Posted by JenStar on August 23, 2004, at 11:08:30
In reply to Re: Everthing I wrote last night is best ignored. :( » JenStar, posted by Susan47 on August 22, 2004, at 19:44:12
Yes, I do know what you mean. I think that's why I usually try to 'go slow' when meeting someone new (apart from those risky/frisky times!) I know that I personally tend to get overwhelmed and then back away when I learn too much too soon, and see the same from others. But if I go slow, those same things that were overwhelming or off-putting or just down-right scary become easier to handle.
It reminds me of the famous saying about the frog in boiling water: (sorry for the bad paraphrase!) If you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, he will try mightily to leap out. However, if you put a frog into a pot of cool water and heat it up to boiling, he will stay in there and cook.
So I suppose the parallel I'm making is...getting to know me is perhaps like a frog (YOU) getting slowly boiled (getting to know all about me!)
That's a really negative comparison, though. I'm going to have to come up with something that hits the same note but sounds a lot more positive...
JenStar
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