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Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Glad to be comforting!
Though I wonder why so many people that don't date, claim they have no interest in dating, and don't even like the opposite sex (as heterosexuals) want to spend time chatting on a relationship forum. Rather odd.
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Originally Posted by Larry_Sellers
So what's your excuse?
I love relationships. Dating, having lovers, making friends. Life is about making new connections and having shared experiences, and they're fun to discuss and analyze as we go through life.
Working through things with a SO, meeting a new flame, reconnecting with an old one... they bring joy to life. Sometimes pain, but you need the lows to appreciate the highs.
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Oh, that's not all life is about, of course. There is travel. My hobbies. Reading. My career. Volunteering. Mostly I do these solo, but without having people to share other things with and talk about them (and learn their interests), things would be dull.
The bolded is the difference between men and women. Women have other places to seek out emotional connectedness besides romantic relationships.
Romantic, intimate relationships are really the only place that men can experience that, and when they're not in a relationship, they just don't get any.
This is very true. I talked about that with the woman I've been seeing last night. I told her how nice it was just to open up to her on a minimal level. She even said that she doesn't share much of herself with people and she's surprised with how much she's shared with me. Having some common ground to build from is very important. Me and my guy friends never open up to each other emotionally. It's kind of a guy code kind of thing. We all open up when we're in relationships, but when we're not in relationships, we are much like the machine ohio peasant talks about.
Just having her around has been really refreshing. I've had a lot of hookup and FWB experience, but I haven't really ever truly had 100% of my focus on getting to know one woman. It's quite new to me and I really enjoy it so far. We have some family dynamics in common that a lot of people don't have between our parents, and it's an issue that we can really connect on. It's very hard to find one or two people that can really share the pain and the happiness of life with.
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