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From: Gleeep@cup.portal.com (Dave - Silon)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Net Chemistry
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 18:05:20 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: kkb55224@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kristin Kelly Buxton)
Subject: Re: "We could still be friends"
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 02:18:53 GMT

c60a-gx@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Jeffrey Twu) writes:
>Unfortunately, there is one method which many people adopt:  Never
>speaking to him again, or just plain avoiding him whenever he wants to be
>around.  Personally, I think it's the most insensitive way to communicate
>the impossibility of a romantic relationship; however, it's also the most
>definite method.
>Do something else... but remain friends.

>Jeff

That was never my intention (completely ignoring him that is).  Actually 
the letter I received from him was kindof a response to the Christmas card
I sent him.  It's just rather uncomfortable having him repeatedly telling
me he'd like to get back together, especially now that I've moved on and 
am happy in my current relationship.  
Kristin
From: pezzillo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Amy J. Pezzillo)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Fa La La
Keywords: Xmas
Date: 16 Dec 92 03:35:16 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Dec15.232914.11725@eff.org> fsquared@eff.org (Fawn Fitter) writes:
>Okay, let's reminisce.....
>
>What's the sappiest, gooiest, most out-and-out romantic Xmas gift you've
>ever gotten?  

The one I'm about to get this year.  I haven't seen my boyfriend for 4
months, and I'm flying out to Chicago to stay with him for TWO WEEKS.
(Yay!)  I'm definitely getting the best Christmas present ever --
him!!!

ajp

Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone)
Subject: Do Men Enjoy Hurting Women?
Keywords: Why?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 22:57:29 GMT


The folk of A.R. have impressed me with their savvy and willingness
to offer advice and opinion, so I thought I could get some feedback from
y'all concerning a perplexing aspect of male/female behavior.

I have a friend (a lady) who is unmarried, and has a boyfriend who is
apparently seeing somebody else on the sly.  She *knows* he is, and
has told this dude that she's not an idiot and he isn't fooling anybody.
The thing is, her knowing hasn't had the expected damping effect you'd
think it would.  I vouchsafed the opinion that he's doing this because
the thrill of cheating adds a certain "zest" to the game, as well as
a boost to his ego---think of how it must feel, having one woman already
and then having another come along, vying for your attention.

I'd like to hear what *you* folks out there think---both the ladies
AND the gentlemen---as to what motivates a man to actively engage
in such hurtful behavior towards a woman.  The gal I mentioned above
asked me what I thought, and the rather lame line of reasoning out-
lined above was all that I could offer.  I hope to be able to take
your responses and show them to her---she's very perplexed by her SO's
willful waywardness, and can't understand it.

Come to think of it, *I* can't understand it either.  Your insights
are wanted and welcome, either here or in E-mail.

Thanks in advance, gang.

...T.R. Stone
From: dxk21@po.cwru.edu (Davis)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Complete stangers/friends/now what???
Date: 16 Dec 92 03:02:42 GMT
Organization: Case
NNTP-Posting-Host: b63535.student.cwru.edu

In article <92350.180138RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu> Robbie Po <RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:01:38 EST
>From: Robbie Po <RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu>
>Subject: Complete stangers/friends/now what???
>Here's a reason why I hate semester ends.  This gal and I were complete
>strangers.  Somehow, I worked my way up to talking to her, and over the
>past few weeks, we've sat next to each other, and we've become really
>good friends.  Now, the semester's over.  Do I ask to keep in touch or what?


   of course... why not.  If you're friends, then I really doubt she'll
say no or have a problem with it.


>Also, how can you find out if someone has a SO?  Personally, I think it's
>a little rude to ask her if she has a boyfriend because if she does, that
>will definitely affect the friendship that I've worked so hard to get.

    Well...    without asking there's very little you can do.   If you 
ask her out on what would appear to be a romantic date and she has an
SO, you'll probably find out then.  You would know if she has one on 
campus by watching her around and noticing who she hangs out with.  If 
you're friends... have you ever been in her room?  Look for pictures 
hanging around in the room or other things that might clue you in.


