From buddy Tue Nov  8 01:56:38 1994
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 01:16:30 
Subject: odd piece that slipped into my mailbox after midnight  

		Love is
Love is
  Slapping the other person
    when they get too happy
  being sad when the person
    is too happy
  being together in good times
  and seeing them deteriorate into bad times
Love is the source of control

Love is
  being honest with yourself at all times...
     unless it isn't convenient
  being honest with the other person at all times...
     unless it isn't convenient
  avoiding, twisting, abusing the truth,
  and never pretending
Love is the source of confusion

Love is
  an sense of despair so complete that
  you wish you were apart from the other person
  accepting the other person just the way they are...
      well, after just a few little changes.
Love is the source of discord

Love is
  the freedom to pursue your own desires
     regardless of how that affects the other person.
  the growth of one individual
  at the expense of the other individual
Love is ever striving, vainly, for success ...

Love is
  the excitement of arguing over what to do together
  the diappointment of never being allowed to 'win'
Love is the source of the fracture

Love is
  the fury of your family
  the calm in our bedroom
Love is the source of passion
   If only it would happen at home...

Love is
  giving and taking in a daily situation...
       I give; you take
  being patient with each other's needs and desires
       For *one* of us, anyhow.
Love is the source of unmet needs

Love is
  knowing that the other person
  will always belittle you regardless of who's right
  missing the other person when they are away
      because there's no one to fight
Love is the source of insecurity

Love is
  the
source
  of
all troubles