Sage

I think it might have been more fair of me to say that in general, PEOPLE are selfish. Given what Moskie has been talking about in regards to his girlfriend, the way she behaves, and especially the statement "I think I also have to point out that this girl lives for her mani/pedis, and has more shoes than I do socks.", his girlfriend sounds INCREDIBLY high-maintance. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it. She wants things her way, and when she doesn't get things her way she becomes aggrivated and starts a scene. She's perfectly fine expecting Moskie to be at her beck and call, but once he wants anything from her that's she's not immediately open to giving (like love, support, and emotional understanding) she backs away and gets defensive. Perhaps she's just the type of girl who doesn't like to get close to a man because she'd rather be able to drop the relationship at any time without any emotional tangle on her part.

Moskie, if what I just said doesn't sound like your girlfriend, then I apologize for mis-interpreting your posts. And Sultana, more often than not problems can be boiled down to a simple phrase or sentence, at least in my expierence. I was offering the position of her being selfish as a starting point for examining her behavior, not as an umbrella solution to the problem.

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