Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!azure!chrisa From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Just how far can friendship go? Message-ID: <330@azure.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 04:58:54 EDT Article-I.D.: azure.330 Posted: Mon Jul 8 04:58:54 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 05:35:24 EDT References: <317@azure.UUCP> <2625@ihuxf.UUCP> Reply-To: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 23 Summary: In article <2625@ihuxf.UUCP> features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) writes: > So what do we do? We get involved in bad relationships. We >take all sorts of abuse. We do things that, on the surface, are >self-destructive. We can put up with an almighty great amount >of bad to get a little good. > It's so much easier to find folks who, like oneself, might >be afraid of touching. It's often easiest to just say, "I don't >touch, whatever the provocation." (I've heard prostitutes say that >one aspect of their work is just holding men, because the men can >not get that nurturing in any other way.) It's a risk to hug. >It's also very rewarding. > Let's risk. I'm open for hugs, and I (unlike Lucy >in Peanuts) don't charge 5 cents. > >aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features Anyone for a hug party? Life, Love, Laughter, huga-huga-huga, Chris Andersen