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From: frye@cuuxb.UUCP (frye)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Date lottsa people & get some variety.
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 09:34:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 09:34:26 1985
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Just read Laura and Bithead vs. Laura.
Distribution: net

I don't know... I think Ol' Bithead thinks Laura is a little
to rabid in her posting. I took Laura to mean that she's a
little tired of the men she dated being an emotional drain.
I see nothing wrong with her wanting to date for the fun of
dating. If she did find someone she wanted to keep, I'm sure
she'd pick a man who's fairly stable. I wouldn't want to be
somebody's total emotional support either. I've been through
that and won't ever do it again.

Howsomever, everyone needs a shoulder once in a while. I didn't
see where Laura said she'd refuse the use of one of her's. She
mearly said she wouldn't want someone crying on it all the time.
She sounds pretty level headed to me (and I don't mean you could
play pool on top of it(8-)).




I guess I might as well throw this in too. Someone asked me (in
regard to my trip to Portland) how I could love anyone I had
just met. Let me clue you folks into something. Over this net
it is totally impossible to become smitten or infatuated with
anyone. It is impossible to become distracted by what a person
is doing or what that person looks like. I also believe that it
is totally impossible to feel that someone is a friend if I don't
love that person. I love all my friends and hope someone doesn't
like it. My friendship with these two women is what lead me to
go see them. I'm glad I did go. I may get to go see them again.
Meanwhile, I'll just keep writing to them and keep on loving 'em.
Its easy to do, they haven't given me any reason not to love them
and plenty of reasons why I should. Oh, one last think in case
anyone is interested. I said I love them, I didn't say I was in
love with them (as if they were going to become my number one
sweetie(s) or the like). There's a difference.

If there's any question about what's going on with me around
home, I have several friends I run around here with. I don't
have what you'd call an SO right now. I feel I'd be just what
Laura is trying to avoid.(8-) The last SO was a manic depres-
sive and she turned terminal. She took herself out just before
Christmas last year. If you think I'm gonna inflict myself on
some nice lady before my mental scars heal a little, you've
got a little more thinkin' to do. The two or three women who've
kinda tried getting me to be interested in them have been shut
down with the understanding that I ain't gonna inflict me on 'em.
Not just yet anyhow.

I get to feeling a little better everyday and will be looking
around to see who I could "love to death"(8-), but see, I don't
want to appear too easy. I gotta be romanced a little. I've got
my reputation to think of. I don't wanna look like no pushover
or anything like that(8-). God, its hard to write stuff like
that without laughin' out loud(8-).

	I've dumped about enough o' this stuff on you kind folks
fer now. I got work to be did anywho. Thanx for your indulgence.




Here I sit with a drink and a memory, but I'm not cold and I'm
not wet and I'm not hungry. So, classify these as good times,
good times.      <----Don't know if Willie wrote it or not, but
		      he sang it.




Regards,
Tom Frye