I still think that there are more words for the shades of grey. "Occasional companion?" "Intimate?" "Friend of a friend?" "Nemesis?" Maybe I'm more particular than most, but I like to try to specify my relationships as carefully as possible, without presuming on someone else's feelings. I have had lovers and loves I've never touched, let alone met in person, if you know what I mean.
Do not see it as a failing in yourself that the person responds to you as an "acquaintance." I think there are more subtleties in the relationship than the word adequately expresses (particularly as that, yes, I know and have known who was meant.)
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A "mere" acquaintance.
Date: 2005-02-21 04:47 pm (UTC)Do not see it as a failing in yourself that the person responds to you as an "acquaintance." I think there are more subtleties in the relationship than the word adequately expresses (particularly as that, yes, I know and have known who was meant.)