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- From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: God and Science: The Ramblings of The Nightstalker
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- Date: 21 Nov 92 01:16:23 GMT
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- >/* pauses a moment, because right now any SO in his life is strictly
- >hypothetical!
-
- >"In the case you mention, I would feel hurt and angry, absolutely! But
- >I've often been angry with my mother, hurt by my brother, etc - yet I
- >*still* loved them! With this rather unpleasant SO that you mention,
- >I would *immediately* reevaluate the relationship, probably plummet out
- >of love, but probably retain 'love' in the wider sense. With such
- >strong emotional ties, I don't thing I could (or have ever been able to)
- >lose the broader feeling of love for someone I once was 'in love' with."
-
- Abner nods. "That's pretty much what happened to me when my fiance dropped
- me a month before the wedding. I spent about two weeks feeling absolutely
- numb, then realized that I still cared for her and still loved her ... but
- that I no longer wanted anything but friendship from her!"
-
- "Of course, now she wants to get back together, and can't understand why
- I'm reluctant. Yes, I still love her. No, I don't want to marry her, or
- even date her - a person who would drop me like that isn't the person I
- want to spend my life with."
-