spaf@gatech.UUCP (07/30/84)
One of the great mysteries (and frustrations) in interactions with
other people is why sometimes two people just don't seem to hit it
off. It is especially curious why a "perfect" relationship suddenly
ends.
I just recently found a book which addresses this very topic. The
book was intended to be humorous (I believe -- I found it in the humor
section at Dalton's) but the content is surprisingly profound. I would
recommend this as possibly instructive to anyone who's ever wondered
"What did I do wrong?"
The book is entitled "When to Dump Your Date." It is subtitled "375
Litmus Tests to Tell If the Chemistry is Wrong." The book is published
(in paperback) by Ballantine books, and the author is Lois Romano.
To quote from the introduction: "There are those magically enlightening
moments in every affaire de coeur when the entire possibility -- or
impossibility -- of a relationship is summed up at once. In that split
second when a seemingly insignificant gesture, an offhand comment, or
an ugly sports jacket, suddenly strikes at the heart of your neuroses
(or snobbery) and changes your romantic destiny." The book is devoted
to (humorously) relating such moments, and why they seem to mean what
they do. Spaf says, "check it out."
--
Off the Wall of Gene Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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