In message Shawn
Hirn wrote:
>In article ,
> DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> In message Brian
>> K wrote:
>>
>> >Normally, I am not one to encourage dishonesty in a relationship. But
>> >hey, girlfriend has got to get over this fear of flying thing. If you
>> >have to tell her that her fear is a metaphor for the "Fear of Flying"
>> >that Erica Jong wrote about.
>>
>> If she doesn't want to fly, fine, I could handle that -- Unfortunately
>> shortly after we started dating the fear expanded to include when I was
>> flying. I travel for business, and although I could avoid it, I rather
>> enjoy it.
>>
>> Since breaking up in September I've put on almost 7,000 personal miles,
>> feeling much better now.
>
>Good for you. If you end up with another girlfriend who fears flying,
>try looking to the airlines for a referral to a treatment clinic. My
>sister's a psychologist, and she told me that fear of flying is one of
>the easiest phobias to treat and that treatment has a high success rate.
She was mostly uninterested/unwilling to deal with it, unfortunately.
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