I know you only well enough to know I'd like to know you better.
I can only speak to my own experience. There are people with whom I've been intimate who don't really know me. And people whom I've never met face-to-face who know me very, very well.
I think I start to feel that I know someone when I can predict with a large percentage of accuracy their opinions, reactions and behavior. I know someone to a deeper level when I start to understand what makes them happy, makes them feel loved, upsets them. All this depends on a high degree of communication over a period of time, though, y'know?
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Date: 2005-05-04 09:17 pm (UTC)I can only speak to my own experience. There are people with whom I've been intimate who don't really know me. And people whom I've never met face-to-face who know me very, very well.
I think I start to feel that I know someone when I can predict with a large percentage of accuracy their opinions, reactions and behavior. I know someone to a deeper level when I start to understand what makes them happy, makes them feel loved, upsets them. All this depends on a high degree of communication over a period of time, though, y'know?