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- From: scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: long-term relationships...success stories, please...
- Message-ID: <9@bbx.basis.com>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 18:57:21 GMT
- References: <RHAYDEN.92Dec24113742@hqsun2.oracle.com> <BzvoK4.537@agora.rain.com> <1992Dec27.155552.20863@spdcc.com>
- Organization: BASIS International, Ltd., Albuquerque NM USA
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- In article <1992Dec27.155552.20863@spdcc.com> rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue) writes:
- >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... :-)
-
- My SO and I have the dinner problem solved. We each have different
- appetites and generally prepare our own meals. However, neither
- of us are ambitious in the kitchen so we don't get in each other's
- way. Should one of us make something "special" (like pasta) we both
- eat it. In the warmer months I barbeque most evenings. My SO
- usually wants what ever I barbeque up but might be in the mood for
- something else so I always ask if he wants any before I begin.
-
- It works well for us. I wonder how many couples do it like this.
-
- --
- Scott Amspoker |
- Basis International, Albuquerque, NM | Too bad ignorance isn't really
- | bliss. Then it could be outlawed.
- scott@bbx.basis.com |
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