Am I Creating a SSM Part III

[Lillieperl]

I'd like to throw this into the mix... copied it years ago and keep it on my desk

When you're in love with someone, they are a walking manifestation of your soul-- good and bad. We always fall in love with the person who recapitulates the childhood problem for us to get another chance to heal it. When a woman is in love with an alcoholic, she internally is an addict. He brings her the addiction. That's why you'll find, unless she gets help, she will marry the same guy over and over again.

I looked up recapitulate, and I think it's a particularly appropriate word, especially given meanings #2 and #3 below.

recapitulate- verb

1: summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas" [syn: recap]

2: repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

3: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, repeat]

"Repeat an earlier stage of development" and "repeat an earlier theme." Fits, doesn't it?