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I don't think its possible to go through life and never "fall in love". I have had my heart broken more times than I can count, sometimes where I have just stayed in bed all day and cried, cried on my way to work, could hardly eat or sleep, had to drag myself into the shower, eyes constantly bloodshot. emotionally it was so painful... would I go through that all over again at the chance of loving and feeling the love from that person? Absolutely. |
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12-09-2002, 11:44 AM
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Are we talking about requited or unrequited love here?
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12-09-2002, 11:46 AM
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Love is scary, because it makes us vulnerable to heartbreak. Love can be painful. I have had many loves, and I have lost many loves, but each has brought with it joys and benefits that have far outweighed the bad stuff. I have no regrets.
An acquaintance once wrote regarding love (I'm paraphrasing here): "Unless one takes risks, and thereby becomes vulnerable, one cannot experience true joy". ===== -- Mary <a href="http://www.smartblonde57.com" target="_blank">http://www.smartblonde57.com</a> [ December 09, 2002: Message edited by: SmartBlonde57 ]</p> |
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12-09-2002, 11:49 AM
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Not much was ever gained by doing nothing. |
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12-09-2002, 12:15 PM
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===== -- Mary <a href="http://www.smartblonde57.com" target="_blank">http://www.smartblonde57.com</a> |
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12-09-2002, 07:00 PM
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If your contemplating "making yourself "vulnerable" to a significant other....
Go for it! (And if you're lucky, they'll tell you to go to hell and then you can move on to more interesting things.) On a more theoretical level, it depends upon who you personally are. Possibly you really lose something you'll never get back in failed love. Or not. |
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12-09-2002, 08:25 PM
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 Finding hapyness is a matter of not alowing yourself to deny yourself happyness. And you also have to love yourself, to love someone else. |
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12-10-2002, 04:28 AM
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Ahhhhhh : leurve. A useful delusion which causes there to be lots of human babies, some abortions, a few suicides.....
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12-10-2002, 08:30 AM
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Yes, it is.
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12-10-2002, 07:06 PM
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This would be a function of the procurement evaluation criteria applied.
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