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Blair Zajac wrote:
> 
> In article <5t7ct2$h01@beaker.nit.gwu.edu>, carlisle@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
> (Diane Carlisle) wrote:
> 
> big snip
> 
> >
> >common with me.  I want someone who will understand that I work weekends
> >and late hours, not because I'm forced to, but because I want to.  And who
> 
> What kind of relationship do you think would be possible if you continue to
> act as though you are still living by yourself -- coming and going whenever
> you desire?

That is quite a sweeping statement you have just made. I think you are
not seeing the point of Diane's argument here. Say I am an artist and a
scientist, and I have many projects I must work on to satisfy my purpose
here on Earth. (Yes, like Steve Martin, I have found my special
purpose...) Well, this will demand time, eh? As I continue to work up to
the age of thirty, I hope to have much of this work at home. Yet I
intend to not be alone for the 8 years leading me there (not that my
intentions are necessarily the future, just hopes here). If I am not
alone, I would rather be with someone who also has personal projects to
work with. Now, I wouldn't mind being in a Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon
relationship, but how rare is that? (And who knows how tribulous?) 

What about truck drivers, UPS even (now that they are "tentatively" back
to work), high pressure executives, touring musicians? True love, the
sort of stuff a real marriage is based on, means that you understand the
life of your companion here. They are not merely an appendage that
either takes or gives. Surely one must come and go as they desire, if
that desire is not in sync with the other person's desires, then they
should either get it in sync, or go and never come again.

Cody
cody23@earthling.net
cody@io.com
cody.saunders@tivoli.com <-- see, i have a job, too! :)