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- From: rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue)
- Subject: Re: long-term relationships...success stories, please...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.155552.20863@spdcc.com>
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- References: <1992Dec17.022140.21531@serval.net.wsu.edu> <RHAYDEN.92Dec24113742@hqsun2.oracle.com> <BzvoK4.537@agora.rain.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 15:55:52 GMT
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- bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps) writes:
- >It's been my observation that there are four 'crisis periods' in a
- >relationship. T
- >Between 3 months and 1.5 years you will learn
- >whether leaving the cap off the toothpaste is grounds for divorce.
- >Finally, sometime between 7 and 10 years you will resign yourself
- >to hearing the following question every evening for the rest of your
- >life: "I dunno, what do YOU want to do for dinner?"
-
- I think for us these two are reversed... we actually have
- a script for this...
-
- Person 1: What do you want for dinner?
- Person 2: I dunno, what do yOU want for dinner?
- Person 1: (Realizing that this is an infinite loop)
- White Castle Burgers it is!
-
- That usually prompts Person 2 to think of SOMETHING in
- short order... :-)
-
- Note that this also works in groups of people where N is greater
- than 2. The person suggesting WCB (or something, like Denny's) has
- to actually start heading for the car, etc. which makes some of the
- other people believe [s]he is actually serious about it --- triggering
- a defense mechanism and hopefully a better suggestion... :-)
-
- BBC
-