Sage,

You said that the book,
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"Not Just Friends"
, made you
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freak out a bit
. Would you mind saying what about what you scanned in that book freaked you out? I ask because I have become gun shy about reading since so many of the books spin my head and heart around. I guess I'm not ready to deal/face some of the truth/reality of the intricacies of all this insanity.

Also, you wondered if you could say to your H:
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"look, I'm gonna get sad sometimes and I don't want to have to apologize for it".

I think you absolutely can say it and should. I have said that to my H because I felt he needed to know that my occasional wistful sadness in his presence is ME dealing with the demons and NOT something he's doing presently. I think letting him know that has help illeviate(sp?) his 'flight' mechanism at those times.

T2