--- In [email protected], "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], navashok <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > I actually look upon this as a fairly healthy and some- > > > what more evolved way of dealing with sex and romance. > > > Who, after all, would ever want to hook up with someone > > > who has all these fantasies of the perfect lover or mate > > > running around in their heads, so much so that they LONG > > > for them or develop an abstract NEED for them? I don't > > > know about you, but every time I've run into a woman > > > like that and been foolish enough to get involved with > > > them anyway, I've learned very quickly that they were > > > never relating to me *at all*, just to the fantasies > > > in their heads. > > > > Great post Barry. As a friend of mine said it recently: if you date, it's > > not just a nice woman, but a whole set of Samskaras, desires, ideations, > > well Karma, and at some point, you ask yourself, if you really want all of > > that. > > That's about as relevant as Larry Domash stating back in about 1977 with > regard to the art department at MIU, "Who wants to see a bunch of unstressing > put up on the walls?" (Speaking about displaying/hanging students' and > professors' art work.)
There is a difference though, Ann, a picture you can hang on the wall, and it doesn't talk back to you. >
