A philosophical question: if someone cares but doesn't show it, then does this caring have any meaning? Obviously it has meaning to the person with the feeling, but aside from this, does it matter to the person who is cared about but doesn't know it? Isn't "caring" when you do something about your feelings towards this person? Can caring truly exist without an action to signify it? Isn't it just the emotional equivalent of a tree falling in the forest?
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I am of the opinion that if they don't show it, it doesn't count.
I agree with Jacy: they have to show it, through gestures, words, actions etc.
I agree. I have been told just because I didn't do something doesn't mean I don't care. I have also been guilty of this on many levels, cared about a person and didn't show it or cared about an issue and didn't show it. When I have lost people, this is one of the things I always regret. Time and opportunites are so fleeting. Yet it is sometimes so easy to ignore or dismiss those things that matter.
More importantly, how was the date?
I don't know. I think consistency might make an impact. If someone says they care but their behaviour rarely shows it...lots of hurt is in store. Does the fact that they care but never show it really make a difference?
True, that's not good either.
Actions do speak louder than words. Anyone can say "I love you." If they don't act like they love you, it's meaningless.
But if they neither say it or act it, then it's done.
I've always been a sucker for a guy who can spin a good line. If he says all the right things in all the right ways it takes me way, way to long to realize when there's absolutely no substance behind all the pretty words.
Well written article.
Hi are you still writing your blog? I don't think so because the latest posts are from 2007. Anyway, I wanted to say thank you for your commentary; I have enjoyed reading these posts for many years now and I wish you were still writing more! Thank you so much!
Hi I am trying to use a new iPad and I don't know if this blog is working.....my apologies....I have wanted to say thanks to Fritzi for writing these blogs/topics, I have wanted to do so for ? 7 years......I googled my name and this blog showed up. Thank you for writing with such clarity; I hope you are I good health and I hope you are still writing!
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