[QUOTE]Originally posted by Attachment Girl:

And that period of time between when you initiate contact and hear back can be hellish in the extreme. I think we are so primed for rejection and disaster but at the same time so wildly hopeful that something different will occur that its emotionally exhausting. And you spend half your time trying to calm your fears to feel safer and half the time trying to calm your hopes so you aren't so dissappointed when the seemingly inevitable disaster occurs.

AG, great post as usual. I think many of us can agree with the passage that I quoted from you.