I saw a woman at dinner tonight who I haven’t seen in a couple of years — and I felt the same electricity from her that I experienced six years ago when she first walked into my office.
I vividly remember that day. I was working at a college and she needed my help with something. I have no idea what we talked about, but I remember the day clearly because I knew — from the moment I saw her face — that she was one of those women.
I’ve never tried to explain this to anyone, because it’s been such a gut-level thing that I wasn’t conscious of it for a long time. All I know is that there were a very tiny number of women who come into my life who are “one of those women.” They are some very small group in which my gut recognizes something and says to me, “This is one of those women who might be a right partner for you.”
It’s completely from the gut. If my gut tells me that, I need to pay attention to the woman. If my gut doesn’t tell me that, I’m never going to fall for her, no matter how great she is otherwise.
We’re neither friends nor enemies, just strangers who share the past
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When love finally dies, it’s like a fever breaks and the pain is gone
What will you do when ‘electing the right people’ doesn’t change things?
Some people hate their enemies so badly that fairness doesn’t matter
FRIDAY FUNNIES
Why are we uncomfortable when other people aren’t much like us?
THE McELROY ZOO: Meet Lucy, the dog who used to live on a chain
Who was this attractive woman? Why did her story not ring true?