Posted by bob on May 9, 2000, at 22:37:52
In reply to Re: Love equals_______., posted by Noa on May 9, 2000, at 17:58:03
> Hey, love is love, get it where you can, give it where you can. The great thing about dogs is that it is truly a mutually loving relationship, whereas searching for love in other places often leads to one-way relationships or worse, ones in which what comes back to you is not only not love, but something destructive and awful. Dogs (and some other pets) really do love you back. It's as honest as it gets.
"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate in their object-relations."
-- Sigmund FreudPhil, I gotta second Noa's promo for credit counseling. Between taking my credit cards out of my radar screen and consolidating my student loans -- both with electronic debits -- my financial picture is no longer laden with the fear evoked by receiving all those statements in the mail, the anxiety fostered by my inability to sit down, open the bills, write a check (since it was never an issue of not having the money for me, either), and SEND THE G*D*MN THING OFF, and all the guilt over not meeting my responsibilities. I love having just my Amex card (especially since you can pay on-line!) and that "must pay" status each month for almost all of my purchases ... no longer do I play those little mind games of "Gee, I really deserve this NOW" or "THIS toy would be a great anti-depressant" at the store only to screw my anxiety up tight as a watch spring waiting for that monthly statement.
It's also ooooooooh sooooo gratifying to see those credit companies that were stuffing a 22.9%APR down my craw cop down to 6% or 8% rate instead. Teeheehee .... =^)
cheers,
bob
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