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Cant_wait_for_2008 (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:14 PM Original message |
Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle: For Some People, Intimacy Is Toxic |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I understand |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Oh If Only I Was Unmarried, The Fun We Could Have. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Beware of this guy! |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. been there, done that |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I'm with ya, Viva |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. To paraphrase Betty Friedan, a problem without a name. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. There might be another factor in your family. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Thank you so much for the book alert. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The Narcissistic Family -- also a great tool |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. in my ex's family of origin, criticism was a show of affection |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Individual Differences Have to be Acknowledged and Accepted |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. i am not a people person. never have been |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. Something like 25% of us are introverts |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yup, and... |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. That's me, too |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. A good book about this: "The Introvert Advantage" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Another is "The Highly Sensitive Person." |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. It's socially unacceptable to be an introvert |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. I have always been pretty much like this. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. The need to love |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. it's my ex-husband! |
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northamericancitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. For more personal testimony on this , visit the Loner Forum here on DU |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah. And a severe shortage of decent people to be intimate with |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Indeed |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Never try to teach a pig to sing it's a waste of time and annoys the pig |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. *toxic intimacy* is a damn good hook, but this article left me wanting more |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Try not to feel sorry... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. it the kind of sympathy you have for a three-legged dog |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. You sure said a mouthful! |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. He sounds like he has Aspergers |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Does anyone out there realize how much shit people get for being single? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. I can identify with almost everything on this thread |
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