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   Richard Kennaway to Zeborah   
   Re: Gifts vs. Money   
   22 Aug 08 10:08:21   
   
   wannek.gro.ku> f3951007   
   From: drachirREVERSEEACHPARTTOREPLY@yawannek.gro.ku   
      
   Zeborah  wrote:   
   > Richard Kennaway  wrote:   
   > > Andrea Shepard  wrote:   
   > > > As I mentioned in my earlier post to   
   > > > this thread, I've never been able to make the first move with a new   
   > > > person for that reason.   
   > > Someone must, or nothing happens.  It is said (variously attributed to   
   > > Proust, Collette, or the French in general) that in every kiss there is   
   > > one who kisses and one who is kissed.   
   > Someone must, but that doesn't mean it can't be both.  Certainly two   
   > people can kiss mutually; it's a matter of syncing up body language.   
      
   Indeed -- in that case, both of them are taking an initiative, acting a   
   little in advance of the intentions they have so far perceived in the   
   other.   
      
   --   
   Richard Kennaway   
      
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