> ANybody with these answers out there - I could use them!!!  Thanks!!!
> P.S.  I, too, have a problem with signs.  She always seems to turn her
>head to the left over to me (where I'm sitting) and she'll always put her
>hands through her hair at least 2-3 times during the class.  I don't want
>to lose my friendship with her, but I've been dying to go out with her ---
>to ask her out.  I'll only see her once more this year.  What do I do????
>** Rob **


    In order to meet people and get dates and such you have to be outgoing
and be able to TAKE LITTLE CHANCES.  Asking her out would be one of those
little chances...   if there's not time to ask her out, you should 
at least get an address and phone #.   Go for it.

good luck
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: pablo@eye1.cognet.ucla.edu (Pablo Lapuerta)
Subject: Re: My wife's first visit to her OB doctor was scary...
Reply-To: pablo@cognet.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:24:40 GMT

In article <Bz931I.10F@news.cso.uiuc.edu> fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J.  
Fippen) writes:
> 	She really wanted a female doctor. Baring her private parts to a  
strangemale just wasn't her thing. And I didn't like the idea either. 

Let me digress from the point about your relationship with your wife, and  
remark instead about your initial concern about the gynecological  
examination:

A lot of people are concerned about male doctors doing gynecological  
exams.  I assure you that these exams are not exciting for the doctor.

Maybe it would be different if you entered the exam room and saw a female  
patient with the lights low, a smile on her face, a beautiful negligee,  
and a glass of champagne.  

But when you enter the room what you find instead is someone concerned  
about a medical problem (usually pain, itching, bleeding, or discharge),  
there are specimens to be obtained (pap smear, cultures, slides), and a  
there is a waiting room outside filled with other patients to be seen.   
And of course there is a nurse present for assistance.

The circumstances of the gynecological examination do not require any  
special effort or restraint for it to be handled in a strictly  
professional manner.

Pablo
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: fippen@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (J. Fippen)
Subject: Love is gentle and sweet.....
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 12:47:58 GMT

 Love is gentle and sweet, and this is why it cannot stand up to the 
brash claims of the media in which sex is idolized and love and respect and 
 commitment are never mentioned. But today I received a post from a girl
 named Diana who
explained to me a different way to look at the world which I think is quite
appropriate: when people are vastly different from you and maybe even their
conduct is obnoxious, we should not think of them as "creeps" but merely
recognize that they don't know enough to value the better things in life and 
we should feel sorry for them. This is a more gentle way to view the world
and it certainly takes a lot of stress off me.
	Moving towards the vulgar is not an improvement on life. Use of the 
"f" word in our public life does not make us bigger people; it make us 
smaller people. Love requires a gentler time, a long walk holding hands, the 
ability to blush, the tender thoughts of your being. We must try to avoid all
the bad things in life and constantly look for the simpler pleasures and the 
realness of our souls. Love will come to those who seek it in simpler places.
It came to us lying on a blanket on the grass in the UI quad in '47. I hope it
will happen to you because love is a thousand times greater than anything else
on earth. Thank you for reading.



Xref: sparky alt.romance:15158 alt.romance.chat:21814 soc.men:21047 soc.women:21398
Newsgroups: alt.romance,alt.romance.chat,soc.men,soc.women
Subject: Re: Song List
From: hou026@marshall.wvnet.edu
Date: 10 Dec 92 22:43:47 -0500
Organization: Marshall University

In response to all time favorite love songs with an explaination:

One in a Million   by Larry Graham
		First boyfriend when I was 16 sang this song to me at a high
		school dance...So innocent.. little did I know he'd turn out to
		 be a scum...
		But I still have fond memories of that song.

Feel the Fire    by Teddy Pendergrass
		Its by Teddy, nuf' said.

Shining Star   by the Manhattans
		Same first boyfriend... hot, steamy sessions by the dash board
		light!

Always and Forever
		Beautiful song,  I'd like to sing it at my wedding.



> 
> 
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: lyra@camelot.bradley.edu (Heather Loresch)
Subject: Re: what is love? (my $0.02)
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 14 Dec 92 07:01:59 GMT

In <kre-131292232418@b61693.student.cwru.edu> kre@po.CWRU.edu (Keith R.W. Elflein) writes:
>In article <lyra.724275329@camelot>, lyra@camelot.bradley.edu (Heather
>Loresch) wrote:

[all my lovely rhetoric deleted]

