[overflow] Re: GHHS

[mbottorff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michelle & Boyd Bottorff)]

> 'love' is (in my considered, but humble, opinion) not an emotion.  It's a
> complex interaction of different desires.  For example: I desire not to
> be hurt by my current boy/girlfriend by him/her saying that my morals and
> values are completely wrong, and that I must change them to suit
> him/her.  I desire not to be hurt by my friend anymore because he couldn't
> deal with the concept that a higher-priority item came up in my life that
> I had to deal with at the time we were supposed to meet, and my friend
> couldn't comprehend why what came up was a high-priority item.  I desire
> to be around him because he's charming, witty, and we usually end up
> having good conversations.  I desire to be around him because he shows me
> and reminds me through his honest statements just how good I really do
> look.  I desire to not feel guilty for leaving my parents, who have
> gone senile, in a nursing home for the rest of their lives.  And so on.

<bewildered look>
I don't understand what any of this has to do with love.

Michelle Bottorff
Lady Lavender

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