Life is a balancing act

Dec 04, 2005 13:20

For every good part of one's life, there comes a bad part that balances it out. For the happyness of my sat score, a bad part pops up to make me unhappy again. Jenel is having trouble with our relationship. We only get to see each other once or twice a week, and when jenel doesn't see me during the week, she gets depressed. The past week she's ( Read more... )

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burnthechurch December 4 2005, 18:24:56 UTC
edit: need ur advice LJ, what do i do?

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bigtalkballoon December 4 2005, 23:17:53 UTC
First and foremost, are you content with the relationship?

It seems to me as though she's looking for conflict. Maybe not with you, but with herself. I don't know Jenel very well at all, so I don't know how her mind works, but maybe she isn't happy with latency. She might feel as though everything must be dynamic and transient in order for it to be functional or of worth. If this is the case, you can:
A) Stress that simply because you have conflicting schedules and haven't been physically together recently does not mean the relationship is going to shit. Try to make her understand that you're happy with where the relationship is at (albeit you would be happier if you could see her more often), and when you face impossibilities like being in different places at the same time, it doesn't mean the relationship is meaningless or disintigrating. It just means you two lead busy, sometimes separate lives and should be perfectly understandable. You don't always have to be on her mind (and vice versa) in between visits for you guys to be ( ... )

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burnthechurch December 5 2005, 00:04:25 UTC
awesome spiel, ty, great piece on relationship psychology, great analysis, great SFI 98 A+.

lol, jk, but seriously, very nice, ty.

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bigtalkballoon December 5 2005, 00:06:24 UTC
lol SFI, bite me
No input? Damn you.

You're welcome.

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burnthechurch December 5 2005, 00:12:03 UTC
no, it's very nice thank you, i appreciate an fresh outside view on this issue, although i think it's in the process of being solved right now, hmm.

but seriously, thank you very much. how can i have input? argue with it?

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anonymous December 5 2005, 00:51:14 UTC
uhh...yeah...i love you? the end.

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burnthechurch December 5 2005, 00:56:55 UTC
it better be the end of all of this shenanagins :)!

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