>Here's a thought for you: In germany, especially in Bayern, where i am
>from, one never says the word LOVE. (well hardly ever). The philosophy
>behind this is that the word carries far too much meaning to be used. I am
>aware that you may find this a little excessive in nature, but perhaps you
>could just see the principle of the thing. Love is a word to be respected
>and used ONLY when meant. I don't know, maybe you don't understand, but
>perhaps you try.
>Keith

well i have to clear this up. i don't run around saying to everyone
that i love them. i won't say it unless i mean it. as someone said
when they emailed me about this, saying the words implies a
commitment. i have a few people i love, very dear friends who i trust
with my life, and even more, with my secrets and my feelings. to them,
i say that i love them quite often. it takes a lot to get to that
point tho. i have to have a commitment to that person as a close
friend, or more. love is not a word i casually toss around, i just
don't believe in focusing ALL my love at one person. that would
deprive me of so much joy in life, and it tends to get stifling. i
hope i have cleared this up a bit
From: dxk21@po.cwru.edu (Davis)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: I've just been "LJBF"ed
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:52:14 GMT
Organization: Case
NNTP-Posting-Host: b63535.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Dec15.130933.23542@walter.cray.com> kjberte@cray.com (Kurt Bertelsen) writes:
>From: kjberte@cray.com (Kurt Bertelsen)
>Subject: I've just been "LJBF"ed
>Date: 15 Dec 92 13:09:32 CST
>
>I've just been "LJBF"ed.  I didn't even see it comming.  She
>wants to "try to work it out with her old boyfriend."  I was just 
>starting to think about what to do for our one year.  
>
>Do I return the christmas gift I already bought her?  Is it to petty?
>


      First of all... if you got a true LJBF, then return the gift.  It's
definately not worth it to give it anyways.  

> 
>Why does it hurt soooo BAD?!  
>


     That's just the way it is....  if you put yourself into a relationship
you have to do it with the willingness that you will most likely have to
endure what you're going through right now.
    Really, time is the only thing that's gonna truly work for you to get
over it... but in the meantime, here's a couple things to keep in mind
while the time passes.   First, don't ignore your feelings...  if you try
to keep convincing yourself that you're not torn up over it, then you'll
never get it all out of your system.  Secondly, remember that you're not
alone.  It's amazing at what the simple though of how there are so many
people out there going through the same thing as you can make you feel
better.  Lastly... after a little time, don't use all your energy 
reliving and trying to revive things inside your head.  When someone 
gives you the kind of statement you got, most likely things are over, at
least for a very long time.  Instead, use that energy in enjoying yourself
and keeping a lookout for a person who wants to be with you and will 
appreciate and have fun with you instead of using it to feel bad about
someone who doesn't.  There are plenty of people out there....

good luck


dk

Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: alex@mentor.cc.purdue.edu ( )
Subject: Re: How do you win someone back.
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:57:21 GMT

In article <BzD4tp.K67@mach1.wlu.ca> macl6441@mach1.wlu.ca (macleod heather) writes:
>Alex:
>
>Why do you think you're going to be flamed for this?  You're dead on!  I'm
>currently struglling with staying with what I know or moving on to new
>things, and whichever way I decide, nobody's going to "win" me back.  It's
>my choice how I'll live my life, and no amount of gifts will change it!
>
>Heather MacLeod   macl6441@mach1.wlu.ca
>Wilfrid Laurier University
>Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
>

Why do I think I'll get flamed?  Generally because there are people
who will think me callous by "disregarding" her feelings and telling 
her to "give up".  I've been around on the net long enough to know
that if you tread on people's notion of true, never ending love, and
the romantic institution as a whole, you're going to get napalmed.
I am glad to find out that there are a few realists here though,
and not just the cynics and the clueless.  Then again, it just may
be my cynicism talking after that damn EE final.

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Warning: This post has been written by a noted Cynic and may be
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Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: fsquared@eff.org (Fawn Fitter)
Subject: Re: "We could still be friends"
Originator: fsquared@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:59:23 GMT

csg068@cch.coventry.ac.uk (** DECKER **) writes:

>What do you do when someone says "I really like you, but it'll never be
>anything more"?

>I always promised to myself that I would never post anything like this,
>but there you go. I'm just interested in other people's reactions to this
>(probably common) scenario.


