Care about him - yes

Want the best for him - of course

Want to not ever hurt him - well that may be out of my hands, if I can avoid hurting him without hurting myself in the process then yes.

I don't think love just adds up to the sum of those parts, I can feel that way about a lot of people, I could feel that way about most of the people on this BB for example. It doesn't mean I want to send them a Valentine card with "I love you" written on it.


if we can be sufficient to ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs
Erica Jong