Wally!
I know exactly what you mean because this week I have been having these
debates with my friend Theresa over race and religious issues. We are on
very opposite ends of the spectrum on these issues but so parallel on
everything else. When we debate we do it nicely and more to inform than
argue, but it's still hard because I wonder how a friend I have so much in
common with on so many levels can hold such different views, ones I
fundamentally disagree with! LOL! It's very frustrating but I think worth
discussing with her because she has learned some in the process, and I guess
I have too but more how to deal with prejudice than anything else. I still
love her! At least she is someone that can debate with me and not attack,
and it doesn't destroy our friendship, we try to grow from it even though it
is frustrating and difficult.
Love Nikki
np: Jonatha Brooke~ Red Dress
"Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true...Vienna waits for you" ~
Billy Joel
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wally
> Kairuz
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 1:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Does anyone else feel this way?(SJC)
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> oh yeeeeeeeeees, i used to feel that way all the time until i met my last
> partner with whom i lived for 13 years. we had nothing in common: NOTHING!
> but we adored each other so i learned to accept this paradox. but i still
> feel kind of strange when i'm getting to know someone and everything is
> going all right and all of a sudden i realize that he thinks joan baez and
> joni mitchell are the same person. even if i get over it later, i
> still get
> the same funny feeling in my stomach.
> to me political differences are worse. with something like joni or opera,
> well, he's missing something and maybe i'm missing a lot more, who knows.
> but basic political or community issues can make me feel that
> some gaps are
> unbridgeable. and whenever i feel that i cannot bridge a gap i become
> extremely sad and sometimes furious. i can be terribly militant.
> but not at
> the dinner table anymore. what's your sign relayer?
> wallyK,
>
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> Asunto: Does anyone else feel this way?(SJC)
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> I know it's irrational, but I get very upset, almost angry, when
> people don't like the same things I like, such as Join's music for
> instance...I feel like they are missing out on something very important.
