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From: hok382@houxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: long distance relationships & hugging
Message-ID: <333@houxa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jan-84 08:31:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  6 08:31:46 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Jan-84 02:05:50 EST
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Since my significant other is in Ill. and I am in NJ. and we
see one another about once a month, I've found that what I miss
most is the hugging.  I actually often feel an ache along
my shoulder blades -- hug deprivation, I guess. 

By the way, I think that with long distance relationships the
support you get from your friends is terribly important.  It is
a whole lot easier to be separated when most of your friends think
that you are "meant for each other" (One of our friends keeps
assuring us that since we have matching noses, we are a good
couple;  I think this is patently ridiculous, but I appreciate
the concern)  It's really hard to spend time with "outsiders"
when you have so little time together anyhow, but I think it
is important to spend time with each other's friends (especially if
one or both of you have just moved to a new area and have all
sorts of new friends) in order to have adequate "social support"
for your relationship.