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- From: jlw3y@algol.astro.Virginia.EDU (Jennifer Wesp)
- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory
- Subject: Friends are different from Lovers.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.182506.17653@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 18:25:06 GMT
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: University of Virginia
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- I've been doing a lot of reflecting in the past couple months on what
- it is precisely that I feel for people, if there are ways to
- categorize the people I am close to into natural sets, I dunno. All
- sorts of garbage grown from being alone in a place I don't like. A
- brief recent history just for reference: I moved in with Greg Lindahl
- in May of 1991 after graduating from college. I met Eric in Jan 1992
- and was in love with him by March, went on a cross country motorcycle
- trip with him in June & July. I then moved to Long Island New York
- to start graduate school, shortly after which I broke up with Greg.
- A bit later I decided I didn't want graduate school after all, and
- decided to move to California after this Christmas, and live with
- Eric.
-
- Now for the interesting bits. First, I have been having trouble
- expressing why I felt I needed to break up with Greg. He feels (I
- think, correct me if needed, Greg... ) that since I have moved away
- there really is no practical difference between being lovers & being
- friends. I do. My feelings have changed for him. It seems to me
- that there is a certain feeling of right-ness, and I can't come up
- with a better word, that distinguishes between people I want to sleep
- with and people I don't. It's independant of how much I care for
- them, or find them physically attractive, or respect them, or enjoy
- their company. I can remember people that I have felt this
- right-ness with whom I didn't really like as people, and conversely
- people that objectively seemed perfect to me, and yet this spark
- wasn't there.
-
- Second, I have been having shockingly monogamous feelings towards
- Eric. Not that I want him to be monogamous, I was glad when he found
- someone to be with for a while, I don't like thinking of him as being
- as lonely as I have been. I just don't want anyone but him. I've
- tried, because I am very lonely here, but I haven't found many people
- that have any trace of the right-ness i mentioned above, and it fades
- quickly with those I have found. I don't quite know how to interpret
- this, or if it will continue when we are together... it's all very
- strange & new for me.
-
- Any comments?
-
- -jennifer
-