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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Credibility...
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:28:32 GMT
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- In <9084@news.duke.edu> diamond@acpub.duke.edu (Elizabeth Abrams) writes:
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- >Does it matter if the focus is on the individual in a romantic way? I
- >have several male friends with whom I do things because I want to see one
- >of them, not because I desperately want to participate in whatever activity
- >we've thought up, but I don't think these evenings render me non-single.
-
-
- There, again, I don't think there's a black-and-white distinction.
- For me, anyway, romance begins with friendship, so there isn't much
- distinction, in the beginning, between a romantic relationship and
- a nonromantic one.
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- >I'd have to say that I don't understand it either. Have they ever
- >explained why they feel that this is inappropriate?
-
- Yes, but the explanations are always circular.
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- >I guess I could
- >envision a reluctance to interact with a male friend on a one-on-one
- >basis if I felt that it would *lead* to an unwanted romantic interaction,
- >but that's not very common.
-
- I don't see how an interaction can be "romantic" and "unwanted" at
- the same time. Presumeably you mean something like "sexual."
-
-
- >Can you give examples of person-based and activity-based situations?
-
- That's difficult. It depends less on the situation than on a
- person's reason for being in that situation. If Joe goes to
- dinner with Sally because he wants to try the buffet at that
- fancy new restaurant, it's activity-oriented. If he goes to
- dinner with Sally because he wants to be with her, it's person-
- oriented.
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