love letter
I accidentally received an e-mail this morning from one of our department PhD students. The personal letter about her love life was meant to be sent to a close friend, instead it tragically ended up in all of the mailboxes included in the newsgroup list. (must be careful with those group mailing lists) She must be terribly mortified, as I would feel so if my feelings for a significant other was known by random people. However, after reading her letter (not being nosy for it was right there), I realised that it has been a while since I've spoken tête-à-tête to close friends, as they were either back home or in the States. Or else I didn't have the urge to share my immediate thoughts about love with another person; I guess if they were around it would be different, though. Secondly, she confessed, "Good feelings, full of caring and love, but scary too... scary in the sense of realizing that you need and want this person in your life as much as possible... that you do feel completed at times when you are with them... that you want the very best for their happiness..." A beautiful feeling, yet scary at the same time. I wonder if it's long-lasting or just on the spur-of-the-moment?