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GreatCeleryStalk
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23 Mar 2009, 10:45 am

I'm also very bad at acknowledging reciprocal affection.



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26 Mar 2009, 5:02 am

Fnord wrote:
As long as you believe that people belong to each other, you will suffer from jealousy.

Once you fully accept that people only belong with each other, and then only by mutual constent, then you will find that your jealousy has evaporated.

Stop treating your mate as a possession, and start treating him as a free agent.

Good luck with that.


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26 Mar 2009, 10:39 am

I don't treat him as a possession...i treat him as a very good friend...nobody likes to lose friends that they really care about...

It was all in my head again anyway... :roll:

We are getting along great...

I take things he says too literally...


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26 Mar 2009, 11:09 am

poopylungstuffing wrote:
I am horribly ashamed of these ugly feelings I have been having...

He deserves to find somebody better than me.

Also I have such a rotten theory of mind...I have no idea what lousy company i must make for him... I am always making him angry when I am just joking...

I don't know how to respond to statements of self-deprecation. I can only hope that you are not as bad as you say, and that I wish for you only the best.


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