Have you ever met someone and have just known that they will become a part of your life? Is it appropriate to feel that way without ever having been on a date and never having any discussion beyond telephonic office fodder and a brief impromptu dicussion of morals? Would it be appropriate to plan a fantasy date on ones commute homeward so enthralling that one barely realizes that the 45 minute trip was already done? Would it be terrible that one happens to tell others of her utter repulsion of this person when in fact she feels quite the opposite? Yes this would all be completley insane coming from the cold hearted biotch that once was that is apparently no longer. But this is why I am insane.
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>>Have you ever met someone and have just known that they will become a part of your life?<<
Romantic love is an experience not to be missed by anyone.
>>Is it appropriate to feel that way without ever having been on a date and never having any discussion beyond telephonic office fodder and a brief impromptu dicussion of morals?<<
Happens to everyone. Really, literally, seriously: Happens to everyone.
>>Would it be appropriate to plan a fantasy date on ones commute homeward so enthralling that one barely realizes that the 45 minute trip was already done?<<
Why not? This fantasy was all within you, so it doesn't bother anyone else.
>>Would it be terrible that one happens to tell others of her utter repulsion of this person when in fact she feels quite the opposite?<<
Sounds like one is feeling a need for privacy in the midst of these others. "A person who cannot tell a lie has no lock on their door."
>>Yes this would all be completley insane coming from the cold hearted biotch that once was that is apparently no longer. But this is why I am insane."
Grrlette, this is so completely as old as humanity, and utterly fresh to each new human. Give yourself a break, already. There's a pretty song in the musical "South Pacific" -- GO RENT IT (the version starring Mary Martin, if there's more than one version, which I doubt) so you can learn this song and sing it to yourself. This is why humans have Culture, so they put their internal climate-changes into a larger context of acceptance, and sharedness-with-an-ancient-chain-of-common-experience.
(PS, I know, we don't know that it's necessarily A Guy, so edit as appropriate. And, really: rent "South Pacific", learn this song, and sing it when you need to.)
From: http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/i/iminlovewithawonderfulguy.shtml
(Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers)
I expect everyone of my crowd to make fun
Of my proud protestations of faith in romance,
And they'll say I'm naïve as a babe to believe
Every fable I hear from a person in pants.
Fearlessly I'll face them and argue their doubts away,
Loudly I'll sing about flowers in spring,
Flatly I'll stand on my little flat feet and say
Love is a grand and a beautiful thing!
I'm not ashamed to reveal
The world famous feelin' I feel.
I'm as corny as Kansas in August,
I'm as normal as blueberry pie.
No more a smart little girl with no heart,
I have found me a wonderful guy!
I am in a conventional dither,
With a conventional star in my eye.
And you will note there's a lump in my throat
When I speak of that wonderful guy!
I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,
A cliché comin' true!
I'm bromidic and bright
As a moon-happy night
Pourin' light on the dew!
I'm as corny as Kansas in August,
High as a flag on the Fourth of July!
If you'll excuse an expression I use,
I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love, I'm in love,
I'm in love with a wonderful guy!
The good Earl Spencer would lead you slightly astray, my dear. The version starring Mary Martin is an audio recording only, "Original 1949 Broadway Cast." Beautiful renditions, but (simply) not a video. To see the classic video, you'd want to rent the 1958 film, starring Mitzi Gaynor. But if one of your ancestors happens to have the 1949 data readily available, by all means pop it on the player, and catch up with the 1958 item later. The Earl's prescription of this song is indeed well-advised.
PS, if you go to Amazon and try to sample the song, you'll get the first 30 seconds, which (as if by perverse intention) takes in only the intro' verses, and perfectly stops short of the sweeping main waltz of the song.
Gentlemen, you have piqued my interest to the point that I feel compelled to leave the protective shelter of my home and obtain a copy of the aforementioned musical. Perhaps I should compare both the audio version and video release in a subsequent post?
My child-like giddiness has subsided since yesterday as the reality of the matter has set in. I have this obnoxious preference to choose relationships that are infested with complications and hurdles. But as I coyly told this man yesterday, "challenges are the most exciting part of life". I'm not certain he caught my subtle reference, but I will persist.
Hey! Little lady! As I told my boss: Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.
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