
- >>occationally come and talk to me and tell me that there arn't any guys out
- >>there that want a serious relationship. All they want is sex. WHAT ABOUT
- >>ME!!!!!
- >
- > Ah, the eternal question. Do you have any idea how many men
- > and women both are asking themselves this very same question?
- > ARCers... you know of what I type, yes??
-
- Yes, Yes, Yes, definitely.
-
- > All I can state is what others have told me countless times
- > when I raise my voice to the clouds and shout the same laments:
- >
- > Never wash white and red underwear together.
- > (no, no, that's not right...)
-
- Are you sure? My white underwear turned pink the other day
- when I tried that.
-
-
- > Hey, it's tough and I'll be the first one to tell you so.
- > I'm going to be 36 (gasp!) years old in two months, I'm still
- > in school and have one divorce that's pushing seven years.
- > I get caught up thinking that I'm never going to find anyone
- > again, especially when so many of my friends and my sister are
- > in *terrific* relationships of their own! And I pout and cry
- > and stomp my feet and shout at them, "It's not fair! YOU have
- > someone to love! What about me?" And they all say the same
- > thing in response: "I found this person when I stopped thinking
- > about being alone and stopped looking for love and accepted my
- > life as a single happy adult." And guess what? As much as that
- > tidbit of information sucks canal water... it's right on the money!
- > Once I started focusing on my schoolwork, on my job, on just
- > being with my friends and enjoying their company, instead of just
- > being with them out of default because I had no "special someone"
- > to share my free time with... that's when guys started coming out
- > of the woodwork to want to do things with me!! And now I don't
- > have enough free time to spend with them! (Which is a bummer,
- > since one of these wonderful fellas is beginning to become just
- > a little bit more special than the others.) When I "let go"
- > of "wanting to be with someone" and just accepted my singleness...
- > that's when things started to happen the way I wanted them to.
- > And take it from my friends... the process of "letting go" for
- > Judi was a very painful one. I hadn't a clue of what that meant
- > for the longest time... but I didn't give up hope, and stayed as
- > open to change as I possibly could. Now I know just what my friends
- > were trying to tell me about accepting singleness and letting go...
- > and I know 100% now, for sure, no doubts... that someday in the
- > near future, I will be with my "special someone" again. No shit. 8^)
-
-
- Great post, Judi!! This is so true. Seems like when you
- quit "trying to find someone" that's when things begin to
- happen. Thanks for sharing this, Judi.
-
- ** Bewitching Huggs **
-
-
- Lis, The Official Good Romantic Witch
- and Honoured Former President
- of the Romantic Fire Association
-
- p.s. Heaven is a *Hug* and a *Smile*
- the Joy of Music and the Beauty of Silence
-