Posted by Dinah on January 17, 2003, at 19:27:25
In reply to What's it mean to you to feel close to someone?, posted by ROO on January 17, 2003, at 8:48:49
Gooollly, you guys are making me feel bad. :(
The person I'm closest to is my husband, and I'm very close to him - he's my best friend. But all those things about intimacy and being able to reveal yourself and all that - are they real? Are they possible?
I trust my husband with my life to do his best for me. I trust that he will never abandon me. I trust that he will be the same person tomorrow that he is today. I don't at all trust that he will understand or accept my slimy underbelly, so to speak.
But we speak the same language, grew up in the same culture. We have little phrases we use that express a lot in a few words, but that no one else would understand the same way. We have similar tastes in comedy and humor (like grammar humor - grammar is hilarious), but not in music or drama. We respect each other's good points and can tolerate each other's less than good points.
Or as we say "You're almost everything I ever wanted. You're not perfect but I love you anyhow..." (Weird Al Yankovic)
But I couldn't tell him a lot of the stuff I tell you guys.
So maybe everyone needs lots of people to be close to, in different ways?
poster:Dinah
thread:35372
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20030111/msgs/35413.html