Dear friend with benefits: We have things in common, we like to do things together, we occasionally fulfill our sexual needs, and I respect you.
Dear fuck buddy: You occasionally fulfill my sexual needs. I like you.
(I use each word of this knowingly.)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-18-2008 at 11:54 AM..
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