[overflow] Re: GHHS

[Lee Gold <leeway@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob 'Autographed Cat' Wynne wrote:
> 
> At 08:37 AM 5/9/01, you wrote:
> >I do wish people wouldn't talk as if our emotions were electronic
> >relays we could fine tune (On, Off, More Green, More Treble)
> >when we all know that's not how it works.
> 
> And I equally wish that people would stop telling me that I can't possibly
> feel this way, because folks aren't wired like that.
> 
> I can only relate my own experiences and emotions.  They aren't going to
> work for everyone.  But to shrug and say "It just doesn't work that way" is
> tantamount to giving up.  And *I* am not wired /THAT/ way.

I'm not talking about giving up.  I'm talking about toughing it out
even though it hurts.  If you can indeed easily control your emotions 
by intellectual decision (I think I'm going to fall in love with
so and so for this weekend because it'll make the convention more
enjoyable -- and then stop being in love when the con is over 
because he's not really a safe person to love) (my parents have
gone senile; I'll decide to stop loving them), then yes, we're
obviously wired differently.

--Lee