Re: World of Warcraft = a sucky marriage

Michaela wrote:
> Bill in Co wrote:
>> Michaela wrote:
>>> Michaela wrote:
>>>> Emma Anne wrote:
>>>>> Michaela wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Vickie wrote:
>>>>>>> Anyway back to the WOW.  I am not going to be a nag, but have
>>>>>>> decided to say what needs to be said.  See how it plays out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Vickie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is it that decides whether you are nagging as opposed to
>>>>>> being assertive?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Whether you are a woman or not?
>>>>
>>>> LOL. Not quite...
>>>>
>>>> I am suggesting that it is about perception.
>>>>
>>>> Haven't you met someone who you knew most people liked, but you had
>>>> an instant dislike for that person? If so, what was it that set you
>>>> apart from those other people?
>>>>
>>>> Or perhaps you knew someone who you thought was absolutely wonderful
>>>> and so you introduced them to someone else thinking they too would
>>>> like the first person. Only they didn't. What is it that the third
>>>> person didn't like about the first person?
>>>>
>>>> - Michaela
>>>
>>> Perhaps I could rather ask, what decides whether or not we do or
>>> don't like another?
>>>
>>> - Michaela
>>
>> The way they respond; their ideas and their morals; and what they
>> have to say, and how well you can handle or not handle what they have
>> to say...  ("...etc, etc, etc", said the King and I)..
>
> Would you then agree that people reflect each other?

I'm not sure what you mean by that.    If you mean are we subject to our
own
projection(s) on others - yeah, quite likely so!

> I mean, keeping
> what you said above in mind, go back to what I asked at first: what is
> it that is [within us?] that decides whether or not  we accept or reject
> something or someone? And why do some reject while others accept?

Because we are each unique.    We each come into this with different
experiences (and perhaps to some extent related to this venue, genetics),
which colors our perceptions and reactions.     Why would you expect an
iden
tical response from all?

> What is it that gives you impression A and me impression B about the
> same thing/person? And what about other people? Perhaps they have
> an entirely different idea [impression C, D, F etc.] about this same
> person/thing?

And they probably do!!!

> What is the truth of that thing?

The "truth"???     What truth?    All we have is our own perceptions,
colored by our own experiences.    So the "truth" can never be really
known
by mankind, as it's always filtered through our own perceptions.     For
that matter, maybe there is no "single truth".