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Wednesday, April 24th, 2002 10:00 am (UTC)
you can't be both looked up to and liked

looked up to => hierarchy, admired-from-a-distance, typically unapproachable, viewed as somewhow superior. Often accompanies being placed on someone's pedestal...

liked => pleasure in someone's company, personal approval, approachable, equals.

These can also overlap and interfere with each other... for instance there's are people out there that I like a lot personally, but feel constrained from approaching because I also look up to them. Sort of the "I like X a lot, but why would X be interested in talking (or having lunch, or whatever) with me?" syndrome...

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