A Porcupine Analogy

jux nw i was talking to my dear abt certain stuff i hav heard from my frenz. den we were discussing abt it and suddenly she asked me whether i heard an analogy abt porcupines. i told her tat i din hear it before. so here's the analogy:

it was during winter, there were 2 porcupines. fearing tat they may die from the winter cold, they began to cuddle up to each other. as they got closer to each other, their quills began to poke each other - in the process, hurting the both of them. fearing tat this may happen agn, they decided to stay away from each other, so as to prevent themselves from gettin hurt agn. however, the winter got too cold and both of them died as they couldnt get any warmth by their own.

however there were another 2 more porcupines, they both know tat if they cuddle too close to each other, they will hurt themselves. however to prevent this from happening, they maintain a small distance from each other, but still can receive warmth from each other. thus in this cold winter, both of them survive.

so the morale of this analogy is tat in a relationship, even the couple need personal space for themselves. being close to each other is gd, however dun get too close as it may infringe in each other personal space. thus the couple need to respect each other personal space and try not to infringe in it.

an example will be tat, if he/she does not wan to tell the partner his/her problems after asking for a few times, respect his/her decision. allow his/her to hav a personal space of his/her own. the only thing the partner can do is to be with him/her and try to lighten the mood, do not try to pry into it. he/she wud appreciate the effort the partner has shown to him/her.

well tats all to the analogy, back to studying (agn) for me. hahas.