From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!ihnp4!ixlpc!tomoc
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Dating friends
Article-I.D.: ixlpc.192
Posted: Thu Jan  6 13:09:00 1983
Received: Fri Jan  7 05:19:04 1983
Reply-To: tomoc@ixlpc.UUCP (Tom O`Connor)


I`ve found myself faced with an interesting situation, and am requesting
opinions.  A girl I really like, call her Venus for the heck of it, and
have dated a few times wants to keep things as good friends for now, though
I detect a hint of slipping from this stance.  The problem is that she
has a good friend who I also would be interested in dating.  I don`t
want to mess up their good friendship.

Reflection: A couple years ago, my girlfriend broke up with me.  My best
	    friend decided that he wanted to see her now, after NUMEROUS
	    times saying he`d never jeopardise our friendship by going
	    out with her.  The result was do to numerous reasons I lost
	    my best friend to a girl who has turned into a real space
	    cadet and can never patch up my old friendship

So here I am, not wanting to mess up a friendship between Venus and Athena,
(call them both godesses, why not), yet in doing so depriving myself of
a possible good relationship.  It`s not like I`m just waiting on Venus,
I do take out Heln of Troy, Aphrodite, and Diana on occasion (just crazy
about them goddesses).  Comments, criticism welcome.