X-Message-Number: 2628 From: (Thomas Donaldson) Subject: CRYONICS: re Edgar Swank's message Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 10:35:57 -0800 (PST) I too think it likely that my wife will take another companion. But that isn't really what would disturb me. What would disturb me is that she would not survive. It is not that I would not be able to hold on to her, but that she would be gone forever for ANYONE. I feel this way not because of my relations with her but because I have come to care for her, regardless. You may say that I delude myself. Perhaps that is true: only time will give the answer to that one. It's clear that not all cryonicists feel as I do; if they did, their friends and lovers would certainly become far more restricted. And I know of myself that I'm happy to WORK WITH someone who is not a cryonicist, but there is always some lack of commonality that keeps them from becoming close friends. Some of these people may even consider them- selves my friends. I do know of myself that I've never made close friends easily. So as I say, this is not a statement of what should be but what is. Long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2628