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- From: rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David Rohwer)
- Subject: Re: Credibility...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.081657.8326@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Tickle Palace - Moonyvale, CA
- References: <ewright.727042916@convex.convex.com> <5992@maserati.qsp.UUCP> <ewright.727573793@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:16:57 GMT
- Lines: 75
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- In article <ewright.727573793@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <5992@maserati.qsp.UUCP> danb@zx.qsp.UUCP (Daniel Benbenisty) writes:
- >
- >>All I have to is find one person who is happier doing something else
- >>than being in a relationship (evidenced by being forced to choose
- >>in favor of the 'something else'), to contract your broadband bullshit:
- >
- >I don't believe the fact you chose something proves it made you
- >happier than the alternative, but go ahead....
- >
-
- #1. In other words, you are calling Daniel a liar.
-
- >
- >>I simply could not spend the time with her that she needed in a
- >>relationship, and still have time for my work+commutes (45 hrs/wk)...,
- >>various chores and errands (5 hrs/wk), and being alone for a bit and
- >>relaxing with a book or TV (10 hrs/wk).
- >
- >So, you chose commuting, household chores, and sitting in front
- >of the TV, by yourself, watching Gilligan's Island, in place of
- >this sensitive, wonderful woman because it made you happier.
- >
- >Everyone who believes that, raise your right hand.
- >
-
- #2. You are calling Daniel a liar.
-
- Right hand raised.
-
- >
- >>Now, she's a good non-romantic friend of mine. We still give each
- >>other emotional support when we need it. She comes to some of my
- >>gigs, and I go to her plays. We'll probably be going sailing this
- >>weekend or the next :)!
- >
- >Which must come to more than the "2 hours a week" you spent
- >with her before you "gave up" your romantic relationship.
- >Doesn't sound to me like you've given up much at all.
- >
-
- Daniel probably computed the average of 2 hours a week.
- I am sure that sometimes he has more or less than 2 hours a week of
- free-time. Don't you ever go through periods in your life where you
- have more or less free time?
-
- > Gosh, I wish I could find a "non-romantic" friend like that!
- >
-
- Gosh, I wish that you could give Daniel and the other people that
- have responded to you in this thread the benefit of the doubt and trust
- what they say instead of calling them liars.
-
- >>So, please dispense with calling EVERY single person unhappy, and
- >>calling them liars when they beg to differ.
- >
- >There's a big difference between someone who is happy despite
- >being single and someone who is happy being single. Saying
- >you're "happy being single" is about as credible as saying
- >you're "happy having cancer."
- >
-
- Discounting others' experiences by calling them liars makes you
- as credible as a convicted murderer on death row claiming that he/she
- never committed the crime.
-
- By the way, since you have not picked up on the message, I tell
- you again, "Singles can be happy being single."
-
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