What if?

Mar 09, 2005 23:54

Do you ever wonder what might have happened if a certain someone had found you "just right"? If they'd cared for you no matter how you looked, and vice versa, and wanted to be with you every moment of each day (within reason ( Read more... )

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You have to consider possibilities, not finite explanations jadesniper_2004 March 11 2005, 04:18:36 UTC
You're right with each thing in the "because" section, except I'd modify each one except the fourth one to be:

Because they might be afraid they could get back together.
Because the other person might be a threat to their emotional health, and don't want to face that possibility
Because they might have become so thoroughly disgusted...
Because each time they witnessed before (if applicable) others trying to be "just friends" has failed, and/or have tried it themselves and failed, and they too are afraid of that failure, and don't want to face that possibility.

Your statement that I was being close-minded about reasons why friends after love might not be such a good idea, and while I respect that opinion, it isn't accurate/applicable. This entry was me trying to figure out other peoples' thought processes. Dealing with the ex after love or relationships' end (because some don't really have honest affection in them) as the "bad person" rather than the "victim" was intentionally omitted. Once I'm done talking with a few others and getting some deeper insights/perspectives, I'll write one on that.

Thanks for commenting.

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