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		<title>By: Mario G</title>
		<link>http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/my-baseline-part-8-friends/#comment-24</link>
		<dc:creator>Mario G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Pedro,

Like I said in the previous comment: «(...) different lives, different experiences, different points of view.»

Regards,
Mário G</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Pedro,</p>
<p>Like I said in the previous comment: «(&#8230;) different lives, different experiences, different points of view.»</p>
<p>Regards,<br />
Mário G</p>
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		<title>By: Pedro Timóteo</title>
		<link>http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/my-baseline-part-8-friends/#comment-23</link>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Timóteo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Of course a man and a woman can *just* be friends. But, from my experience, I believe it’s *extremely hard*. And when failing (sex arises), there’s no turning back (to the *just* be friends status).&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Again, my experience says otherwise. I have a couple of good friends whom I&#039;ve had sex with in the past, and who are now very happy in their own relationships.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Of course a man and a woman can *just* be friends. But, from my experience, I believe it’s *extremely hard*. And when failing (sex arises), there’s no turning back (to the *just* be friends status).</p></blockquote>
<p>Again, my experience says otherwise. I have a couple of good friends whom I&#8217;ve had sex with in the past, and who are now very happy in their own relationships.</p>
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		<title>By: Mario G</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mario G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Pedro,

I can&#039;t feel myself attracted to a woman that has no femininity, or in other words - who is ugly as a Marine boot can be.
Yeah, I know, it&#039;s not polite to say this. But we are on a free space, right ?
Don&#039;t misjudge. I just can&#039;t feel any type of attraction for a woman who hasn&#039;t beautiful hands, for example.
It&#039;s something from the very inside of me.
All the rest may be there, but when the hands fail :( [1]

Of course a man and a woman can *just* be friends. But, from my experience, I believe it&#039;s *extremely hard*. And when failing (sex arises), there&#039;s no turning back (to the *just* be friends status).

Well Pedro, different lives, different experiences, different points of view. 

[1]: No, I don&#039;t have no particular fetish with hand jobs (although I can appreciate one :P).


Kind Regards,
Mário Gamito</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Pedro,</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t feel myself attracted to a woman that has no femininity, or in other words &#8211; who is ugly as a Marine boot can be.<br />
Yeah, I know, it&#8217;s not polite to say this. But we are on a free space, right ?<br />
Don&#8217;t misjudge. I just can&#8217;t feel any type of attraction for a woman who hasn&#8217;t beautiful hands, for example.<br />
It&#8217;s something from the very inside of me.<br />
All the rest may be there, but when the hands fail <img src='http://www.developingmyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  [1]</p>
<p>Of course a man and a woman can *just* be friends. But, from my experience, I believe it&#8217;s *extremely hard*. And when failing (sex arises), there&#8217;s no turning back (to the *just* be friends status).</p>
<p>Well Pedro, different lives, different experiences, different points of view. </p>
<p>[1]: No, I don&#8217;t have no particular fetish with hand jobs (although I can appreciate one <img src='http://www.developingmyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> ).</p>
<p>Kind Regards,<br />
Mário Gamito</p>
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		<title>By: Pedro Timóteo</title>
		<link>http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/my-baseline-part-8-friends/#comment-21</link>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Timóteo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mário,

thanks for the comment. :)

MEC&#039;s theory makes sense in a way, but it&#039;s not perfect; it assumes that each man finds &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; woman sexually attractive, and vice-versa. Of course, that doesn&#039;t happen. I can perfectly be friends with a woman who doesn&#039;t physically attract me at all. Being friends with one who &lt;i&gt;does&lt;/i&gt;, however, is more difficult... but still possible. Though I&#039;m still early in the learning process. :)

&lt;blockquote&gt;It stated also that after the fist fuck, no more friendship and no more sex&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Here, my experience completely disagrees with that. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mário,</p>
<p>thanks for the comment. <img src='http://www.developingmyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>MEC&#8217;s theory makes sense in a way, but it&#8217;s not perfect; it assumes that each man finds <i>every</i> woman sexually attractive, and vice-versa. Of course, that doesn&#8217;t happen. I can perfectly be friends with a woman who doesn&#8217;t physically attract me at all. Being friends with one who <i>does</i>, however, is more difficult&#8230; but still possible. Though I&#8217;m still early in the learning process. <img src='http://www.developingmyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<blockquote><p>It stated also that after the fist fuck, no more friendship and no more sex</p></blockquote>
<p>Here, my experience completely disagrees with that. <img src='http://www.developingmyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Mário G</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mário G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Pedro,

As per you request, in English.

«And to separate the concepts of “female friends” and “sex”. Friends are great, and sex is also great, but one doesn’t require the other for it to be great.»

More than 20 years ago, MEC theorized about what he then called &quot;The SPAC Factor&quot;. And what is this ?
SPAC Factor, translates to &quot;Factor Saltar Para A Cueca&quot;, that basically and in short, states it is impossible for a man and a woman to become *real friends*, because - both of them - will always have an eye on the other with second thoughts and at the end of the rope, a bed is waiting for them two. It stated also that after the fist fuck, no more friendship and no more sex :P

IMNSHO, this is very true.

-- MG</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Pedro,</p>
<p>As per you request, in English.</p>
<p>«And to separate the concepts of “female friends” and “sex”. Friends are great, and sex is also great, but one doesn’t require the other for it to be great.»</p>
<p>More than 20 years ago, MEC theorized about what he then called &#8220;The SPAC Factor&#8221;. And what is this ?<br />
SPAC Factor, translates to &#8220;Factor Saltar Para A Cueca&#8221;, that basically and in short, states it is impossible for a man and a woman to become *real friends*, because &#8211; both of them &#8211; will always have an eye on the other with second thoughts and at the end of the rope, a bed is waiting for them two. It stated also that after the fist fuck, no more friendship and no more sex <img src='http://www.developingmyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>IMNSHO, this is very true.</p>
<p>&#8211; MG</p>
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