>-- 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> : DECKER : csg068@uk.ac.coventry.cch : Dept. of Computer Science, Cov Uni  :  
> : "Barriers crumble, empires fall. The Karmadrome's inside us all" - PWEI  :
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-


He's still my best friend.  But we're a special case...
Newsgroups: alt.romance
From: petitc@vccnw04.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
Subject: Re: List of Gestures of Affection (LGA)
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 22:40:43 GMT

HF.JLN@forsythe.stanford.edu (Janet Newman) writes:

>In article <1992Dec9.014332.8833@netcom.com>,
>ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec8.233108.27474@athena.cs.uga.edu> skip@rosalyn.stat.uga.edu (Skip Gundlach) writes:
>>>In article <BywAoB.G4u@world.std.com> aep@world.std.com (Andrew E Page) writes:
>>>>
>>>>  (Any good books on adminsitering hugs?)
>>>>
>>>I no longer have it, so I cannot quote pub and author, and may also
>>>misquote the title, but there is a book, "The hug book" or The book of
>>>hugs" available, I should think, at various mainstream bookstores.  It
>>>is about 5" square, hardbound.
>>
>>I think you may have in mind two books by Kathleen Keating, both published
>>by CompCare Publishers, Minneapolis:
>>
>>_The Hug Therapy Book_, ISBN 0-89638-065-3
>>_Hug Therapy 2_, ISBN 0-89638-130-7
>>
>>Mine are paperbound, about 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.
>>--
>>Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear              ekman@netcom.com
>>Home for the Terminally Infirm, Redwood City, California

>I've got a 5" square paperback titled: _Hugs and Kisses_ "A book
>for adults and other children."  By Bruce Davis, Ph.D & Genny
>Wright, Workman Publishing Co, NY, 1977.

>It's a great little book with cartoon people (no bears - except
>for stuffed ones in the "learning how to hug" section).

>Here're a couple of excerpts:

>"The most important thing to know is that you deserve lots and
>lots of hugs and kisses."

>"Some people think that a kiss is something you do with your
>lips.  But a kiss is really something you do to make you and
>someone else feel better.  Anything you do that feels good can
>be a kiss.  Sometimes you do not use your mouth at all, but
>instead you use your toes to kiss."

>Well...maybe you need the drawing to get the whole cute picture.
>Fax numbers anyone?

 I want to know if this book is 'current' and I can find it somewhere in a
bookstore.


-- 
Now on sale, in Aisle 5 of the Divine Supermarket---Lives, and Clues.  Buy
yours now and avoid the rush!  They make great Christmas gifts!
Cynicism is only realism projected into the future.
If your fondest wish is to fly, don't draw up plans for flippers.
Newsgroups: alt.music.tmbg
From: alexrh@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen Hellman)
Subject: School?
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:06:41 GMT

   I have a question?  I recently been told that John (F? or L?) attended George
Washington University.  How true is this?  By the way, I just happen to attend
GW.  And no, I don't think that 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary.
   Also, has anyone here ever heard of the Mundanes.  This is the group that
they were in before they became TMBG.  Is there any way to get music by them?
				alexrh@seas.gwu.edu
        			Stephen M Hellman
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Newsgroups: alt.music.tmbg
Subject: bcimmet doesn't have a clue.
From: bcimmet@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 19 Dec 92 10:50:07 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

I'm a total idiot. My post from yesterday entitled "newsgroups" was supposed to
be titled "Re: Top 5", and I went and hit the wrong button. I hate that. Sorry.

- Medford
From: sstover@sumax.seattleu.edu (   Wilde Dame)
Newsgroups: alt.music.tmbg
Subject: Re: Top 5
Date: 20 Dec 1992 22:47:49 -0800
Organization: Seattle University
NNTP-Posting-Host: sumax.seattleu.edu

Uh, I got five, but I'm not puttin' em in any particular order.

-She's An Angel
-Istanbul (Not Constantinople)--the extended (whatever you call it) dance mix
-Birdhouse in Your Soul
-Narrow Your Eyes
-Ana Ng
-- 
       Sheryl Stover  %  If you ask me what I have come to do in the world,
  & Hemingway & Clio  %  I who am an artist, I will reply: "I am here to
sstover@seattleu.edu  %  live aloud."                    -Emile Zola
Newsgroups: alt.music.tmbg
From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: Re: Discography please
Organization: Elitist Usenet Administrators, Turkey Division
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 09:34:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.020703.19566@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> praxis@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Laura L Perkinson) writes:

>	So, who else would pay big bucks for a live alblum comprised
>solely of the "Stump the Band" songs? (TMBG does "Godzilla"!)

Forget that.  I would pay big bucks for studio-quality versions of
half of their Dial-A-Songs.  (Even besides the fact that not just a
few of those have *already* become LP songs ... I can think of "Kiss
Me, Son of God," "Pencil Rain," "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul,"
and "Lie Still, Little Bottle" just offhand.)

-- 
____ Tim Pierce                / 
\  / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu /               Rocks say goodbye.
 \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) / 
Newsgroups: alt.music.tmbg