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- From: sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: Re: Neediness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.055206.4449@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 05:52:06 GMT
- References: <1g5RXB4w164w@cellar.org>
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- In article <1g5RXB4w164w@cellar.org> dbt@cellar.org (Marquis de Freud) writes:
- >I think a lot of people here have a neurotic, desperate need for love. Not
- >that *I* am immune -- I may hold some kind of local record for romantic
- >suckerdom in the Greater Philadelphia Area.
-
- I'll certainly admit to being a major offender of this myself...Sometimes its
- why I think I hang out on the net as much as I do. I've always had this
- tremendous need to be needed, although I've only recently started fighting it.
- I still have a major case of net.spewism though. Which I think tends to
- piss off some of my friends both real and net 'cause they think that I'm
- just looking for A ear to dump/talk to as opposed to theirs specifically,
- which of course is wrong, but you certainly couldn't tell from my postings.
-
- >Wanna know what? I don't get walked on any more. I don't "need" women and do
- >not subject myself to the abusive ones. And at one point, I thought that
- >there were *only* abusive ones.
- >
- >No, I haven't become a Legendary Babe Magnet, but I get along much better
- >with women now, and people in general, and I no longer feel like a slime-
- >mold for not being 50% of a couple. It's amazing what a little self- respect
- >will do for ya.
-
- Yeah, and how GOOD it feels to turn somebody down for doing something, not
- to be mean, not because of some made up excuse, not to get a rush from stomping
- on somebody, but just because you don't want to and feel like doing for
- yourself for once instead of always being dragged around by other people.
- You feel guilty as hell when you first start doing this, but it makes you
- feel good when you find out that most people still like you just as much
- after as they did before and the ones who don't deserved to get get dissed
- anyways....
-
-
- >The only down side seems to be that there is less sex, less drama and less
- >gossip to talk about. But the ability to feel good every so often WITHOUT
- >cuddling up or having an orgasm is quite a thrill in itself.
-
- True...true...The thrill fades after a while, but its still really cool to
- be totally self-oriented and do something for me for once thats not tied to
- anybody else and to actually not feel guilty about it afterwards...
-
-
- >Well, enough of my pompous prolegomenations (ya like *that* one, does ya?).
-
- You've put this English Major to shame, thats for sure..
-
- ----Steve
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