My OperaMutual and Creative Giving
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:01:36 PM
I'm watching television. Okay, I'm watching it while I work, but still, I'm watching television. Yes, I'm well aware it should be a mortal sin, but ... I was watching a show discussing all kinds of relationships, how they form, how they evolve. I was thinking about the ideal relationship in my head, and it didn't quite fit into any of the categories they presented, so I made my own.
Mutual dependency, mutual attraction, the stages of love, the stages of friendship ... nope, much simpler. Mutual and Creative Giving. A relationship with someone in which you are constantly thinking of them, constantly doing things or thinking of things to enhance their life, and they're doing the same for you. It doesn't fit into the paradigm they presented because it's materially selfless ... directly anyway, but for some reason it appeals to me.
If there are any theories on why that might be, postcards to ...
Mutual dependency, mutual attraction, the stages of love, the stages of friendship ... nope, much simpler. Mutual and Creative Giving. A relationship with someone in which you are constantly thinking of them, constantly doing things or thinking of things to enhance their life, and they're doing the same for you. It doesn't fit into the paradigm they presented because it's materially selfless ... directly anyway, but for some reason it appeals to me.
If there are any theories on why that might be, postcards to ...
