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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: The "no is forever" doctrine
Message-ID: <1077@burl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 19:49:05 EST
Article-I.D.: burl.1077
Posted: Mon Mar  3 19:49:05 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Mar-86 05:33:49 EST
References: <167@axiom.UUCP> <1271@lll-crg.ARpA> <305@unirot.UUCP> <175@moncol.UUCP> <10177@amdcad.UUCP>
Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC
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Keywords: beyond the initial rejection
Summary: 

In article <10177@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>Pooh also asked "How do you feel about someone who is persistent after
>being refused?" It's happened to me twice. Both times it started out
>as flattering and then became a mild nuisance. After what seemed like
>a long time, it tapered off. In one case we remain very close friends.
>In the other case. I'll look her up after a few months and then
>remember why I don't see her more often. If the question is "is no in
>the context of a relationship forever?", I'd say in my experience it
>is. But you can be good friends, and you can never have too many of
>those.

Ah, but what ever happened to quaint get-rid-of-'em lines like:

"I *love* that outfit, does it come in your size?"

;-)
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