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- From: souchay@CAM.ORG (Francois Souchay)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Flirting How To Guide/Backrubs
- Message-ID: <C1D56J.HDE@CAM.ORG>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 14:49:30 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.155401.8134@netcom.com> <C1ByvC.Cxp@CAM.ORG> <1993Jan24.064613.29860@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada
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- In article <1993Jan24.064613.29860@leland.Stanford.EDU> rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft) writes:
- >In article <C1ByvC.Cxp@CAM.ORG> souchay@CAM.ORG (Francois Souchay) writes:
- >>Hear, hear. I gotta say I fully agree with Aahz on this one. The backrub
- >>criterion does help to sort out the folks who want/need massage from those
- >>that don't. Robert prefers to avoid them ( from what I can tell ), so he'd
- >>rather choose someone who feels the same way.
- >Huh? I don't like spinach much either. Does this mean I avoid those who do?
- >Tell me: I'm dying to know what my preferences are, since you seem to know
- >so much more about me that I do.
-
- Ok, so I was extrapolating from my own experience and that of others when
- I said that people who enjoy backrubs much prefer to be associated with
- SOs of the same persuasion. I was also extrapolating from my knowledge when
- I said that people who do not like either giving or receiving backrubs may
- prefer to be associated with folks who share their point of view.
-
- From what I've seen, massage non-enjoyers tend to fell put upon when their
- SOs ask for a rubdown after a hard day. Since most backrubs aficionados of
- my experience enjoy giving as much as receiving, that aspect of contact is
- also limited because the receiver would prefer to avoid it.
-
- In the relationships I've seen and experienced, spinach is not as great an
- issue as the quality and frequency (or non-occurence) of backrubs.
- The comparison is weak, unfortunately. A better comparison would be to
- something which is on the order of a semi-weekly event, like maybe washing
- the dishes. If one partner finds himself (or herself) always doing the
- scrubbing-up, without an equivalent task being done by the other, you may
- see where the resentment may build up over time.
-
- For that matter, if your SO cooked a meal with spinach in it every week,
- I rather doubt you would let this pass uncommented, no?
-
- Now, if you want nothing to do with backrubs, but you'll freely give and
- receive same from an SO who is a fan thereof, without a glimmer of
- resentment, then I apologize. You are the exception to _all_ the people
- I've spoken with on this subject.
-
- Francois.
-