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- From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
- Subject: Re: Flirting How To Guide/Backrubs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.053544.28545@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <C1ByvC.Cxp@CAM.ORG> <1993Jan24.064613.29860@leland.Stanford.EDU> <C1D56J.HDE@CAM.ORG>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 05:35:44 GMT
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- In article <C1D56J.HDE@CAM.ORG> souchay@CAM.ORG (Francois Souchay) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan24.064613.29860@leland.Stanford.EDU> rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft) writes:
- >>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.
-
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- >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.
-
- Semi weekly? Egad, remind me never to have you as a housemate.
-
- >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?
-
- Actually, I did. It's not that I hate spinach, it's just not something that
- I actively seek. Actually, there are precious few things that I do
- really and truely hate.
-
- >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.
-
- Again, it's not that I want nothing to do with them, it's that I don't
- see what the fuss is. And there are plenty of things that don't do much
- for me that I'd be willing to do for an SO. There are things I have done
- with/for an SO that didn't do much for me. I don't see this as terribly
- exceptional.
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