I'm sad and lonely, so you should be, too.

[elpollodiablo]

"Do you know what a fetish is? Something of a woman which gives pleasure but is not a woman. A shoe, a locket... une jarreti/(R)re. You are the same, not real but an object of pleasure."

As for V., she recognized--perhaps aware of her own progression toward inanimateness--the fetish of M/(c)lanie and the fetish of herself to be one. As all inanimate objects, to one victimized by them, are alike.

[jebreject]

i have two different situations i could add to this thread, but i don't really feel comfortable doing so.  i'll link a song or two tomorrow, though.

[william]

ok, here's some very good advice from greg nog. thanks greg! this summarises my views on the subject and is lovelily drawn

http://www.gregnog.com/frogandscorpion.htm

[John]

Andrew's right about this stuff. Cold hard fact: trying to be friends with people who are toxic to you is a doomed enterprise. It doesn't matter how good you feel when you're with them. It doesn't matter how bad it hurts to make the break. Attempting to negotiate with a toxin will drive you insane. If it's any consolation, people do change, so you can try talking to them again five or ten years later, and that'll be nice. (I have had this happen twice.) But the "I can't live without this person's friendship" thing, no, e'eybody gotta kick that to the curb. Yes you can. You'll just hurt real bad for a while.

JD, kickin' straight reality in the two k five