Relationship starts with our relationship with parts of our "selves",an I-You relationship with parts which are to be respected and valued and carried forth and when they are in respecful relationwhip -we can relate to others in meaningful useful ways. David, your respect for those parts of your "self" led to your doing the only coherent self-respecting thing one can do-to name something for what it is and not to pretend that it is something else. Kol haKavod!!!
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