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Date Posted: 12:08:49 11/02/05 Wed
Author: Sunshine
Subject: Oops, screwed up the italics - was suppoesed to be
In reply to: Sunshine 's message, "Re: Our difference is just too fundamental I guess" on 12:06:49 11/02/05 Wed

that relationships where one person has more power than the other, where one person cares about their partner more than their partner cares about them…
I think almost all relationships suffer from this disparity. Sometimes, who loves who the most or who was the most power might even change over time, depending on the emotional needs of the participants. These kind of differences are a problem but they seem inevitable and do not doom a relationship.
However (there is always a “however”) …and where one doesn't entirely respect the other, this is definitely a killer but it does not follow from a disparity in love or power. Rather it is an indication of a lack of love or at least my definition of love. How can you love a person that you don’t respect? You can lust after a person you don’t respect but respect seems like such a fundamental requirement for love that to talk about love without respect seems meaningless.

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