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"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com... [...] So one doesn't need to be "just like" Jay to live a life like that. No, I think Jose has it right. While there are similarities between your life and Jay's, I have no doubt there are significant differences too. For you to enjoy EVERY aspect of Jay's life in the same way that Jay does, you WOULD have to be *just like* Jay. One merely needs to set up a life, and a life partner, that works like that. Most people do not have the absolute degree of choice that is implied in such a misleadingly simple statement. Life is not so simple, and for most of us who still have a deeply abiding passion for aviation, there are other unrelated aspects of our lives that are also important. One does not "merely...set up a life, and a life partner". Those things are not 100% subject to a person's whim, nor can they necessarily be centered completely around aviation (or any other one pursuit). For anyone who does get such an aviation-oriented life, and is still happy with all other aspects, that's great. But it doesn't always work out that way. I don't have to think very hard to recall friends who "picked" a spouse based on a single criteria, only to discover that they were incompatible in a number of other ways. My wife is only marginally interested in aviation (and yes, I suppose that's part of the reason it's hard for me to remain involved), but there are a wide variety of other aspects of our lives that are aligned extremely well. I wouldn't trade her for anything, but even if I were so inclined, I certainly wouldn't trade her for someone else knowing only that that other person had the same passion for aviation that I do. There are too many other things that could go wrong. Perhaps for the rare person for whom aviation is literally THE only thing they care about, nothing else might matter. For the rest of us, we do care about things other than aviation, and life is a great (and I mean that in the best way) compromise. Pete |
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