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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: How Do We Love?
Message-ID: <1646@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 00:55:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 20 00:55:28 1985
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In article <26600148@uiucdcs> kaufman@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:

>[not approved by Committee for a Macho Net; parental discretion advised]

Mommy's not here, I'll have to risk it.

>While this net has gone over ... the question, "What is love?"

"Love is like two dreamers dreaming
The exact same dream.
Just another technicolor
Romance on the screen."

If you are a reasonable match to the other's dream, and they are a
reasonable match to your dream, the elusive "love" may happen.
Will this love last?  Depends on whether you are dreaming of someone
who is a good match, or just someone who would be fun for awhile.
(This may not be a conscious choice, it can be hard to detirmine
what you need in an SO.)

>Love is like a faucet (followups to net.jokes :-); one can turn it on and
>off at will with only a bit of mental discipline.

Some people can and some people can't.  And when&if you can, turning it
on and off can take a dreadfully long time.

> Think of your closest relationships, and ask yourself why you committed
> yourself to the degree you did.  I expect that most of you will find
> the answer to be that you decided it would be that way.

When I look at them, they "just happened".  No conscious decision.
One the other hand, there have been a few times lately, when I
have been able to cut off the "falling in love" process, knowing
that it wouldn't work out.  Don't know how it works, and I still
find it amasing that this is possible at all.

Snoopy (I'm a puppy, not a yuppie!)
tektronix!tekecs!doghouse.TEK!snoopy

"Love is monkey-see and monkey do
That's all it is, Peaches."