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Jack: |
“I love
you.” |
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Jill: |
“So
what.” |
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Jack: |
“I said,
I love you.” |
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Jill: |
“Big deal.”
|
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Jack: |
“Doesn’t
it mean anything to you to know how I feel towards you?” |
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Jill: |
“No.”
|
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Jack: |
“Why?” |
|
Jill: |
“Why
not?” |
|
Jack: |
“I don’t understand…..” |
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Jill: |
“You never do.”
|
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Jack: |
“I
always do.” |
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Jill: |
“Always you! It’s always you. You and how you feel!”
|
|
Jack: |
“But my
feelings are important…” |
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Jill: |
“To you! But how about my feelings?”
|
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Jack: |
“What about your feelings…..?” |
|
Jill: |
“That’s just the point. You never ask about my
feelings. All you ever talk about are your feelings.”
|
|
Jack: |
“Okay.
Let’s talk about your feelings. How do you feel?” |
|
Jill: |
“Why should I tell you?”
|
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Jack: |
“Because
it seems to be important to you….” |
|
Jill: |
“Important to me, but not to you, right?” |
|
Jack: |
“Well,
ah…to me, too.” |
|
Jill: |
“How
come?” |
|
Jack: |
“Because I love you!” |
|
Jill: |
“Why do
you love me?” |
|
Jack: |
“Because
I just do.” |
|
Jill: |
“What do you love about me?”
|
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Jack: |
“Everything.” |
|
Jill: |
“What’s everything?”
|
|
Jack: |
“You know…everything!” |
|
Jill: |
“Everything to me means nothing! You can’t even tell me what
about me you love. You don’t even know me. You don’t even
care. How can you say you love me when you don’t show
me? You don’t show me, Jack!”
|
|
Jack: |
“But I always tell
you….” |
|
Jill: |
“Words. No action. Just
words.”
|
|
Jack: |
“I just don’t understand
you. Women! They’re all the same. Never make sense. Aha!
You’re just like all the rest of them.” |
|
Jill: |
“You say you love me and then
you talk about you. Your day. Your feelings.
Your thoughts. Your plans. Your concerns.
You!
|
|
Jack: |
“But…” |
|
Jill: |
“Never ask me what I
think. What I feel. What my day was like.
|
|
Jack: |
“But…” |
|
Jill: |
“Never listen to my
fears. My concerns. My needs.”
|
|
Jack: |
“But…” |
|
Jill: |
“I need…”
|
|
Jack: |
“You need? What about
my needs? I’m a man! I go out into the jungle every
day. I need some relief from… and it’s already been three weeks
since we last….” |
|
Jill: |
“Aha! You’re just like all
the rest of them. Is that all you think about? No
concern at all about me? Just about not getting
any… for the last three weeks? That makes me a ….”
|
|
Jack: |
“I need warmth and
affection…” |
|
Jill: |
“So do I.”
|
|
Jack: |
“I want you to want me…” |
|
Jill: |
“So do I.”
|
|
Jack: |
“I don’t know what to do…” |
|
Jill: |
“You never know what
to do!”
|
|
Jack: |
“Well, tell me! What
do you want from me? I give you everything, don’t I? A nice
home, a nice car, clothes, money? The only thing I don’t give
you is….” |
|
Jill: |
“Is YOU, Jack. You never
give me you! Your undivided attention. Your shoulder to lean
on. Your affection without making me feel guilty about…”
|
|
Jack: |
“Look. I feel bad, too. I
need you and I want you. I guess maybe I do get caught up in my
life a bit too much and take you for granted. Maybe I’m too
selfish. But some things have to change…” |
|
Jill: |
“You mean me, right?
I’ve got to change.”
|
|
Jack: |
“No. We’ve both got
to change. Reshuffle our priorities. Please come here.” |
|
Jill: |
“Why?”
|
|
Jack: |
“You’re important to me and I
love you and want to show you.” |
|
Jill: |
“The kids are in the….”
|
|
Jack: |
“I just want to show
you that I love you.” |
|
Jill: |
“I love you, too, Jack.” |
