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Originally Posted by hankster
These words do have specific meanings in this context; they are not there to indicate like morally good. I see it more like a positively or negatively charged ion - the positively charged ones will attach, the negatively charged ones will not. Or like magnets. Or else its just proof of Tolstoys maxim - happy families are all alike; unhappy families different?
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Good point re specific meanings (and I like the chemistry simile!) I don't quite get your Tolstovian point, though.
I do not think that any one of the four styles is inherently bad or unhealthy, and I don't think that the secure style seems inherently better than any of the other three. It all depends on the context we live in, and on the people we are in various different relationships with, right?