we were talking about love and different situations involving love. my 13 year old son had been listening to the conversation. i think we were wondering what to do about love when he said, "love is like presents. it's best to just say thanks and move on."
i think that is a very fair summation of the experience. and just this morning, i found two more situations where this approach has proved useful: breakfast and friendship. men can be so much more insightful, and concise, than women.
in all fairness, though, i had two different conversations with a woman and a man last week regarding the question of how can a woman tell if a man is in love with her. my conversation with the man never really yielded an answer, but my conversation with the woman was short and succinct. you can think a man is in love with you when he's not, but if you have to ask, then he's definately not.
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A man can't answer how a woman knows, he can only feel the depth of what love might be. After reading this report I want to know the love knowledge credibility of the women who were polled. Because as a man I also came up with the same answer--so its easy to say. And maybe the only measure is by what is missing.
the question wasn't really answered, if you think about it. for my part, i said, if it's love it doesn't hurt when you have it. and that's when she said that if you find yourself having to ask if he really loves you, then it's safe to say he doesn't. this is dorothy, who is 64 and teaching me to knit.
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