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Comment author: hyporational 26 December 2014 04:24:56AM 0 points [-]

When I am in such a state, the feelings of the other towards me are fairly irrelevant to my feelings towards her.

I think people learn to regulate themselves when they realize how self-defeating this is. I know I did. The key to self-regulation is stopping the process in it's infancy. This applies to other feelings too.

Comment author: Capla 26 December 2014 07:07:08PM 1 point [-]

I think people learn to regulate themselves when they realize how self-defeating this is.

What is "this"?

Comment author: hyporational 27 December 2014 03:06:52AM *  0 points [-]

I was thinking about removing the comment because it wasn't clear to me what you were referring to. I think having strong feelings for other people while ignoring how they feel about you is generally a waste of resources.

Comment author: Capla 27 December 2014 03:25:23AM *  0 points [-]

In what sense is it a waste of resources? What value are you optimizing for, that you are being wasteful?

Comment author: Capla 29 December 2014 05:32:52PM 0 points [-]

I value the love (romantic or otherwise) of another for its own sake.

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