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- From: mbanth@hpbs1505.boi.hp.com (Mike Banther)
- Subject: Re: Love Lost
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:09:49 GMT
- Reply-To: mbanth@hpbs1505.boi.hp.com (Mike Banther)
- References: <ewalt-200193190647@kip2-28.apple.com>
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- In article <ewalt-200193190647@kip2-28.apple.com>, ewalt@apple.com (Alan
- Ewalt) writes:
-
- |>Does anyone out there have some advice on dealing with lonliness, how to
- |>meet
- |>nice people, and just getting over lost love...?
-
- When my marriage broke up several years ago, I was just plain nuts for quite
- a while. It was like nothing I'd ever gone through before. I was very
- fortunate and found some friends who helped me to adjust. They told me (and
- told me and told me) several things:
-
- a) It's natural, normal and perfectly okay to feel despair, depression,
- euphoria, etc. Don't let these throw you, they're just feelings and
- they will pass. Enjoy the good ones, endure the bad ones.
-
- b) When feelings get difficult to handle, pick up the phone and call
- someone and talk about it. This works especially well if you have a
- same sex friend that you trust but I've spilled my guts to a lot of
- women friends as well. I've found that I do best when I have three
- to six people that I can tell _anything_ to and they'll accept it
- without criticism. You'd be surprised how many people there are who
- will accept you and feel honored when you share your deepest troubles
- with them. They instinctively sense the honesty in that and respond
- with decency and respect.
-
- c) Best to avoid a romantic involvement for a while if possible. The
- infamous "rebound" effect is likely to be in full swing. I had
- trouble with this one and got involved too early with someone else.
- I ended up treating both of us less well than I wanted to. Several
- years later, after another serious relationship had broken up, I did
- much better having learned from the first time.
-
- d) Good friendships can be hard to find. There are some organizations
- that make it a little easier. If you have kids check out Parents
- Without Partners. Being from a long long line of alcoholics, I got
- involved with Al-Anon and found a lot of help there. There are meet-
- ings for Adult Children (of Alcoholics, of Dysfunctional Familys, of
- ... ) around also. Most of these groups maintain a telephone number
- where you can get information. If you're in Silicon Valley I may be
- able to get you some specifics.
-
- e) There are a lot of books out about relationships and losing them and
- I would advise you to _avoid_ most of them. However, "How to Survive
- the Loss of a Love" has some good stuff in it. Just about anything
- Sheldon Kopp has ever written has helped me at one time or another.
- I read "An End to Innocence" soon after my break-up and learned quite
- a bit about myself.
-
- Hope I haven't blabbed on too long. Good luck. If you want to talk, drop me
- a line.
-
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