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Friendship, love, and lust

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frienship love and lust

by Jennie S. Bev

Love and lust are addicting and intoxicating. Friendship keeps things grounded. In a good marriage, all these elements are present with friendship as the underlying principle, a lot of love as the building bricks, and a few dashes of lust to spice things up.

Things can become a bit too lethal when lust dominates a friendship or even in a lovingly romantic relationship.

Infatuation is probably best described as a low-grade, momentary, unfulfilled, lusty obsession between people of opposite sexes — straight — or of the same sex — gay.

At one point, I asked a friend who seemed to be showing such an indication and he said, “What we’re having is a temporary infatuation with things we both know we can’t have.” Read the rest of this entry »

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January 12th, 2010 at 4:13 pm

Virtue, liberty, and rational control

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BRIDGING ISLAM AND THE WEST: An Indonesian View

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December 7th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

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November 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 pm

Preventing and healing conflicts through artistic endeavors

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October 19th, 2009 at 11:54 am

Myths and Misconceptions Surrounding Intellectual Property Rights

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October 4th, 2009 at 11:10 am

From Golden Bridge to Golden Monument: Essays on Humanity, Fairness, and Peace

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May 4th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

Sky without Limit

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February 25th, 2009 at 10:05 am

Martin Luther King, jr Lives on With New White House

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Hey! Let’s be World Famous!

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January 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am

Writing for an imaginary homeland

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December 5th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Politik Kemanusiaan

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November 6th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Marianne Katoppo (1943 – 2007): TEOLOG SEBAGAI PENYAIR ALLAH

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September 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm