backwards,

we become satisfied with simple conversation.
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then we have sex.
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then we become mentally engaged; emotionally married; we make commitments.
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then we begin to know each other, learn each other.
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then we identify our differences.
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then we develop standards. and preferences.
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then we meet each other; we meet the people that we truly are.
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then we become strangers.
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-Jaime Lee Lewis