From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   Martha Bridegam  writes:   
      
   > I've seen people act like this in divorces -- magnifying the ex's   
   > faults to reassure themselves that separating was the right thing to   
   > do. It's a sign of secret ambivalence about whether they really   
   > should try to make up again.   
      
   Psychologists investigate this phenomenon under the silly-sounding   
   rubric of "cognitive dissonance".   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  Look yonder, partner, see that eagle rise.          :||   
   ||:  He was born on land, but he sure enjoys the skies.  :||   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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