From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!hao!seismo!rocheste!rocksvax!rocks34!dw
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Pursuing Attached *People*
Article-I.D.: rocks34.168
Posted: Sat Apr 30 12:16:57 1983
Received: Mon May  2 05:38:49 1983
References: uiucdcs.1990

This discussion brings to mind one of my own experiences.  A few years ago
I was seeing someone pretty regularly, and pretty content with the situation
(but not overly excited).  As it happens another MOTOS became interested
in me, but we had been friends for awhile and I guess that I didn't really
notice any of the signals that she was sending, and since she didn't 
attempt to openly pursue things (since I was seeing someone else) nothing
happend for about 3 months.  Finally, I started getting bored with my
current situation (maybe 'bored' is a poor choice of words) and happened
to be at the computer center one evening when my friend appeared.  We
both finished our work pretty early, so we stopped off for a snack on the
way home.  To make a long story short, that evening was the start of a
relationship which lasted almost two years.

The unfortunate aspect of the story is that her interest in me endured
for quite a while before she finally got the nerve to bring it out into
the open.  In all honesty, if I had known of her interest sooner I 
probably would have started something then and she would not had to
keep her feelings in for so long.

Therefore, my feeling is that if you are interested in someone let them
know of it.  There are a lot of casual relationships out there that 
exist only because the concerned partys do haven't found anyone more
interesting to get involved with.  Of course, you also run a pretty
good chance of getting shot down, but at least you'll know where
you stand.

Don Wegeng
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