Quote: Her desire may not be as strong as mine, but I have no doubt whatsoever that it is as deep as mine
I'm not getting the distinction.
Mojo, I ADORE your analogies. I also think and express myself in analogies, and one time when I was tossing them out left and right, my bf accused me of "dumbing down" my conversation by using analogies. I was using a lot of musical and gardening analogies that day. He said I was patronizing him because I thought he was too stupid to understand if I "told it to him straight-- just the facts!" I pointed out that I use musical and gardening analogies not just because he is into music and gardening, but because I AM TOO. I also pointed out that analogies and metaphors were an effective and time-honored way of expressing abstract ideas, and that even Jesus spoke in parables. He said that proved his point-- that the apostles were too dumb to understand him any other way!
