I think it a bloody impossibility, to 'know' someone in the way that quote is suggesting. I have so many shells that I put on for different parts of my interactive day that if someone said to me -- ie, this 'person who knows who I really am' -- "Be the you you are without those shells", I couldn't. I'm quite aware that I act differently around different sets of people, and I don't know which of these acts, if any, is the true one.
And then to expect someone else to know?
It's like that phrase, "I love you, you make me want to be a better person." That, for me, would mean giving up three of the things I like most -- porn, being cynical, and bitching about people. Then that person has the huge responsibility of living up to what I gave up for them.
I'm confused now, so I go watch The Wedding Crashers.
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Date: 2006-01-12 07:52 pm (UTC)And then to expect someone else to know?
It's like that phrase, "I love you, you make me want to be a better person." That, for me, would mean giving up three of the things I like most -- porn, being cynical, and bitching about people. Then that person has the huge responsibility of living up to what I gave up for them.
I'm confused now, so I go watch The Wedding Crashers.